Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2015
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, May 2015
74 special weather statements in May 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
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- May 7, 201512 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 41 min |
| May 3, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 42 min |
| May 3, 6:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 61 min |
| May 3, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard, Mitchell | 75 min |
| May 3, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Winneshiek | 80 min |
| May 3, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Webster | 26 min |
| May 3, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek | 109 min |
| May 3, 10:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Pocahontas | 48 min |
| May 3, 11:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Humboldt | 44 min |
| May 3, 11:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Webster | 44 min |
| May 3, 11:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Webster | 43 min |
| May 4, 12:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin | 48 min |
| May 4, 1:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story | 47 min |
| May 4, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 61 min |
| May 4, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 56 min |
| May 4, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wayne | 41 min |
| May 4, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Mahaska | 51 min |
| May 4, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Mahaska | 42 min |
| May 4, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Appanoose, Monroe | 40 min |
| May 5, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hardin, Story | 39 min |
| May 6, 4:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Des Moines, Henry, Johnson and 5 more | 59 min |
| May 7, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 48 min |
| May 7, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 44 min |
| May 7, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 33 min |
| May 7, 3:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 42 min |
| May 7, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 36 min |
| May 7, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 47 min |
| May 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 35 min |
| May 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 50 min |
| May 7, 4:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 33 min |
| May 7, 4:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 60 min |
| May 7, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Sac | 34 min |
| May 7, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Humboldt | 44 min |
| May 7, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Webster, Wright | 31 min |
| May 7, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 57 min |
| May 7, 7:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 26 min |
| May 7, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 26 min |
| May 7, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Wright | 58 min |
| May 10, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 48 min |
| May 10, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 37 min |
| May 10, 1:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 25 min |
| May 10, 2:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Greene | 35 min |
| May 10, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Webster | 52 min |
| May 10, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hancock, Wright | 48 min |
| May 10, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 47 min |
| May 10, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 50 min |
| May 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone | 36 min |
| May 11, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Worth | 17 min |
| May 15, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 51 min |
| May 16, 4:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Crawford | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Crawford | 44 min |
| May 16, 5:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 49 min |
| May 16, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 31 min |
| May 17, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marshall, Poweshiek, Story, Tama | 49 min |
| May 17, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 45 min |
| May 17, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams | 59 min |
| May 17, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 39 min |
| May 17, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 37 min |
| May 24, 4:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Davis | 35 min |
| May 24, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren | 50 min |
| May 24, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 25 min |
| May 25, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 24 min |
| May 25, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 37 min |
| May 25, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 27 min |
| May 25, 8:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Hamilton, Webster and 1 more | 45 min |
| May 26, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek | 114 min |
| May 26, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 44 min |
| May 28, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Lucas | 48 min |
| May 29, 4:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 54 min |
| May 29, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Butler | 48 min |
| May 29, 5:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 2 hr |
| May 29, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 52 min |
| May 29, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 46 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Mitchell County6
- Webster County6
- Howard County5
- Winneshiek County5
- Fayette County5
- Harrison County4
- Cass County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Allamakee County4
- Clayton County4
- Lee County4
- Van Buren County4
- Montgomery County4
- Wright County4
- Floyd County3
- Hardin County3
- Story County3
- Linn County3
- Louisa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Mahaska County3
- Mills County3
- Page County3
- Crawford County3
- Shelby County3
- Audubon County2
- Humboldt County2
- Black Hawk County2
- Grundy County2
- Hamilton County2
- Marshall County2
- Cedar County2
- Buchanan County2
- Des Moines County2
- Henry County2
- Johnson County2
- Franklin County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Davis County2
- Pocahontas County1
28 more counties
- Jones County1
- Wayne County1
- Appanoose County1
- Monroe County1
- Delaware County1
- Washington County1
- Keokuk County1
- Benton County1
- Iowa County1
- Fremont County1
- Sac County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Greene County1
- Hancock County1
- Boone County1
- Worth County1
- Jasper County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Tama County1
- Adams County1
- Wapello County1
- Jefferson County1
- Clinton County1
- Calhoun County1
- Carroll County1
- Dubuque County1
- Lucas County1
- Butler County1
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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.