Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, April 1989
61 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1989. 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 April 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 61
- Busiest day
- April 26, 198920 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 22, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Story | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 9:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Winnebago | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wright | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 38 min |
| Apr 22, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 30 min |
| Apr 22, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall, Story | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 1:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 16 min |
| Apr 22, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy | 57 min |
| Apr 24, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 9:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 63 min |
| Apr 24, 11:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clay | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clay | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 54 min |
| Apr 24, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Allamakee, Clayton | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 11:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dickinson, Emmet | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 54 min |
| Apr 26, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Buchanan | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 4:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Benton, Linn | 39 min |
| Apr 26, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Johnson, Linn | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 45 min |
| Apr 26, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 37 min |
| Apr 26, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk | 55 min |
| Apr 26, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene, Guthrie | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 30 min |
| Apr 26, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jefferson, Wapello | 67 min |
| Apr 26, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Van Buren | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Lee | 22 min |
| Apr 26, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren | 62 min |
| Apr 26, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 7:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 68 min |
| Apr 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 62 min |
| Apr 27, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Madison | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk, Warren | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 11:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Monroe | 48 min |
| Apr 28, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 44 min |
| Apr 28, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 44 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Kossuth County5
- Jasper County4
- Marion County4
- Boone County3
- Guthrie County3
- Polk County3
- Muscatine County3
- Scott County3
- Dallas County3
- Wapello County3
- Mills County3
- Hamilton County2
- Story County2
- Winnebago County2
- Wright County2
- Webster County2
- Marshall County2
- Clay County2
- Emmet County2
- Linn County2
- Audubon County2
- Cedar County2
- Clinton County2
- Carroll County2
- Mahaska County2
- Jefferson County2
- Henry County2
- Lee County2
- Madison County2
- Warren County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Monroe County2
- Humboldt County1
- Hardin County1
- Grundy County1
- Cherokee County1
- O'Brien County1
- Allamakee County1
- Clayton County1
- Dickinson County1
25 more counties
- Hancock County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Buchanan County1
- Benton County1
- Jones County1
- Johnson County1
- Greene County1
- Van Buren County1
- Des Moines County1
- Fremont County1
- Harrison County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Cass County1
- Ringgold County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Clarke County1
- Decatur County1
- Lucas County1
- Appanoose County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Davis 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.