Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, May 1996
87 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 87
- Busiest day
- May 9, 199622 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 3, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 34 min |
| May 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Union | 27 min |
| May 3, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 34 min |
| May 8, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 30 min |
| May 8, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 37 min |
| May 8, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Union | 31 min |
| May 8, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 29 min |
| May 8, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 68 min |
| May 8, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Warren | 35 min |
| May 8, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 60 min |
| May 9, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 56 min |
| May 9, 12:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 34 min |
| May 9, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 32 min |
| May 9, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 30 min |
| May 9, 10:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 32 min |
| May 9, 10:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 30 min |
| May 9, 11:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 34 min |
| May 9, 11:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 34 min |
| May 9, 12:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 69 min |
| May 9, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 40 min |
| May 9, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 9, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 47 min |
| May 9, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 25 min |
| May 9, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe | 30 min |
| May 9, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Washington | 67 min |
| May 9, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 43 min |
| May 16, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 67 min |
| May 16, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 62 min |
| May 17, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 43 min |
| May 17, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 34 min |
| May 17, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 50 min |
| May 17, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 30 min |
| May 17, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 50 min |
| May 17, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 38 min |
| May 17, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 33 min |
| May 17, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 35 min |
| May 17, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 29 min |
| May 17, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 49 min |
| May 17, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 32 min |
| May 17, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 30 min |
| May 17, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 34 min |
| May 17, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Wright | 35 min |
| May 18, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 34 min |
| May 18, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Floyd | 44 min |
| May 18, 12:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler | 32 min |
| May 18, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Chickasaw, Howard | 46 min |
| May 18, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winneshiek | 39 min |
| May 18, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 28 min |
| May 19, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 27 min |
| May 19, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 30 min |
| May 19, 1:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 22 min |
| May 19, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Howard | 35 min |
| May 19, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winneshiek | 32 min |
| May 19, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 33 min |
| May 19, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Fayette | 51 min |
| May 19, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 32 min |
| May 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 33 min |
| May 19, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 31 min |
| May 19, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 65 min |
| May 19, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 69 min |
| May 19, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 32 min |
| May 19, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 64 min |
| May 19, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 51 min |
| May 19, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 28 min |
| May 22, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 62 min |
| May 23, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 42 min |
| May 24, 1:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 54 min |
| May 24, 2:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 39 min |
| May 24, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 34 min |
| May 24, 9:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 48 min |
| May 24, 9:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 64 min |
| May 24, 9:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 35 min |
| May 24, 9:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 31 min |
| May 24, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 32 min |
| May 24, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 62 min |
| May 24, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 55 min |
| May 24, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 66 min |
| May 24, 11:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Washington | 66 min |
| May 24, 11:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 36 min |
| May 24, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa | 57 min |
| May 24, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 62 min |
| May 24, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry | 68 min |
| May 24, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 45 min |
| May 24, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 25 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henry County5
- Mahaska County5
- Page County3
- Lee County3
- Sioux County3
- Marion County3
- Keokuk County3
- Adams County2
- Union County2
- Van Buren County2
- Davis County2
- Decatur County2
- Wayne County2
- Des Moines County2
- Washington County2
- Harrison County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Shelby County2
- Osceola County2
- Webster County2
- Howard County2
- Winneshiek County2
- Lyon County2
- Marshall County2
- Benton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Ringgold County1
- Fremont County1
- Adair County1
- Dallas County1
- Polk County1
- Warren County1
- Clarke County1
- Lucas County1
- Appanoose County1
- Monroe County1
- Montgomery County1
- Crawford County1
- O'Brien County1
- Audubon County1
22 more counties
- Dickinson County1
- Woodbury County1
- Mills County1
- Sac County1
- Calhoun County1
- Hamilton County1
- Wright County1
- Franklin County1
- Floyd County1
- Butler County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Kossuth County1
- Bremer County1
- Fayette County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Buchanan County1
- Tama County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Jackson County1
- Scott County1
- Louisa County1
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19951997
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.