Alert archive / Iowa / Mesoscale Discussions / 2016
Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, July 2016
37 mesoscale discussions in July 2016. 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 July 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Mesoscale Discussions
- 37
- Busiest day
- July 7, 20168 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 2:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 7:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, O'Brien, Osceola, Winnebago | 97 min |
| Jul 5, 8:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton and 9 more | 67 min |
| Jul 5, 10:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more | 90 min |
| Jul 5, 10:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 9 more | 89 min |
| Jul 6, 1:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Appanoose, Benton, Cedar, Clarke, Clinton and 29 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 6, 5:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 116 min |
| Jul 7, 12:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 51 more | 90 min |
| Jul 7, 1:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Fremont, Page, Ringgold, Taylor, Wayne | 83 min |
| Jul 7, 3:52 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Fayette and 8 more | 83 min |
| Jul 7, 4:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas and 6 more | 93 min |
| Jul 7, 5:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 7, 8:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Lee | 95 min |
| Jul 7, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 41 more | 115 min |
| Jul 7, 6:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 39 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cerro Gordo, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd, Hancock and 9 more | 87 min |
| Jul 10, 7:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 28 more | 86 min |
| Jul 10, 12:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 5 more | 95 min |
| Jul 11, 3:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 37 more | 119 min |
| Jul 11, 7:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harrison, Monona, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Woodbury | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 8:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more | 92 min |
| Jul 13, 7:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Jefferson and 13 more | 117 min |
| Jul 16, 8:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cerro Gordo, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth and 7 more | 95 min |
| Jul 17, 2:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler and 32 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 7:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Louisa | 2 hr |
| Jul 17, 9:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Washington | 89 min |
| Jul 17, 11:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Decatur, Fremont and 9 more | 95 min |
| Jul 19, 12:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 26 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque and 9 more | 67 min |
| Jul 22, 2:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista and 29 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 25 min |
| Jul 23, 5:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clinton, Jackson, Scott | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lee | 87 min |
| Jul 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Hancock, Howard and 5 more | 90 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County11
- Clay County10
- Wright County10
- Jasper County10
- Polk County10
- Cerro Gordo County10
- Audubon County9
- Boone County9
- Calhoun County9
- Carroll County9
- Franklin County9
- Greene County9
- Guthrie County9
- Hamilton County9
- Shelby County9
- Story County9
- Webster County9
- Warren County9
- Palo Alto County9
- Winnebago County8
- Jones County8
- Hardin County8
- Ida County8
- Adair County8
- Clarke County8
- Lee County8
- Marshall County8
- Tama County8
- Humboldt County8
- Kossuth County8
- Worth County8
- O'Brien County7
- Dickinson County7
- Emmet County7
- Black Hawk County7
- Bremer County7
- Clayton County7
- Clinton County7
- Delaware County7
- Fayette County7
59 more counties
- Jackson County7
- Linn County7
- Winneshiek County7
- Pottawattamie County7
- Sac County7
- Johnson County7
- Des Moines County7
- Henry County7
- Marion County7
- Wapello County7
- Buena Vista County7
- Dallas County7
- Floyd County7
- Pocahontas County7
- Cherokee County6
- Osceola County6
- Allamakee County6
- Buchanan County6
- Cedar County6
- Dubuque County6
- Crawford County6
- Harrison County6
- Benton County6
- Iowa County6
- Appanoose County6
- Davis County6
- Jefferson County6
- Louisa County6
- Lucas County6
- Madison County6
- Mahaska County6
- Monroe County6
- Poweshiek County6
- Butler County6
- Grundy County6
- Decatur County6
- Taylor County6
- Adams County6
- Cass County6
- Mitchell County6
- Woodbury County5
- Scott County5
- Monona County5
- Keokuk County5
- Van Buren County5
- Washington County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Page County5
- Wayne County5
- Howard County5
- Union County5
- Montgomery County5
- Lyon County4
- Plymouth County4
- Sioux County4
- Muscatine County4
- Fremont County4
- Ringgold County4
- Mills County4
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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.