Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2002
54 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 54
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- May 6, 20023 severe thunderstorm watches
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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 8, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 5 hr |
| Apr 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 40 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 18, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler and 29 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Davis and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 24, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee and 3 more | 5 hr |
| May 5, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dickinson, Emmet, Howard, Lyon, Osceola, Winnebago and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 51 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cedar and 18 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Woodbury | 5 hr |
| May 8, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 5 hr |
| May 22, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Woodbury | 6 hr |
| May 22, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Mills | 6 hr |
| May 27, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Woodbury | 5 hr |
| May 28, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 17 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Mills and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Harrison, Lyon, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux and 1 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lyon, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 5 hr |
| Jun 24, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lyon | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 5 hr |
| Jun 26, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Davis and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 10, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 21, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 26, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 43 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 21 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 28, 8:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd, Hancock, Howard and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Hancock and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 11, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Emmet and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 16, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 29 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 17, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Emmet and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 1, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 6 hr |
| Oct 1, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 36 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 2:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lyon County17
- Woodbury County16
- Sioux County15
- Worth County15
- Plymouth County14
- Osceola County14
- Jefferson County13
- Cherokee County13
- Emmet County13
- Guthrie County13
- Pocahontas County13
- Winnebago County13
- Black Hawk County13
- Buchanan County13
- Delaware County13
- Howard County13
- Mitchell County13
- Keokuk County12
- Van Buren County12
- Adair County12
- Calhoun County12
- Cerro Gordo County12
- Dickinson County12
- Hancock County12
- Kossuth County12
- Madison County12
- O'Brien County12
- Palo Alto County12
- Allamakee County12
- Bremer County12
- Chickasaw County12
- Clayton County12
- Fayette County12
- Floyd County12
- Marion County12
- Davis County11
- Adams County11
- Audubon County11
- Buena Vista County11
- Carroll County11
59 more counties
- Cass County11
- Clay County11
- Dallas County11
- Greene County11
- Hamilton County11
- Harrison County11
- Humboldt County11
- Mills County11
- Monona County11
- Shelby County11
- Taylor County11
- Union County11
- Wright County11
- Butler County11
- Dubuque County11
- Grundy County11
- Hardin County11
- Winneshiek County11
- Mahaska County11
- Jasper County11
- Henry County10
- Johnson County10
- Linn County10
- Boone County10
- Fremont County10
- Pottawattamie County10
- Sac County10
- Webster County10
- Benton County10
- Franklin County10
- Story County10
- Decatur County10
- Monroe County10
- Poweshiek County10
- Polk County10
- Ringgold County10
- Cedar County9
- Des Moines County9
- Lee County9
- Louisa County9
- Muscatine County9
- Wapello County9
- Washington County9
- Crawford County9
- Ida County9
- Montgomery County9
- Jones County9
- Marshall County9
- Tama County9
- Appanoose County9
- Iowa County9
- Lucas County9
- Wayne County9
- Page County8
- Clarke County8
- Warren County8
- Clinton County7
- Jackson County7
- Scott County6
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.