Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2013
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, May 2013
46 special weather statements in May 2013. 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 May 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 46
- Busiest day
- May 19, 201310 special weather statements
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 9:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 29 min |
| May 8, 10:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 39 min |
| May 9, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 86 min |
| May 9, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk and 4 more | 118 min |
| May 9, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 56 min |
| May 16, 10:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 31 min |
| May 19, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 36 min |
| May 19, 12:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 51 min |
| May 19, 3:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 58 min |
| May 19, 4:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 41 min |
| May 19, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Linn | 59 min |
| May 19, 5:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 37 min |
| May 19, 10:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 61 min |
| May 19, 11:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Louisa | 52 min |
| May 19, 1:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 65 min |
| May 19, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren | 68 min |
| May 19, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 19 min |
| May 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 22 min |
| May 20, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 26 min |
| May 20, 7:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 24 min |
| May 20, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 23 min |
| May 20, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 33 min |
| May 20, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 30 min |
| May 20, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Scott | 93 min |
| May 22, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more | 48 min |
| May 25, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 29 min |
| May 25, 4:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 30 min |
| May 26, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry | 55 min |
| May 27, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 43 min |
| May 28, 1:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson and 2 more | 91 min |
| May 28, 2:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 66 min |
| May 28, 3:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Johnson and 2 more | 54 min |
| May 28, 5:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington | 47 min |
| May 28, 6:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry | 60 min |
| May 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 28 min |
| May 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 54 min |
| May 28, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 58 min |
| May 28, 7:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 63 min |
| May 28, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 57 min |
| May 29, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 38 min |
| May 29, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Page | 34 min |
| May 29, 1:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 32 min |
| May 29, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan | 50 min |
| May 30, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 2 hr |
| May 30, 3:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 2 hr |
| May 30, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 70 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Des Moines County8
- Benton County6
- Lee County6
- Henry County6
- Pottawattamie County5
- Iowa County5
- Keokuk County5
- Linn County5
- Louisa County5
- Page County5
- Buchanan County5
- Scott County5
- Montgomery County4
- Johnson County4
- Jones County4
- Washington County4
- Fremont County4
- Shelby County3
- Harrison County3
- Mills County3
- Monona County3
- Cedar County3
- Delaware County3
- Muscatine County2
- Clinton County2
- Jackson County2
- Van Buren County2
- Dubuque County2
- Jefferson County2
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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.