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Special Weather Statements in Iowa, 2012
164 special weather statements in 2012. 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 special weather statements reaches back to 2006.
Special Weather Statements by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 164
- Busiest month
- May32 special weather statements
- Busiest day
- April 15, 20128 special weather statements
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:37 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 23 min |
| Mar 7, 8:59 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn | 61 min |
| Mar 19, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 83 min |
| Mar 23, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 8:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 47 min |
| Mar 26, 8:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 51 min |
| Mar 29, 7:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 58 min |
| Mar 29, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 66 min |
| Mar 29, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 52 min |
| Mar 30, 4:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 9 min |
| Apr 13, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 26 min |
| Apr 15, 12:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Page | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 74 min |
| Apr 15, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Page | 85 min |
| Apr 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 64 min |
| Apr 15, 3:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 53 min |
| Apr 15, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 57 min |
| Apr 15, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine | 2 hr |
| Apr 25, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 64 min |
| Apr 27, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 54 min |
| Apr 27, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 63 min |
| Apr 27, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona, Shelby | 33 min |
| May 1, 11:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 39 min |
| May 2, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 35 min |
| May 3, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 32 min |
| May 3, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 29 min |
| May 3, 8:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Washington | 52 min |
| May 4, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren | 49 min |
| May 4, 8:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 35 min |
| May 4, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 58 min |
| May 6, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 60 min |
| May 6, 11:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 61 min |
| May 7, 2:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 63 min |
| May 15, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jones, Linn | 53 min |
| May 15, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones and 2 more | 42 min |
| May 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson and 4 more | 49 min |
| May 15, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa and 3 more | 30 min |
| May 15, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 31 min |
| May 15, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Washington | 30 min |
| May 15, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 27 min |
| May 15, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 29 min |
| May 19, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 30 min |
| May 19, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 18 min |
| May 23, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 28 min |
| May 23, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 29 min |
| May 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 26 min |
| May 25, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 23 min |
| May 26, 12:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Scott | 38 min |
| May 26, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 52 min |
| May 26, 2:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 113 min |
| May 26, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 58 min |
| May 28, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 62 min |
| May 28, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 2:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 24 min |
| Jun 10, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 37 min |
| Jun 10, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 9:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 11:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 11:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 1:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 3:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 3:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine | 64 min |
| Jun 14, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 41 min |
| Jun 14, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 24 min |
| Jun 15, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 88 min |
| Jun 16, 1:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 66 min |
| Jun 20, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Linn | 84 min |
| Jun 24, 7:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more | 81 min |
| Jun 24, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more | 75 min |
| Jun 24, 9:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Linn | 57 min |
| Jun 29, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 59 min |
| Jun 29, 6:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 63 min |
| Jun 30, 1:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk, Louisa, Washington | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 3:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 4:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 4:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 66 min |
| Jul 1, 8:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren | 51 min |
| Jul 7, 4:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 55 min |
| Jul 7, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 111 min |
| Jul 13, 3:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 3:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 67 min |
| Jul 14, 8:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 57 min |
| Jul 14, 9:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 10:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 11:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan | 63 min |
| Jul 14, 12:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 23 min |
| Jul 14, 4:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 56 min |
| Jul 14, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 64 min |
| Jul 25, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn | 85 min |
| Jul 25, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 60 min |
| Jul 26, 1:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 69 min |
| Jul 26, 1:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 3:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 4 more | 102 min |
| Aug 7, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 3:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 38 min |
| Aug 8, 11:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 12:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 12:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 1:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 54 min |
| Aug 8, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 30 min |
| Aug 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn | 67 min |
| Aug 9, 6:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Washington | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 1:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 20 min |
| Aug 16, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 5:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 5:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery, Page, Shelby | 66 min |
| Aug 25, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 105 min |
| Sep 3, 7:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 27 min |
| Sep 3, 8:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 36 min |
| Sep 3, 8:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 43 min |
| Sep 4, 10:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 52 min |
| Sep 5, 1:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware | 51 min |
| Sep 5, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque | 54 min |
| Sep 5, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones and 1 more | 55 min |
| Sep 7, 1:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 54 min |
| Sep 7, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Scott | 85 min |
| Sep 7, 2:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 88 min |
| Sep 7, 2:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 81 min |
| Sep 17, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 60 min |
| Sep 17, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 61 min |
| Sep 19, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jones | 23 min |
| Sep 19, 7:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 29 min |
| Sep 21, 1:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 62 min |
| Sep 21, 2:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 60 min |
| Oct 4, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 55 min |
| Oct 13, 2:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 31 min |
| Oct 13, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 45 min |
| Oct 22, 6:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington | 62 min |
| Oct 22, 6:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Des Moines, Iowa, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 56 min |
| Oct 22, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn and 2 more | 59 min |
| Oct 22, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Jones, Linn, Muscatine and 1 more | 55 min |
| Oct 22, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Scott | 79 min |
| Oct 25, 1:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 28 min |
| Oct 25, 1:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 2:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 17 min |
| Oct 25, 11:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 58 min |
| Nov 10, 8:18 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County22
- Benton County20
- Muscatine County20
- Cedar County18
- Buchanan County18
- Delaware County18
- Des Moines County18
- Louisa County17
- Lee County15
- Jackson County14
- Linn County14
- Monona County14
- Clinton County14
- Harrison County14
- Iowa County14
- Johnson County12
- Pottawattamie County11
- Page County11
- Washington County11
- Dubuque County10
- Jones County10
- Van Buren County10
- Henry County10
- Shelby County10
- Montgomery County9
- Mills County8
- Keokuk County8
- Jefferson County7
- Fremont County5
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. Rebuilt daily.