Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2013

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, May 2013

163 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 May 2013. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 163
Busiest day: May 19, 201337 severe thunderstorm warnings

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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
Apr 30, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Union	40 min
May 16, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Shelby	37 min
May 17, 5:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Palo Alto	46 min
May 17, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Palo Alto, Pocahontas	51 min
May 17, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Pocahontas	31 min
May 19, 12:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills	45 min
May 19, 1:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby	27 min
May 19, 1:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	23 min
May 19, 2:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster	39 min
May 19, 3:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion	26 min
May 19, 3:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto	42 min
May 19, 3:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Wright	50 min
May 19, 4:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Kossuth, Winnebago	56 min
May 19, 12:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	39 min
May 19, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	42 min
May 19, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Floyd, Mitchell	64 min
May 19, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills	31 min
May 19, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont	28 min
May 19, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	47 min
May 19, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills, Pottawattamie	44 min
May 19, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Mitchell	37 min
May 19, 3:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford	33 min
May 19, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	51 min
May 19, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	28 min
May 19, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	50 min
May 19, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Howard, Mitchell	46 min
May 19, 4:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines	47 min
May 19, 4:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Cass	46 min
May 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	59 min
May 19, 5:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	48 min
May 19, 5:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Floyd, Mitchell	40 min
May 19, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	48 min
May 19, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Webster	51 min
May 19, 5:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Cass, Guthrie	47 min
May 19, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	60 min
May 19, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	51 min
May 19, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Madison	46 min
May 19, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Kossuth	52 min
May 19, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	42 min
May 19, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Warren	40 min
May 19, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk, Story	48 min
May 19, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	29 min
May 19, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Story	52 min
May 19, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Polk, Warren	29 min
May 19, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Story	52 min
May 19, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren	35 min
May 19, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren, Washington	38 min
May 19, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Tama	40 min
May 19, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Tama	44 min
May 19, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Washington	38 min
May 19, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Winneshiek	64 min
May 19, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	30 min
May 19, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer	23 min
May 19, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek	80 min
May 19, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Washington	50 min
May 19, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Tama	49 min
May 19, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan	61 min
May 19, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Davis	33 min
May 19, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Poweshiek, Wapello	51 min
May 19, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Iowa, Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington	45 min
May 19, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Washington	48 min
May 19, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	47 min
May 19, 10:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Johnson, Linn	57 min
May 19, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Henry, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more	50 min
May 19, 11:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Winneshiek	45 min
May 19, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more	38 min
May 19, 11:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Des Moines, Muscatine, Scott	56 min
May 19, 11:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	46 min
May 20, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren	49 min
May 20, 6:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	42 min
May 20, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison, Union	33 min
May 20, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk	36 min
May 20, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story	31 min
May 20, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy, Marshall, Tama	32 min
May 20, 8:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	24 min
May 20, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur	38 min
May 20, 8:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Butler, Grundy, Hardin	49 min
May 20, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Winneshiek	61 min
May 20, 8:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Franklin	25 min
May 20, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren	30 min
May 20, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne	34 min
May 20, 9:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marshall, Tama	31 min
May 25, 10:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Lyon	49 min
May 25, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Guthrie	27 min
May 25, 11:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Carroll, Guthrie	29 min
May 26, 12:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Greene	50 min
May 26, 4:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee	29 min
May 26, 5:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Greene, Guthrie	41 min
May 26, 6:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor, Union	52 min
May 26, 7:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery	27 min
May 26, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor	37 min
May 27, 1:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie	37 min
May 27, 2:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	31 min
May 27, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby	32 min
May 27, 3:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie	41 min
May 27, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	30 min
May 27, 3:51 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie	39 min
May 27, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	46 min
May 27, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont	43 min
May 27, 11:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Ringgold, Taylor	58 min
May 28, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur	49 min
May 28, 3:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas	43 min
May 28, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion, Monroe	48 min
May 28, 4:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello	64 min
May 28, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor, Union	39 min
May 28, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington	38 min
May 28, 5:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas	37 min
May 28, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison, Union	38 min
May 28, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur	35 min
May 28, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Ringgold, Taylor	45 min
May 28, 6:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa	40 min
May 28, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Monroe, Wapello	37 min
May 28, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Monroe, Wapello	63 min
May 28, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold	43 min
May 28, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa, Washington	66 min
May 28, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	56 min
May 28, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis	53 min
May 28, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	23 min
May 29, 11:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Greene, Guthrie	34 min
May 29, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Webster	26 min
May 29, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Hardin, Story	24 min
May 29, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison	33 min
May 29, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	35 min
May 29, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	34 min
May 29, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hardin, Marshall, Story	39 min
May 29, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Montgomery, Pottawattamie	34 min
May 29, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Winneshiek	25 min
May 29, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Polk, Story	35 min
May 29, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Cass	32 min
May 29, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story	65 min
May 29, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Grundy	62 min
May 29, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Tama	51 min
May 29, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama	59 min
May 29, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	44 min
May 29, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie	40 min
May 29, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan	45 min
May 29, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Fayette	38 min
May 29, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Poweshiek, Tama	45 min
May 29, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Linn	44 min
May 29, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton	58 min
May 29, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee	45 min
May 29, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware	40 min
May 29, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	34 min
May 29, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Linn	47 min
May 29, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford, Sac	53 min
May 29, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Ida, Woodbury	47 min
May 29, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Cherokee, Plymouth	32 min
May 30, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	49 min
May 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	49 min
May 30, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	51 min
May 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee and 2 more	47 min
May 30, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Cedar, Des Moines, Iowa, Johnson, Linn and 4 more	46 min
May 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Dubuque, Johnson and 2 more	63 min
May 30, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Muscatine, Scott	54 min
May 30, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton	54 min
May 30, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson	67 min
May 30, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Allamakee	46 min
May 30, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills	27 min
May 30, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills, Pottawattamie	41 min
May 30, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Mills	33 min
May 30, 8:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	27 min
May 30, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Pottawattamie	32 min
May 30, 9:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Cass	30 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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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.