Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, May 2005
102 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2005. 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 May 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 102
- Busiest day
- May 11, 200544 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 52 min |
| May 6, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 49 min |
| May 6, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 42 min |
| May 6, 10:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 27 min |
| May 6, 10:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Webster | 39 min |
| May 6, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee | 31 min |
| May 6, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 53 min |
| May 6, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 49 min |
| May 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien | 19 min |
| May 7, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 51 min |
| May 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 42 min |
| May 8, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 22 min |
| May 8, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 42 min |
| May 8, 3:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 26 min |
| May 8, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 26 min |
| May 8, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 41 min |
| May 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 45 min |
| May 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay | 30 min |
| May 8, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 56 min |
| May 8, 4:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 23 min |
| May 8, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 36 min |
| May 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 41 min |
| May 8, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 36 min |
| May 8, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 27 min |
| May 8, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 52 min |
| May 8, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 50 min |
| May 8, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 44 min |
| May 8, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 52 min |
| May 8, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 23 min |
| May 8, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 44 min |
| May 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 53 min |
| May 8, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 50 min |
| May 8, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 45 min |
| May 8, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 27 min |
| May 8, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Wright | 63 min |
| May 8, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Webster | 44 min |
| May 8, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 28 min |
| May 8, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 40 min |
| May 8, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 33 min |
| May 8, 6:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 23 min |
| May 8, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 36 min |
| May 8, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 45 min |
| May 8, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 37 min |
| May 8, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 43 min |
| May 10, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 34 min |
| May 10, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 59 min |
| May 10, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 30 min |
| May 10, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 47 min |
| May 10, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 45 min |
| May 10, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 48 min |
| May 10, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 31 min |
| May 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 60 min |
| May 10, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 53 min |
| May 10, 9:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 25 min |
| May 10, 9:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Osceola | 39 min |
| May 10, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 50 min |
| May 10, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 46 min |
| May 10, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison | 65 min |
| May 10, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 32 min |
| May 10, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 44 min |
| May 10, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 35 min |
| May 10, 10:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 32 min |
| May 10, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 64 min |
| May 10, 10:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 53 min |
| May 10, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 45 min |
| May 10, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 44 min |
| May 10, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| May 10, 10:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| May 10, 11:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 58 min |
| May 10, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison | 57 min |
| May 10, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 42 min |
| May 10, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 56 min |
| May 10, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas | 46 min |
| May 10, 11:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 44 min |
| May 10, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Polk, Warren | 38 min |
| May 10, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 39 min |
| May 10, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 52 min |
| May 10, 11:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Sioux | 20 min |
| May 11, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Madison | 69 min |
| May 11, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk, Warren | 44 min |
| May 11, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion | 43 min |
| May 11, 12:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 63 min |
| May 11, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 30 min |
| May 11, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 51 min |
| May 11, 1:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa | 26 min |
| May 11, 2:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 41 min |
| May 11, 2:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 32 min |
| May 11, 3:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Scott | 32 min |
| May 11, 3:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 49 min |
| May 12, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 45 min |
| May 12, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 37 min |
| May 12, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Story | 61 min |
| May 13, 8:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 37 min |
| May 18, 1:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison | 36 min |
| May 19, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jones | 33 min |
| May 19, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton | 29 min |
| May 24, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 24 min |
| May 26, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Greene | 48 min |
| May 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 36 min |
| May 26, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Story | 39 min |
| May 27, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 34 min |
| May 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Shelby County8
- Pottawattamie County7
- Carroll County5
- Dickinson County5
- Sioux County5
- Lyon County5
- Harrison County5
- Audubon County5
- Calhoun County4
- Crawford County4
- Dallas County4
- Cherokee County3
- Webster County3
- Sac County3
- Kossuth County3
- Winnebago County3
- Madison County3
- Scott County3
- Cedar County3
- Clinton County3
- Humboldt County2
- Clay County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Osceola County2
- Plymouth County2
- Guthrie County2
- Cass County2
- Adair County2
- Polk County2
- Warren County2
- Jasper County2
- Story County2
- Boone County2
- Hamilton County1
- O'Brien County1
- Benton County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Emmet 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.