Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1988
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, May 1988
44 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 44
- Busiest day
- May 8, 198834 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 33 min |
| May 7, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford, Sac | 30 min |
| May 7, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 61 min |
| May 7, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Sac | 25 min |
| May 7, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 40 min |
| May 7, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas | 40 min |
| May 7, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 35 min |
| May 7, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 20 min |
| May 7, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford, Sac | 44 min |
| May 7, 9:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 26 min |
| May 8, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 43 min |
| May 8, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 56 min |
| May 8, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 38 min |
| May 8, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 53 min |
| May 8, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 46 min |
| May 8, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 37 min |
| May 8, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 33 min |
| May 8, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 34 min |
| May 8, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 52 min |
| May 8, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Warren | 70 min |
| May 8, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 49 min |
| May 8, 11:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 61 min |
| May 8, 12:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 65 min |
| May 8, 12:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 41 min |
| May 8, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 32 min |
| May 8, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 50 min |
| May 8, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Marion, Warren | 47 min |
| May 8, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 62 min |
| May 8, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 36 min |
| May 8, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 35 min |
| May 8, 1:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 50 min |
| May 8, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Buchanan, Fayette | 42 min |
| May 8, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 41 min |
| May 8, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa | 41 min |
| May 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 26 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 63 min |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 40 min |
| May 19, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 69 min |
| May 20, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 22 min |
| May 20, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 39 min |
| May 20, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 59 min |
| May 20, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 51 min |
| May 30, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 28 min |
| May 31, 1:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 48 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pottawattamie County6
- Crawford County4
- Marion County3
- Sac County3
- Harrison County2
- Calhoun County2
- Humboldt County2
- Woodbury County2
- Sioux County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Clarke County2
- Warren County2
- Mills County2
- Jasper County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Emmet County1
- O'Brien County1
- Lyon County1
- Osceola County1
- Madison County1
- Polk County1
- Franklin County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Marshall County1
- Tama County1
- Lucas County1
- Jones County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Bremer County1
- Buchanan County1
- Fayette County1
- Cedar County1
- Muscatine County1
- Henry County1
- Louisa County1
- Clinton County1
- Scott 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.