Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2020
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Fremont | 82 min |
| May 13, 7:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 46 min |
| May 14, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Guthrie | 54 min |
| May 14, 3:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Madison | 45 min |
| May 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Clarke, Madison, Marion, Warren | 48 min |
| May 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 61 min |
| May 14, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison | 32 min |
| May 14, 6:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Decatur, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne | 62 min |
| May 14, 7:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Ringgold, Wapello, Wayne | 60 min |
| May 16, 7:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Union | 38 min |
| May 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 29 min |
| May 16, 9:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 26 min |
| May 23, 5:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 37 min |
| May 23, 5:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Jefferson, Keokuk | 29 min |
| May 23, 6:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 23 min |
| May 23, 9:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 34 min |
| May 23, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 37 min |
| May 23, 10:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 28 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 40 min |
| May 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper, Polk, Warren | 36 min |
| May 24, 8:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Madison | 57 min |
| May 25, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 36 min |
| May 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 23 min |
| May 25, 6:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 41 min |
| May 25, 7:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 27 min |
| May 25, 7:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 44 min |
| May 25, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 27 min |
| May 25, 8:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 25 min |
| May 25, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 32 min |
| May 25, 9:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 38 min |
| May 26, 12:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 26 min |
| May 26, 1:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Iowa, Louisa, Washington | 22 min |
| May 26, 2:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 37 min |
| May 26, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 27 min |
| May 26, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 28 min |
| May 26, 4:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jones | 24 min |
| May 26, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Mahaska | 22 min |
| May 26, 4:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 34 min |
| May 26, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 36 min |
| May 26, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 55 min |
| May 26, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Muscatine | 34 min |
| May 26, 5:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 60 min |
| May 26, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 51 min |
| May 26, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 35 min |
| May 27, 6:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 37 min |
| May 27, 8:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jones | 29 min |
| May 27, 8:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 49 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County4
- Linn County4
- Keokuk County3
- Iowa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Warren County2
- Polk County2
- Decatur County2
- Monroe County2
- Wapello County2
- Wayne County2
- Montgomery County2
- Washington County2
- Cedar County2
- Des Moines County2
- Lee County2
- Delaware County2
- Johnson County2
- Jones County2
- Allamakee County2
- Dubuque County2
- Fremont County1
- Clinton County1
- Guthrie County1
- Adair County1
- Clarke County1
- Marion County1
- Dallas County1
- Lucas County1
- Ringgold County1
- Union County1
- Jefferson County1
- Scott County1
- Van Buren County1
- Jasper County1
- Henry County1
- Buchanan County1
- Benton County1
- Louisa County1
- Mahaska County1
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.