Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, March 1998
34 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 1998. 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 March 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 34
- Busiest day
- March 30, 199823 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 6:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 6:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Scott | 47 min |
| Mar 27, 7:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jones | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 7:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 46 min |
| Mar 29, 9:39 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 31 min |
| Mar 29, 7:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 48 min |
| Mar 29, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 1:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 2:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 2:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 2:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 2:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 60 min |
| Mar 30, 3:01 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 3:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 35 min |
| Mar 30, 3:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 27 min |
| Mar 30, 3:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 30 min |
| Mar 30, 4:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Wayne | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 18 min |
| Mar 30, 4:21 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 19 min |
| Mar 30, 4:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 29 min |
| Mar 30, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe, Wapello | 31 min |
| Mar 30, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 34 min |
| Mar 30, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 45 min |
| Mar 30, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson | 49 min |
| Mar 30, 6:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Mar 30, 6:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 44 min |
| Mar 30, 7:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry | 46 min |
| Mar 30, 7:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 3:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 35 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benton County3
- Poweshiek County3
- Cedar County2
- Scott County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Clayton County2
- Monona County2
- Polk County2
- Mahaska County2
- Iowa County2
- Lee County2
- Louisa County1
- Muscatine County1
- Clinton County1
- Jones County1
- Jackson County1
- Fayette County1
- Tama County1
- Buchanan County1
- Dallas County1
- Madison County1
- Story County1
- Warren County1
- Jasper County1
- Marion County1
- Lucas County1
- Wayne County1
- Monroe County1
- Wapello County1
- Linn County1
- Keokuk County1
- Johnson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Van Buren County1
- Des Moines County1
- Henry 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.