Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, August 1997
6 severe thunderstorm watches in August 1997. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in August 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 6
- Busiest day
- August 15, 19972 severe thunderstorm watches
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 3, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 16, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 24, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jasper, Jefferson and 10 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Henry County4
- Jefferson County4
- Keokuk County4
- Louisa County4
- Mahaska County4
- Van Buren County4
- Wapello County4
- Washington County4
- Des Moines County3
- Lee County3
- Muscatine County3
- Poweshiek County3
- Appanoose County3
- Davis County3
- Marion County3
- Monroe County3
- Benton County2
- Buchanan County2
- Cedar County2
- Clinton County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Iowa County2
- Jackson County2
- Jasper County2
- Johnson County2
- Jones County2
- Linn County2
- Scott County2
- Lucas County2
- Wayne County2
- Black Hawk County1
- Bremer County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Grundy County1
- Marshall County1
- Polk County1
- Tama County1
- Buena Vista 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.