Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, August 1988
33 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 1988. 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 August 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 33
- Busiest day
- August 8, 198812 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 40 min |
| Aug 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 15 min |
| Aug 8, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Linn | 51 min |
| Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 53 min |
| Aug 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Union | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 26 min |
| Aug 8, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 40 min |
| Aug 18, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton, Linn | 25 min |
| Aug 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton, Linn | 17 min |
| Aug 18, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Linn | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 12:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth | 64 min |
| Aug 22, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas, Webster | 29 min |
| Aug 22, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 56 min |
| Aug 22, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Monona | 62 min |
| Aug 22, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 68 min |
| Aug 22, 3:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Union | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 37 min |
| Aug 22, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 28 min |
| Aug 22, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 51 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County4
- Cedar County4
- Linn County4
- Benton County3
- Tama County2
- Muscatine County2
- Clarke County2
- Union County2
- Clinton County2
- Webster County2
- Woodbury County2
- Dubuque County1
- Appanoose County1
- Wayne County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Jones County1
- Lucas County1
- Sioux County1
- Cherokee County1
- O'Brien County1
- Plymouth County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Monona County1
- Ida County1
- Mills County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Adair County1
- Madison County1
- Page County1
- Decatur 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.