Alert archive / Iowa / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Iowa, 2008
55 severe thunderstorm watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 55
- Busiest month
- June21 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- June 3, 20084 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 31, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 3 hr |
| Apr 10, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Cass, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 4:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 25, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa and 12 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 12:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 15 more | 7 hr |
| May 6, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 7 hr |
| May 30, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 31, 2:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 3, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audubon, Buena Vista, Carroll, Cherokee, Crawford, Guthrie and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 3, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Harrison, Ida, Mills and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 50 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 9:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Scott | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 14, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Buchanan, Cedar and 38 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clayton, Fayette | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan and 44 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Louisa | 5 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 19, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 29 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 25, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Boone and 46 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 26, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 46 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 26, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Fremont, Harrison and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 4 hr |
| Jun 27, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk and 59 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 6, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audubon, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buena Vista, Butler, Calhoun and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buena Vista and 40 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 7, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 10, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Clayton, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 6 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque and 12 more | 10 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 11, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 48 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 8 hr |
| Jul 17, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw and 22 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 54 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 9 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 20 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 64 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 27, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Butler and 33 more | 9 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 11:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Nov 5, 5:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 11 more | 4 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Guthrie County19
- Harrison County19
- Shelby County19
- Louisa County19
- Des Moines County18
- Iowa County18
- Johnson County18
- Keokuk County18
- Washington County18
- Adair County17
- Audubon County17
- Clarke County17
- Lucas County17
- Henry County17
- Muscatine County17
- Scott County17
- Carroll County17
- Crawford County17
- Montgomery County16
- Pottawattamie County16
- Adams County16
- Cass County16
- Dallas County16
- Madison County16
- Taylor County16
- Warren County16
- Wayne County16
- Jefferson County16
- Linn County16
- Mills County15
- Appanoose County15
- Decatur County15
- Monroe County15
- Polk County15
- Ringgold County15
- Union County15
- Cedar County15
- Lee County15
- Ida County15
- Woodbury County15
59 more counties
- Fremont County14
- Page County14
- Davis County14
- Jasper County14
- Mahaska County14
- Marion County14
- Poweshiek County14
- Wapello County14
- Benton County14
- Van Buren County14
- Cherokee County14
- Sac County14
- Monona County14
- Black Hawk County13
- Clinton County13
- Tama County13
- Buena Vista County13
- Plymouth County13
- Webster County13
- Boone County13
- Greene County13
- Grundy County13
- Hamilton County13
- Hardin County13
- Delaware County12
- Dubuque County12
- Jackson County12
- Jones County12
- Clay County12
- O'Brien County12
- Marshall County12
- Story County12
- Buchanan County11
- Calhoun County11
- Osceola County11
- Sioux County11
- Clayton County11
- Franklin County11
- Dickinson County10
- Humboldt County10
- Pocahontas County10
- Allamakee County10
- Fayette County10
- Howard County10
- Mitchell County10
- Winneshiek County10
- Butler County10
- Wright County10
- Emmet County9
- Kossuth County9
- Lyon County9
- Palo Alto County9
- Chickasaw County9
- Floyd County9
- Bremer County9
- Winnebago County7
- Cerro Gordo County7
- Hancock County6
- Worth 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.