Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2016
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, May 2016
102 special weather statements in May 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 May 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
- 102
- Busiest day
- May 26, 201626 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 3, 8:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 61 min |
| May 3, 10:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 41 min |
| May 3, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 56 min |
| May 9, 2:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 48 min |
| May 9, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 32 min |
| May 9, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 28 min |
| May 9, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 28 min |
| May 9, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 9, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 40 min |
| May 9, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 27 min |
| May 9, 9:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 26 min |
| May 9, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 26 min |
| May 9, 9:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 35 min |
| May 9, 11:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon | 49 min |
| May 10, 1:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 59 min |
| May 11, 6:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 48 min |
| May 11, 6:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 32 min |
| May 11, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 25 min |
| May 13, 10:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 45 min |
| May 13, 10:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 40 min |
| May 13, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke, Madison, Union | 67 min |
| May 13, 12:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 38 min |
| May 23, 11:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 34 min |
| May 23, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 32 min |
| May 23, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Howard | 61 min |
| May 24, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 32 min |
| May 24, 1:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 25 min |
| May 24, 1:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 38 min |
| May 25, 1:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 49 min |
| May 25, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 43 min |
| May 25, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Carroll, Guthrie | 65 min |
| May 25, 4:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Marion, Union and 1 more | 52 min |
| May 25, 4:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Polk | 66 min |
| May 25, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska | 63 min |
| May 25, 6:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek | 65 min |
| May 25, 7:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 59 min |
| May 25, 8:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 52 min |
| May 25, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek | 26 min |
| May 25, 12:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 59 min |
| May 25, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet | 62 min |
| May 25, 11:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet | 32 min |
| May 26, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 58 min |
| May 26, 12:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 42 min |
| May 26, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 60 min |
| May 26, 1:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 64 min |
| May 26, 1:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie | 41 min |
| May 26, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 26, 1:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Carroll, Crawford, Sac | 64 min |
| May 26, 2:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 30 min |
| May 26, 2:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 55 min |
| May 26, 2:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren | 50 min |
| May 26, 3:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 40 min |
| May 26, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard | 53 min |
| May 26, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Lee, Louisa | 43 min |
| May 26, 4:40 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek | 65 min |
| May 26, 4:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 49 min |
| May 26, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine | 50 min |
| May 26, 5:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 45 min |
| May 26, 6:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 41 min |
| May 26, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 55 min |
| May 26, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 40 min |
| May 26, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 39 min |
| May 26, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 37 min |
| May 26, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Warren | 53 min |
| May 26, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 26 min |
| May 26, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hardin | 49 min |
| May 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 41 min |
| May 27, 7:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wapello | 54 min |
| May 27, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Washington | 54 min |
| May 27, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| May 28, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 32 min |
| May 28, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 46 min |
| May 28, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 35 min |
| May 29, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd | 23 min |
| May 29, 4:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 37 min |
| May 29, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 43 min |
| May 30, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 47 min |
| May 30, 4:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 23 min |
| May 30, 4:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 26 min |
| May 30, 5:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 30 min |
| May 30, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Page | 34 min |
| May 30, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 33 min |
| May 30, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Black Hawk | 38 min |
| May 30, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd | 30 min |
| May 30, 7:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 37 min |
| May 30, 7:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 33 min |
| May 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 46 min |
| May 30, 8:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 43 min |
| May 30, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 40 min |
| May 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn | 61 min |
| May 30, 9:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 42 min |
| May 30, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn | 61 min |
| May 30, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 48 min |
| May 30, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 64 min |
| May 30, 10:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 49 min |
| May 30, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 66 min |
| May 30, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 32 min |
| May 31, 12:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Crawford | 62 min |
| May 31, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 39 min |
| May 31, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Keokuk | 55 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Fremont County11
- Harrison County7
- Delaware County6
- Pottawattamie County6
- Fayette County5
- Mills County5
- Montgomery County5
- Shelby County5
- Buchanan County5
- Allamakee County4
- Des Moines County4
- Cedar County4
- Clinton County4
- Linn County4
- Louisa County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lee County3
- Scott County3
- Clarke County3
- Union County3
- Howard County3
- Page County3
- Benton County3
- Emmet County3
- Keokuk County3
- Van Buren County3
- Johnson County3
- Jones County3
- Dubuque County3
- Monona County2
- Adams County2
- Taylor County2
- Audubon County2
- Henry County2
- Muscatine County2
- Madison County2
- Lucas County2
- Chickasaw County2
- Carroll County2
- Decatur County2
27 more counties
- Warren County2
- Boone County2
- Dallas County2
- Polk County2
- Jasper County2
- Iowa County2
- Winneshiek County2
- Crawford County2
- Mitchell County2
- Clayton County2
- Washington County2
- Floyd County2
- Adair County1
- Guthrie County1
- Marion County1
- Mahaska County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Ringgold County1
- Kossuth County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Appanoose County1
- Wayne County1
- Sac County1
- Hardin County1
- Wapello County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Jackson County1
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