Alert archive / Iowa / Mesoscale Discussions / 2008
Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, February 2008
11 mesoscale discussions in February 2008. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of mesoscale discussions reaches back to 2003.
Mesoscale Discussions by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in February 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 11
- Busiest day
- February 17, 20083 mesoscale discussions
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 12:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Scott | 4 hr |
| Feb 4, 6:14 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 53 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 5, 5:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Page, Ringgold, Taylor | 5 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Clarke, Dallas and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 6, 6:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 12:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Harrison, Monona, Woodbury | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 11:34 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 17, 7:01 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer and 39 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 17, 12:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 42 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 25, 9:30 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 51 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benton County7
- Iowa County7
- Jasper County7
- Johnson County7
- Linn County7
- Mahaska County7
- Marion County7
- Polk County7
- Poweshiek County7
- Tama County7
- Warren County7
- Black Hawk County6
- Bremer County6
- Buchanan County6
- Cedar County6
- Delaware County6
- Fayette County6
- Grundy County6
- Jones County6
- Keokuk County6
- Madison County6
- Marshall County6
- Story County6
- Washington County6
- Davis County5
- Jefferson County5
- Allamakee County5
- Clayton County5
- Dallas County5
- Dubuque County5
- Hardin County5
- Monroe County5
- Clarke County5
- Lucas County5
- Henry County4
- Louisa County4
- Van Buren County4
- Clinton County4
- Butler County4
- Jackson County4
50 more counties
- Appanoose County4
- Decatur County4
- Union County4
- Wapello County4
- Wayne County4
- Scott County3
- Boone County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Floyd County3
- Franklin County3
- Winneshiek County3
- Ringgold County3
- Taylor County3
- Muscatine County3
- Des Moines County2
- Lee County2
- Buena Vista County2
- Calhoun County2
- Carroll County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Greene County2
- Guthrie County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hancock County2
- Howard County2
- Humboldt County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Sac County2
- Webster County2
- Wright County2
- Page County2
- Adair County2
- Adams County2
- Crawford County2
- Harrison County2
- Monona County2
- Woodbury County2
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Emmet County1
- Kossuth County1
- Mitchell County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Winnebago County1
- Worth County1
- Audubon County1
- Cass County1
- Ida County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.