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Special Weather Statements in Iowa, May 2020

47 special weather statements in May 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Special Weather Statements
47
Busiest day
May 26, 202020 special weather statements

Over time

By day

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 2:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXFremont82 min
May 13, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNClinton46 min
May 14, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXGuthrie54 min
May 14, 3:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXAdair, Madison45 min
May 14, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXClarke, Madison, Marion, Warren48 min
May 14, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXDallas, Polk61 min
May 14, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXMadison32 min
May 14, 6:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXDecatur, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne62 min
May 14, 7:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXDecatur, Lucas, Monroe, Ringgold, Wapello, Wayne60 min
May 16, 7:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXUnion38 min
May 16, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMontgomery29 min
May 16, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMontgomery26 min
May 23, 5:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNKeokuk37 min
May 23, 5:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNIowa, Jefferson, Keokuk29 min
May 23, 6:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNWashington23 min
May 23, 9:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLinn34 min
May 23, 9:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar37 min
May 23, 10:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNScott28 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNVan Buren40 min
May 24, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXJasper, Polk, Warren36 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXMadison57 min
May 25, 5:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar36 min
May 25, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee23 min
May 25, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDelaware41 min
May 25, 7:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMuscatine27 min
May 25, 7:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNKeokuk44 min
May 25, 8:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJohnson27 min
May 25, 8:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLinn25 min
May 25, 8:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLinn32 min
May 25, 9:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBuchanan38 min
May 26, 12:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton26 min
May 26, 1:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDes Moines, Iowa, Louisa, Washington22 min
May 26, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJohnson37 min
May 26, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLee27 min
May 26, 3:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMuscatine28 min
May 26, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJones24 min
May 26, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXMahaska22 min
May 26, 4:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDelaware34 min
May 26, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLinn36 min
May 26, 5:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAllamakee55 min
May 26, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMuscatine34 min
May 26, 5:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAllamakee60 min
May 26, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXCerro Gordo, Worth51 min
May 26, 6:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDubuque35 min
May 27, 6:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNIowa37 min
May 27, 8:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJones29 min
May 27, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDubuque49 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

2 more counties

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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.