Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, April 2002
102 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 102
- Busiest day
- April 18, 200253 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 16, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien | 24 min |
| Apr 16, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, O'Brien, Sioux | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 31 min |
| Apr 16, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Winnebago | 39 min |
| Apr 16, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 26 min |
| Apr 16, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 10:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 51 min |
| Apr 17, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 31 min |
| Apr 17, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 59 min |
| Apr 17, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 15 min |
| Apr 17, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 45 min |
| Apr 17, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene | 66 min |
| Apr 17, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 47 min |
| Apr 17, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Story | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 12:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette | 30 min |
| Apr 18, 1:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Bremer | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 2:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 2:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 2:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 55 min |
| Apr 18, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 3:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 4:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 47 min |
| Apr 18, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Floyd | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 63 min |
| Apr 18, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 18 min |
| Apr 18, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 38 min |
| Apr 18, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 53 min |
| Apr 18, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 43 min |
| Apr 18, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette, Winneshiek | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie, Madison | 24 min |
| Apr 18, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 42 min |
| Apr 18, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 59 min |
| Apr 18, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 60 min |
| Apr 18, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 58 min |
| Apr 18, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 26 min |
| Apr 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fayette | 65 min |
| Apr 18, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion | 52 min |
| Apr 18, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 34 min |
| Apr 18, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 64 min |
| Apr 18, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Linn | 33 min |
| Apr 18, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 44 min |
| Apr 18, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jones | 45 min |
| Apr 18, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 40 min |
| Apr 18, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 6:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 33 min |
| Apr 24, 7:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 7:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 35 min |
| Apr 24, 7:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 8:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 37 min |
| Apr 24, 8:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 46 min |
| Apr 24, 8:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 8:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 51 min |
| Apr 24, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 32 min |
| Apr 24, 10:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 38 min |
| Apr 24, 10:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 44 min |
| Apr 24, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello | 36 min |
| Apr 24, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 30 min |
| Apr 24, 11:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 42 min |
| Apr 24, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 50 min |
| Apr 24, 11:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harrison County5
- Pottawattamie County5
- Fayette County5
- Palo Alto County4
- Pocahontas County4
- Audubon County4
- Carroll County4
- Winneshiek County4
- Allamakee County4
- Monona County3
- Guthrie County3
- Boone County3
- Hamilton County3
- Story County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Jackson County3
- Clinton County3
- Sioux County2
- O'Brien County2
- Emmet County2
- Kossuth County2
- Shelby County2
- Greene County2
- Hardin County2
- Dubuque County2
- Jones County2
- Muscatine County2
- Page County2
- Montgomery County2
- Polk County2
- Madison County2
- Ringgold County2
- Warren County2
- Jasper County2
- Mahaska County2
- Scott County2
- Mills County2
- Plymouth County1
- Woodbury County1
- Cherokee County1
28 more counties
- Lyon County1
- Osceola County1
- Hancock County1
- Winnebago County1
- Clay County1
- Crawford County1
- Butler County1
- Franklin County1
- Bremer County1
- Howard County1
- Cedar County1
- Johnson County1
- Floyd County1
- Adams County1
- Dallas County1
- Taylor County1
- Marshall County1
- Clayton County1
- Marion County1
- Benton County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Linn County1
- Fremont County1
- Clarke County1
- Decatur County1
- Monroe County1
- Wapello 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.