Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, September 2021

13 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
13
Busiest day
September 20, 20216 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 13, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCarroll, Crawford27 min
Sep 17, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux46 min
Sep 17, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFSDClay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux54 min
Sep 17, 1:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth and 2 more49 min
Sep 17, 1:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux67 min
Sep 20, 3:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Madison, Union, Warren52 min
Sep 20, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Lucas, Marion, Warren52 min
Sep 20, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningARXChickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell50 min
Sep 20, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLucas, Marion, Monroe, Warren48 min
Sep 20, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis, Wayne41 min
Sep 20, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDelaware38 min
Sep 20, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDavis35 min
Sep 20, 7:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington47 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. Rebuilt daily.