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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, March 2023

44 severe thunderstorm warnings in March 2023. 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 March 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings: 44
Busiest day: March 31, 202344 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
Mar 30, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth	33 min
Mar 30, 11:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FSD	Plymouth	37 min
Mar 31, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union	45 min
Mar 31, 12:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Warren	39 min
Mar 31, 1:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Warren	42 min
Mar 31, 1:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Lee	24 min
Mar 31, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren	48 min
Mar 31, 2:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	29 min
Mar 31, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Warren	42 min
Mar 31, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Warren	38 min
Mar 31, 2:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Louisa, Muscatine	38 min
Mar 31, 2:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story	47 min
Mar 31, 2:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Louisa, Scott	45 min
Mar 31, 2:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wayne	50 min
Mar 31, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama	42 min
Mar 31, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Warren	49 min
Mar 31, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DMX	Boone, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story	59 min
Mar 31, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	49 min
Mar 31, 3:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	40 min
Mar 31, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DMX	Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello	40 min
Mar 31, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek, Tama	37 min
Mar 31, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	49 min
Mar 31, 3:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello	51 min
Mar 31, 3:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	47 min
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago	56 min
Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Iowa	52 min
Mar 31, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek, Tama	51 min
Mar 31, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Poweshiek	35 min
Mar 31, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington	31 min
Mar 31, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth	36 min
Mar 31, 4:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek	56 min
Mar 31, 4:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 5 more	62 min
Mar 31, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd	66 min
Mar 31, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek	32 min
Mar 31, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Linn	55 min
Mar 31, 4:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn and 1 more	48 min
Mar 31, 5:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson and 2 more	43 min
Mar 31, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Louisa and 2 more	38 min
Mar 31, 5:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	51 min
Mar 31, 5:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson	61 min
Mar 31, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ARX	Clayton	17 min
Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more	51 min
Mar 31, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Clinton, Muscatine, Scott	46 min
Mar 31, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	27 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.