Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2017
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, May 2017
73 special weather statements in May 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 May 2017. Tap one for its archive.
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- May 17, 201718 special weather statements
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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, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 4 more | 65 min |
| Apr 30, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Linn and 3 more | 61 min |
| May 8, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Ringgold, Sac and 1 more | 82 min |
| May 8, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet | 57 min |
| May 8, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago | 61 min |
| May 8, 8:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hancock | 29 min |
| May 8, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winneshiek | 31 min |
| May 10, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 61 min |
| May 10, 8:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas | 31 min |
| May 10, 9:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 28 min |
| May 10, 9:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 41 min |
| May 10, 10:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 49 min |
| May 15, 12:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hamilton | 56 min |
| May 15, 1:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hardin | 46 min |
| May 15, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 12 min |
| May 15, 3:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Mitchell | 55 min |
| May 15, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 23 min |
| May 15, 10:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 47 min |
| May 16, 4:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet | 78 min |
| May 16, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills | 41 min |
| May 16, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 47 min |
| May 16, 9:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 51 min |
| May 16, 10:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 48 min |
| May 17, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 40 min |
| May 17, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson, Jones and 3 more | 37 min |
| May 17, 8:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 25 min |
| May 17, 11:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Howard, Winneshiek | 60 min |
| May 17, 11:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winneshiek | 57 min |
| May 17, 11:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 49 min |
| May 17, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 39 min |
| May 17, 2:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 115 min |
| May 17, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 51 min |
| May 17, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 103 min |
| May 17, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 42 min |
| May 17, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 31 min |
| May 17, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Monona | 31 min |
| May 17, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 42 min |
| May 18, 8:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont, Page | 35 min |
| May 18, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams | 38 min |
| May 18, 10:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Cass, Madison | 47 min |
| May 20, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 37 min |
| May 20, 8:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 24 min |
| May 22, 9:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 61 min |
| May 22, 3:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 34 min |
| May 22, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 32 min |
| May 22, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 28 min |
| May 22, 5:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 43 min |
| May 22, 6:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Shelby | 49 min |
| May 22, 6:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Dallas and 12 more | 60 min |
| May 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 36 min |
| May 22, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Dallas, Franklin and 9 more | 59 min |
| May 22, 7:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 27 min |
| May 22, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 32 min |
| May 22, 8:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 32 min |
| May 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 59 min |
| May 23, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque | 3 hr |
| May 23, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque | 3 hr |
| May 26, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 36 min |
| May 27, 7:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 44 min |
| May 27, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 40 min |
| May 27, 8:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 56 min |
| May 27, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 61 min |
| May 27, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 47 min |
| May 27, 9:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Union | 41 min |
| May 27, 9:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 47 min |
| May 27, 10:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon | 60 min |
| May 27, 10:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison | 44 min |
| May 27, 11:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 36 min |
| May 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Story | 37 min |
| May 27, 4:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 32 min |
| May 27, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 24 min |
| May 28, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 58 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pottawattamie County7
- Dubuque County7
- Winneshiek County5
- Cass County5
- Fremont County5
- Delaware County5
- Shelby County5
- Benton County4
- Johnson County4
- Adair County4
- Mills County4
- Mitchell County4
- Iowa County3
- Keokuk County3
- Washington County3
- Buchanan County3
- Audubon County3
- Emmet County3
- Dallas County3
- Hardin County3
- Floyd County3
- Montgomery County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Howard County3
- Fayette County3
- Madison County3
- Story County3
- Des Moines County2
- Louisa County2
- Linn County2
- Scott County2
- Adams County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Winnebago County2
- Hancock County2
- Hamilton County2
- Kossuth County2
- Harrison County2
- Page County2
33 more counties
- Jasper County2
- Monona County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Franklin County2
- Polk County2
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lee County1
- Cedar County1
- Muscatine County1
- Carroll County1
- Sac County1
- Mahaska County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Jones County1
- Clayton County1
- Jackson County1
- Boone County1
- Greene County1
- Guthrie County1
- Humboldt County1
- Webster County1
- Worth County1
- Wright County1
- Bremer County1
- Butler County1
- Grundy County1
- Marshall County1
- Tama County1
- Warren County1
- Union County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Pocahontas 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.