Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, August 2002
109 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 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 August 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 109
- Busiest day
- August 16, 200232 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 44 min |
| Aug 11, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa | 50 min |
| Aug 11, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 36 min |
| Aug 12, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 35 min |
| Aug 12, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 31 min |
| Aug 12, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 32 min |
| Aug 12, 2:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 29 min |
| Aug 12, 2:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 2:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 2:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 45 min |
| Aug 12, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 33 min |
| Aug 12, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Union | 51 min |
| Aug 12, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 21 min |
| Aug 12, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 49 min |
| Aug 12, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 11:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 12:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 12:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 53 min |
| Aug 16, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 41 min |
| Aug 16, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 25 min |
| Aug 16, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 50 min |
| Aug 16, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 35 min |
| Aug 16, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, O'Brien | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 18 min |
| Aug 16, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 4:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 29 min |
| Aug 16, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 42 min |
| Aug 16, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 28 min |
| Aug 16, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wright | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 26 min |
| Aug 16, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 52 min |
| Aug 16, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 37 min |
| Aug 16, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay | 35 min |
| Aug 17, 12:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 12:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 1:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, O'Brien | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 1:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 46 min |
| Aug 17, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Ida | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 51 min |
| Aug 17, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 3:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 47 min |
| Aug 17, 3:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Wright | 57 min |
| Aug 17, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 37 min |
| Aug 17, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 30 min |
| Aug 17, 3:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams | 56 min |
| Aug 17, 3:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hardin | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 4:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 4:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 2:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 2:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 40 min |
| Aug 20, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Washington | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 45 min |
| Aug 21, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 66 min |
| Aug 22, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 43 min |
| Aug 22, 9:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 47 min |
| Aug 23, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 51 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County7
- Sioux County6
- Plymouth County6
- Lyon County5
- Pottawattamie County5
- Mills County5
- Woodbury County5
- Fremont County5
- Palo Alto County4
- O'Brien County4
- Harrison County4
- Ida County4
- Dickinson County3
- Muscatine County3
- Adams County3
- Cherokee County3
- Johnson County2
- Washington County2
- Iowa County2
- Louisa County2
- Osceola County2
- Emmet County2
- Montgomery County2
- Cedar County2
- Taylor County2
- Ringgold County2
- Union County2
- Crawford County2
- Sac County2
- Buena Vista County2
- Webster County2
- Wright County2
- Adair County2
- Jackson County2
- Clayton County1
- Jefferson County1
- Jones County1
- Linn County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Bremer County1
22 more counties
- Buchanan County1
- Monona County1
- Carroll County1
- Audubon County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Humboldt County1
- Winnebago County1
- Kossuth County1
- Calhoun County1
- Hamilton County1
- Boone County1
- Greene County1
- Franklin County1
- Hardin County1
- Story County1
- Madison County1
- Davis County1
- Wapello County1
- Cass County1
- Shelby County1
- Polk County1
- Jasper 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. Rebuilt daily.