Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2013
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, August 2013
21 severe thunderstorm warnings in August 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 21
- Busiest day
- August 7, 20138 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 1, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 48 min |
| Aug 1, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 50 min |
| Aug 1, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 7:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 7:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Warren | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Washington | 42 min |
| Aug 7, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 12:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 46 min |
| Aug 7, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Poweshiek, Tama | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 1:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 46 min |
| Aug 11, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy | 49 min |
| Aug 11, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Franklin County3
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Hancock County2
- Emmet County2
- Kossuth County2
- Butler County2
- Grundy County2
- Harrison County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Jasper County2
- Adams County2
- Winnebago County1
- Worth County1
- Hardin County1
- Mitchell County1
- Shelby County1
- Marion County1
- Warren County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Washington County1
- Adair County1
- Cass County1
- Mahaska County1
- Ringgold County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Tama County1
- Benton County1
- Iowa County1
- Keokuk County1
- Hamilton County1
- Webster County1
- Palo Alto 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.