Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, April 1997
23 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 23
- Busiest day
- April 5, 199717 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 5, 1:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 2:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 2:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 2:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Johnson, Linn | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 2:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 16 min |
| Apr 5, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Jones | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 3:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 43 min |
| Apr 5, 3:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 15 min |
| Apr 5, 3:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 47 min |
| Apr 5, 3:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 4:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 61 min |
| Apr 5, 5:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 6:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 19 min |
| Apr 5, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 11:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Monroe | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson, Jones | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cedar County2
- Jones County2
- Clinton County2
- Jackson County2
- Lee County1
- Des Moines County1
- Louisa County1
- Benton County1
- Johnson County1
- Linn County1
- Muscatine County1
- Scott County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Floyd County1
- Fayette County1
- Delaware County1
- Buchanan County1
- Bremer County1
- Dubuque County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Allamakee County1
- Monona County1
- Crawford County1
- Sac County1
- Wayne County1
- Appanoose County1
- Monroe 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.