Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2017
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, August 2017
100 special weather statements in August 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
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- August 21, 201723 special weather statements
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Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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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, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 6:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 6:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Palo Alto | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 7:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Humboldt | 33 min |
| Aug 1, 7:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth, Winnebago | 29 min |
| Aug 1, 7:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Worth | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Wright | 38 min |
| Aug 1, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 9:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Webster | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 9:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin | 39 min |
| Aug 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 9:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Story | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 3:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Guthrie | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass | 22 min |
| Aug 3, 4:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 7:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 7:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 7:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 8:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Davis, Wapello | 66 min |
| Aug 3, 9:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Linn | 53 min |
| Aug 3, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 11:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 64 min |
| Aug 3, 2:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 2:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Dubuque | 45 min |
| Aug 10, 12:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 1:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 39 min |
| Aug 10, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jones | 51 min |
| Aug 10, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jones | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 2:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 46 min |
| Aug 10, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 3:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Poweshiek | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 4:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wapello | 15 min |
| Aug 10, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 54 min |
| Aug 10, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 56 min |
| Aug 10, 5:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 58 min |
| Aug 10, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 66 min |
| Aug 15, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 52 min |
| Aug 15, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 47 min |
| Aug 15, 2:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wapello | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 5:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 56 min |
| Aug 15, 6:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Crawford | 55 min |
| Aug 15, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 28 min |
| Aug 19, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 2:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Page | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 22 min |
| Aug 20, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | EAX | Page | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 10:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Aug 20, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Crawford | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 1:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon, Guthrie | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 1:47 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 1:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 22 min |
| Aug 21, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Aug 21, 3:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 5:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 27 min |
| Aug 21, 5:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa, Washington | 50 min |
| Aug 21, 8:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 9:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster | 62 min |
| Aug 21, 11:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Humboldt, Pocahontas | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 3:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth and 4 more | 77 min |
| Aug 21, 4:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon, Boone, Cass, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie and 4 more | 57 min |
| Aug 21, 5:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Story | 53 min |
| Aug 21, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison, Warren | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 6:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 64 min |
| Aug 21, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion | 52 min |
| Aug 21, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Union, Warren | 68 min |
| Aug 21, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Poweshiek | 47 min |
| Aug 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello | 61 min |
| Aug 21, 7:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn | 54 min |
| Aug 21, 8:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 66 min |
| Aug 21, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Wapello, Wayne | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 8:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 21 min |
| Aug 21, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 1:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 2:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 81 min |
| Aug 26, 10:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 47 min |
| Aug 26, 11:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Palo Alto | 37 min |
| Aug 26, 12:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Pocahontas | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Webster | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Pocahontas | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FSD | Clay | 14 min |
| Aug 27, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Wright | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 6:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun | 51 min |
| Aug 27, 6:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 67 min |
| Aug 27, 7:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Webster | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 8:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 59 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Webster County7
- Pocahontas County6
- Kossuth County5
- Palo Alto County5
- Humboldt County5
- Hamilton County5
- Wapello County5
- Linn County5
- Emmet County4
- Wayne County4
- Clayton County4
- Dubuque County4
- Johnson County4
- Jones County4
- Mills County4
- Wright County3
- Pottawattamie County3
- Guthrie County3
- Cass County3
- Lucas County3
- Buchanan County3
- Delaware County3
- Benton County3
- Clinton County3
- Lee County3
- Crawford County3
- Harrison County3
- Boone County3
- Montgomery County3
- Calhoun County3
- Monona County3
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Hardin County2
- Story County2
- Clarke County2
- Decatur County2
- Appanoose County2
- Monroe County2
- Allamakee County2
- Davis County2
41 more counties
- Jackson County2
- Washington County2
- Poweshiek County2
- Jefferson County2
- Iowa County2
- Van Buren County2
- Fremont County2
- Page County2
- Audubon County2
- Shelby County2
- Grundy County2
- Jasper County2
- Madison County2
- Warren County2
- Mahaska County2
- Cedar County2
- Winnebago County1
- Hancock County1
- Worth County1
- Franklin County1
- Adams County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Fayette County1
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Des Moines County1
- Louisa County1
- Carroll County1
- Sac County1
- Dallas County1
- Greene County1
- Polk County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Marshall County1
- Tama County1
- Marion County1
- Union County1
- Muscatine County1
- Clay 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.