Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, August 2003
78 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 78
- Busiest day
- August 26, 200321 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware | 49 min |
| Jul 31, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 53 min |
| Jul 31, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd | 75 min |
| Jul 31, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 54 min |
| Jul 31, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 44 min |
| Jul 31, 11:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin | 46 min |
| Jul 31, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wright | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Wapello | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 1:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Keokuk | 57 min |
| Aug 1, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Washington | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 44 min |
| Aug 10, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 35 min |
| Aug 18, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Monona | 45 min |
| Aug 18, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 6:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 53 min |
| Aug 18, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 24 min |
| Aug 18, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Greene | 14 min |
| Aug 18, 9:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Webster | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wayne | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 57 min |
| Aug 20, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson, Linn | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 50 min |
| Aug 20, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 39 min |
| Aug 20, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scott | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 52 min |
| Aug 24, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 8:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 35 min |
| Aug 25, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 62 min |
| Aug 25, 6:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 7:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin | 28 min |
| Aug 25, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marshall | 7 min |
| Aug 25, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Grundy, Marshall | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 36 min |
| Aug 25, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Wright | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 61 min |
| Aug 25, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 8:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Washington | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 41 min |
| Aug 25, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 48 min |
| Aug 25, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Tama | 34 min |
| Aug 25, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis | 42 min |
| Aug 25, 10:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Linn | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 4:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hardin, Story | 27 min |
| Aug 26, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 42 min |
| Aug 26, 4:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 54 min |
| Aug 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 54 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Winneshiek County4
- Fremont County4
- Pocahontas County3
- Plymouth County3
- Story County3
- Marshall County3
- Davis County3
- Howard County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Franklin County2
- Wright County2
- Mahaska County2
- Jefferson County2
- Keokuk County2
- Washington County2
- Louisa County2
- Greene County2
- Mills County2
- Woodbury County2
- Cherokee County2
- O'Brien County2
- Dickinson County2
- Johnson County2
- Linn County2
- Clinton County2
- Muscatine County2
- Scott County2
- Hardin County2
- Tama County2
- Lee County2
- Delaware County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Floyd County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Butler County1
- Wapello County1
- Henry County1
- Des Moines County1
- Decatur County1
- Adair County1
25 more counties
- Pottawattamie County1
- Taylor County1
- Montgomery County1
- Monona County1
- Crawford County1
- Emmet County1
- Kossuth County1
- Boone County1
- Webster County1
- Lucas County1
- Marion County1
- Wayne County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Iowa County1
- Benton County1
- Cedar County1
- Jones County1
- Dubuque County1
- Jackson County1
- Clayton County1
- Lyon County1
- Sac County1
- Allamakee County1
- Grundy County1
- Hancock 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.