Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches / 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, June 2002

11 severe thunderstorm watches in June 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 June 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Severe Thunderstorm Watches
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Busiest day
June 11, 20022 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
May 31, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk and 8 more5 hr
Jun 7, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 1 more5 hr
Jun 10, 9:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 18 more5 hr
Jun 11, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette and 5 more6 hr
Jun 12, 12:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Mills and 5 more6 hr
Jun 17, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Harrison, Lyon, Monona, Plymouth, Sioux and 1 more5 hr
Jun 19, 5:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 14 more5 hr
Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLyon, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux5 hr
Jun 24, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLyon5 hr
Jun 25, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux5 hr
Jun 26, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Davis and 24 more5 hr

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.