Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, July 1996
40 severe thunderstorm warnings in July 1996. 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 July 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 40
- Busiest day
- July 17, 199611 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 49 min |
| Jul 1, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 45 min |
| Jul 3, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 25 min |
| Jul 4, 12:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 46 min |
| Jul 4, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 44 min |
| Jul 16, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 43 min |
| Jul 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 50 min |
| Jul 16, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 48 min |
| Jul 16, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 31 min |
| Jul 16, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 47 min |
| Jul 16, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 11:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 58 min |
| Jul 17, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 33 min |
| Jul 22, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 49 min |
| Jul 22, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 43 min |
| Jul 22, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Polk | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 60 min |
| Jul 28, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 2:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 41 min |
| Jul 29, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Union | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Woodbury County8
- Plymouth County4
- Monona County4
- Sioux County2
- Fremont County2
- Ida County2
- Crawford County2
- Mills County2
- Clay County2
- Clarke County2
- Lyon County1
- Harrison County1
- Shelby County1
- Greene County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Clinton County1
- Scott County1
- Polk County1
- Guthrie County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Adair County1
- Madison County1
- Calhoun County1
- Decatur County1
- Union 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.