Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2000

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, August 2000

10 severe thunderstorm watches in August 2000. 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 2000. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
10
Busiest day
August 6, 20002 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 1, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 24 more6 hr
Aug 6, 1:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 11 more6 hr
Aug 6, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Iowa and 11 more5 hr
Aug 7, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 14 more6 hr
Aug 7, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 16 more6 hr
Aug 9, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppanoose, Benton, Cedar, Davis, Des Moines, Henry and 23 more5 hr
Aug 16, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 15 more5 hr
Aug 26, 4:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 11 more4 hr
Aug 26, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCedar, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jasper and 13 more5 hr
Aug 26, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDes Moines, Lee, Van Buren5 hr

By county

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

45 more counties

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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.