Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2005
52 severe thunderstorm watches in 2005. 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 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 52
- Busiest month
- June17 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- July 25, 20054 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 30, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Butler, Calhoun and 38 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Ida, Lyon and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 18, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Guthrie and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux | 6 hr |
| May 8, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audubon, Carroll, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 8, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin and 7 more | 8 hr |
| May 18, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 6 hr |
| May 19, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jackson and 10 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Harrison and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Audubon, Cass, Cherokee, Crawford, Fremont and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Henry, Jefferson and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 12:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 4 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee and 26 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 11, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee | 6 hr |
| Jun 20, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Winnebago, Worth | 7 hr |
| Jun 20, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 47 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 37 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 27, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista and 49 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 28, 12:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 29, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 43 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 17, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Harrison, Monona, Woodbury | 5 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Monona, Plymouth, Woodbury | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Boone, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo and 31 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 5 hr |
| Jul 25, 10:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 9, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 9, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 22 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery and 3 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Benton, Boone, Buchanan and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 3, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 7 hr |
| Sep 5, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 4 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 8, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Cedar, Davis, Des Moines, Henry and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Sep 13, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk and 51 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 18, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista and 52 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dickinson, Emmet, Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 5 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Ida and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 8, 6:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dubuque, Jackson | 8 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- O'Brien County19
- Shelby County18
- Cherokee County18
- Sioux County18
- Clay County17
- Harrison County17
- Osceola County17
- Sac County16
- Wright County16
- Crawford County16
- Dickinson County16
- Monona County16
- Audubon County15
- Boone County15
- Calhoun County15
- Carroll County15
- Emmet County15
- Hardin County15
- Kossuth County15
- Palo Alto County15
- Webster County15
- Ida County15
- Lyon County15
- Plymouth County15
- Woodbury County15
- Franklin County14
- Guthrie County14
- Hamilton County14
- Humboldt County14
- Pocahontas County14
- Buena Vista County14
- Dallas County13
- Greene County13
- Hancock County13
- Story County13
- Winnebago County13
- Butler County12
- Cerro Gordo County12
- Adair County11
- Cass County11
59 more counties
- Floyd County11
- Fremont County11
- Marshall County11
- Mills County11
- Montgomery County11
- Page County11
- Pottawattamie County11
- Adams County10
- Polk County10
- Worth County10
- Grundy County10
- Mitchell County9
- Allamakee County9
- Bremer County9
- Chickasaw County9
- Madison County8
- Taylor County8
- Warren County8
- Clayton County8
- Fayette County8
- Howard County8
- Winneshiek County8
- Jasper County8
- Mahaska County8
- Poweshiek County8
- Clarke County7
- Johnson County7
- Linn County7
- Marion County7
- Tama County7
- Lucas County6
- Union County6
- Des Moines County6
- Henry County6
- Iowa County6
- Jefferson County6
- Washington County6
- Monroe County6
- Wapello County6
- Black Hawk County6
- Decatur County5
- Jackson County5
- Jones County5
- Lee County5
- Van Buren County5
- Appanoose County5
- Davis County5
- Benton County5
- Buchanan County5
- Delaware County5
- Dubuque County5
- Keokuk County5
- Ringgold County4
- Cedar County4
- Louisa County4
- Muscatine County4
- Scott County4
- Wayne County4
- Clinton County3
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.