Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2016
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, August 2016
121 special weather statements in August 2016. 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 August 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 121
- Busiest day
- August 19, 201615 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 37 min |
| Aug 1, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Pocahontas, Sac | 54 min |
| Aug 1, 10:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Pottawattamie | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 8:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Poweshiek | 39 min |
| Aug 4, 10:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 12:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Black Hawk | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 1:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Black Hawk | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas | 30 min |
| Aug 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek | 118 min |
| Aug 4, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 21 min |
| Aug 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 91 min |
| Aug 10, 5:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wright | 43 min |
| Aug 10, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 18 min |
| Aug 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 47 min |
| Aug 11, 4:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 4 more | 61 min |
| Aug 11, 5:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hamilton, Webster, Worth, Wright | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 6:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 87 min |
| Aug 11, 11:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone | 62 min |
| Aug 11, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more | 60 min |
| Aug 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Cass | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Jackson, Jones | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 8:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson and 3 more | 93 min |
| Aug 11, 9:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Union | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 58 min |
| Aug 11, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 87 min |
| Aug 11, 10:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 35 min |
| Aug 11, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Page | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 11:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa and 4 more | 67 min |
| Aug 12, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Louisa, Van Buren | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Humboldt | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago | 67 min |
| Aug 16, 7:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 58 min |
| Aug 16, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 11:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago | 53 min |
| Aug 17, 3:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 58 min |
| Aug 18, 5:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 54 min |
| Aug 18, 6:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Worth | 12 min |
| Aug 18, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 14 min |
| Aug 18, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 7:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 62 min |
| Aug 18, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Bremer | 44 min |
| Aug 18, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 6:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 89 min |
| Aug 19, 9:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wright | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 9:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hamilton | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 10:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wright | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 10:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Franklin | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 12:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Grundy | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 1:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 49 min |
| Aug 19, 3:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wright | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 3:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 6:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hamilton | 35 min |
| Aug 19, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Story | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Marshall | 60 min |
| Aug 19, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Butler, Grundy, Hardin | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 8:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek, Tama | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Sac | 41 min |
| Aug 23, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 38 min |
| Aug 23, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 36 min |
| Aug 23, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Humboldt, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 62 min |
| Aug 23, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock | 48 min |
| Aug 23, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 50 min |
| Aug 23, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Winneshiek | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 9:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago | 24 min |
| Aug 23, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 63 min |
| Aug 23, 11:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery | 52 min |
| Aug 23, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago, Worth | 60 min |
| Aug 24, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 42 min |
| Aug 24, 12:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Madison, Union | 64 min |
| Aug 24, 12:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union | 41 min |
| Aug 24, 10:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Winneshiek | 82 min |
| Aug 24, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Marion | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Mahaska | 43 min |
| Aug 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk, Washington | 66 min |
| Aug 24, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 59 min |
| Aug 24, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 66 min |
| Aug 27, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Scott | 2 hr |
| Aug 28, 1:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 59 min |
| Aug 28, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Ringgold | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 5:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 33 min |
| Aug 28, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 42 min |
| Aug 28, 5:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 39 min |
| Aug 28, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 6:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 31 min |
| Aug 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 11:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth and 1 more | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hardin | 51 min |
| Aug 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 3:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Grundy | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 40 min |
| Aug 29, 4:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Tama | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 4:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Tama | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 54 min |
| Aug 29, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Guthrie, Story | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 55 min |
| Aug 29, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wapello | 49 min |
| Aug 29, 8:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 8:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Mahaska | 66 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clinton County10
- Cerro Gordo County9
- Benton County8
- Mills County7
- Clayton County7
- Wright County7
- Winnebago County7
- Scott County7
- Muscatine County6
- Montgomery County5
- Fremont County5
- Buchanan County5
- Harrison County5
- Allamakee County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Winneshiek County5
- Jackson County5
- Jones County5
- Page County5
- Louisa County5
- Shelby County4
- Kossuth County4
- Hancock County4
- Humboldt County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Worth County4
- Floyd County4
- Delaware County4
- Dubuque County4
- Linn County4
- Iowa County4
- Johnson County4
- Keokuk County4
- Washington County4
- Calhoun County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Sac County3
- Pottawattamie County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Fayette County3
38 more counties
- Polk County3
- Hamilton County3
- Cedar County3
- Union County3
- Des Moines County3
- Henry County3
- Van Buren County3
- Grundy County3
- Mahaska County3
- Tama County3
- Poweshiek County2
- Dallas County2
- Monona County2
- Franklin County2
- Howard County2
- Mitchell County2
- Boone County2
- Adair County2
- Cass County2
- Jefferson County2
- Bremer County2
- Story County2
- Jasper County2
- Hardin County2
- Emmet County2
- Madison County2
- Ringgold County2
- Carroll County1
- Greene County1
- Webster County1
- Marshall County1
- Butler County1
- Clarke County1
- Decatur County1
- Marion County1
- Lee County1
- Guthrie County1
- Wapello 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.