Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1986

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, May 1986

34 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1986. 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 34
Busiest day: May 12, 198610 severe thunderstorm warnings

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
Apr 30, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	56 min
May 6, 12:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	18 min
May 8, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis	45 min
May 8, 3:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur, Wayne	45 min
May 8, 3:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Monroe	42 min
May 8, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marion	44 min
May 8, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Madison	28 min
May 8, 4:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Warren	32 min
May 8, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Lee	30 min
May 8, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon	43 min
May 9, 5:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Polk	29 min
May 9, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Warren	28 min
May 9, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	21 min
May 9, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Webster	37 min
May 9, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor	22 min
May 10, 1:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills, Pottawattamie	53 min
May 10, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clay	60 min
May 12, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Osceola	57 min
May 12, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dickinson	40 min
May 12, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Pottawattamie	68 min
May 12, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dickinson	30 min
May 12, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clay, Dickinson	40 min
May 12, 5:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Pottawattamie	55 min
May 12, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills	55 min
May 12, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Buena Vista, Clay	24 min
May 12, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison	60 min
May 12, 6:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills	61 min
May 12, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont	65 min
May 12, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford	23 min
May 12, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Page	59 min
May 12, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison	69 min
May 12, 8:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Taylor	52 min
May 12, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas	50 min
May 13, 12:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jefferson, Wapello	39 min

By county

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

Nearby

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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.