Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2024
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Iowa, April 2024
110 severe thunderstorm warnings in April 2024. 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 April 2024. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 110
- Busiest day
- April 16, 202438 severe thunderstorm warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 9:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 57 min |
| Apr 16, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Marshall and 4 more | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 11:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 11:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Wapello | 37 min |
| Apr 16, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Wayne | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wayne | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 46 min |
| Apr 16, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne | 23 min |
| Apr 16, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Poweshiek, Wapello | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 2:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy | 40 min |
| Apr 16, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 49 min |
| Apr 16, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 35 min |
| Apr 16, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Johnson, Jones, Linn | 45 min |
| Apr 16, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 3:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren, Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 16, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren | 13 min |
| Apr 16, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Washington | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Washington | 33 min |
| Apr 16, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson and 5 more | 52 min |
| Apr 16, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 41 min |
| Apr 16, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 43 min |
| Apr 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 32 min |
| Apr 16, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Muscatine, Scott | 21 min |
| Apr 16, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 50 min |
| Apr 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Lee | 29 min |
| Apr 16, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 51 min |
| Apr 16, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 23 min |
| Apr 16, 6:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson, Scott | 48 min |
| Apr 16, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 64 min |
| Apr 16, 7:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 43 min |
| Apr 26, 12:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 40 min |
| Apr 26, 12:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie | 23 min |
| Apr 26, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 51 min |
| Apr 26, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 49 min |
| Apr 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 36 min |
| Apr 26, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Page | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 24 min |
| Apr 26, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 38 min |
| Apr 26, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 25 min |
| Apr 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Pocahontas and 2 more | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 7:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 41 min |
| Apr 26, 9:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Humboldt, Webster | 17 min |
| Apr 27, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Ringgold, Union | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Warren | 20 min |
| Apr 27, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 51 min |
| Apr 27, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 41 min |
| Apr 27, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Linn | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa | 45 min |
| Apr 27, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe and 2 more | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Mahaska, Poweshiek, Wapello | 49 min |
| Apr 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Winneshiek | 30 min |
| Apr 27, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 29 min |
| Apr 27, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine, Washington | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren | 50 min |
| Apr 27, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Apr 27, 8:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Lee, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Scott | 38 min |
| Apr 27, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jones, Scott | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 7:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont | 16 min |
| Apr 30, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Cass | 40 min |
| Apr 30, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux | 31 min |
| Apr 30, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 30 min |
| Apr 30, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 49 min |
| Apr 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Cass | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Crawford | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 13 min |
| Apr 30, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 21 min |
| Apr 30, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford, Sac | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 4:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 26 min |
| Apr 30, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass, Union | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Shelby | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Guthrie | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 46 min |
| Apr 30, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 38 min |
| Apr 30, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Clarke, Madison, Union | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union | 45 min |
| Apr 30, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Union, Warren | 41 min |
| Apr 30, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Clarke, Madison, Union | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Warren | 67 min |
| Apr 30, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story | 51 min |
| Apr 30, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne | 64 min |
| Apr 30, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Clarke, Decatur, Madison, Ringgold, Union | 34 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Union County11
- Washington County10
- Clarke County9
- Johnson County8
- Scott County8
- Harrison County8
- Adams County7
- Ringgold County7
- Van Buren County7
- Davis County7
- Wapello County7
- Lucas County7
- Mahaska County7
- Jefferson County7
- Muscatine County7
- Adair County7
- Delaware County6
- Linn County6
- Cedar County6
- Jones County6
- Dubuque County6
- Clinton County6
- Fremont County6
- Pottawattamie County6
- Shelby County6
- Madison County6
- Taylor County5
- Wayne County5
- Marion County5
- Henry County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Iowa County5
- Jackson County5
- Carroll County5
- Cass County5
- Lee County4
- Appanoose County4
- Monroe County4
- Keokuk County4
- Louisa County4
45 more counties
- Greene County4
- Crawford County4
- Monona County4
- Boone County3
- Webster County3
- Jasper County3
- Buchanan County3
- Cherokee County3
- Audubon County3
- Guthrie County3
- Mills County3
- Montgomery County3
- Page County3
- Warren County3
- Decatur County3
- Hamilton County2
- Hardin County2
- Humboldt County2
- Marshall County2
- Story County2
- Chickasaw County2
- Benton County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Des Moines County2
- Plymouth County2
- O'Brien County2
- Calhoun County2
- Sac County2
- Franklin County1
- Polk County1
- Wright County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Bremer County1
- Butler County1
- Grundy County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Lyon County1
- Clayton County1
- Ida County1
- Woodbury County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Fayette County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Sioux County1
- Dallas 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.