Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2002
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, September 2002
39 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 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 September 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 39
- Busiest day
- September 19, 200220 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 45 min |
| Sep 1, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 56 min |
| Sep 18, 2:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 28 min |
| Sep 18, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 48 min |
| Sep 18, 4:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 31 min |
| Sep 18, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 27 min |
| Sep 18, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 35 min |
| Sep 18, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 50 min |
| Sep 18, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 43 min |
| Sep 18, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 29 min |
| Sep 18, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 49 min |
| Sep 18, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 39 min |
| Sep 18, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 30 min |
| Sep 18, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 36 min |
| Sep 18, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Union | 63 min |
| Sep 18, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 7:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 54 min |
| Sep 18, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 50 min |
| Sep 18, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 58 min |
| Sep 18, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone | 63 min |
| Sep 18, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 53 min |
| Sep 18, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 48 min |
| Sep 18, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Warren | 46 min |
| Sep 18, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 37 min |
| Sep 18, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 60 min |
| Sep 18, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 29 min |
| Sep 18, 8:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Monroe | 53 min |
| Sep 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 64 min |
| Sep 18, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 58 min |
| Sep 18, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk | 33 min |
| Sep 18, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 39 min |
| Sep 24, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 31 min |
| Sep 25, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 64 min |
| Sep 29, 12:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 27 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Plymouth County3
- Lyon County3
- Page County3
- Warren County3
- Harrison County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Sioux County2
- Adair County2
- Lucas County2
- Marion County2
- Cherokee County1
- Monona County1
- Jones County1
- Clinton County1
- Taylor County1
- Adams County1
- Cass County1
- Ringgold County1
- Union County1
- Guthrie County1
- Greene County1
- Dallas County1
- Clarke County1
- Boone County1
- Webster County1
- Madison County1
- Monroe County1
- Franklin County1
- Mahaska County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Black Hawk 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.