Alert archive / Iowa / Mesoscale Discussions / 2008

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, May 2008

32 mesoscale discussions in May 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 May 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Mesoscale Discussions
32
Busiest day
May 30, 20087 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 1, 3:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Lyon and 5 more92 min
May 1, 6:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 10 more57 min
May 1, 7:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Ringgold, Wayne66 min
May 1, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon and 5 more88 min
May 1, 10:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Boone, Clarke, Dallas and 19 more116 min
May 1, 11:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jefferson, Keokuk and 10 more91 min
May 2, 11:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 32 more115 min
May 2, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Howard, Winneshiek118 min
May 6, 10:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 6 more94 min
May 6, 2:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more113 min
May 6, 6:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudubon, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills and 4 more2 hr
May 6, 9:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 46 more62 min
May 19, 6:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 42 more54 min
May 22, 3:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more97 min
May 24, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLyon, Sioux113 min
May 24, 9:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 16 more59 min
May 25, 12:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more92 min
May 25, 5:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 21 more67 min
May 25, 9:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clarke and 34 more67 min
May 25, 11:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson and 8 more62 min
May 28, 11:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLyon, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux94 min
May 29, 5:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 12 more118 min
May 29, 5:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar, Chickasaw and 10 more2 hr
May 29, 5:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more35 min
May 29, 7:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 25 more53 min
May 29, 10:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPlymouth, Sioux, Woodbury24 min
May 29, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 38 more56 min
May 30, 1:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more53 min
May 30, 2:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Boone and 49 more88 min
May 30, 6:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Henry and 13 more2 hr
May 30, 4:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDavis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and 3 more61 min
May 31, 6:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Bremer, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd and 4 more67 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.