Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2021

Special Weather Statements in Iowa, May 2021

27 special weather statements in May 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.

Special Weather Statements
27
Busiest day
May 26, 20219 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 2, 10:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXHarrison, Mills, Pottawattamie34 min
May 2, 11:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXHarrison, Mills, Pottawattamie10 min
May 2, 11:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXHarrison, Shelby42 min
May 2, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXMills, Pottawattamie, Shelby47 min
May 3, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHenry, Lee, Van Buren42 min
May 3, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee40 min
May 15, 1:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXKossuth58 min
May 15, 2:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXHancock46 min
May 15, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXFranklin24 min
May 15, 4:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXFayette28 min
May 19, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXWinnebago25 min
May 23, 5:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLinn40 min
May 25, 5:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPottawattamie29 min
May 25, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementOAXPottawattamie30 min
May 25, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXWinneshiek33 min
May 25, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXAllamakee29 min
May 25, 11:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXAdair, Madison46 min
May 25, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton, Linn34 min
May 26, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJones, Linn27 min
May 26, 1:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNKeokuk42 min
May 26, 2:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNWashington25 min
May 26, 3:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLouisa38 min
May 27, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNVan Buren32 min
May 27, 7:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNVan Buren32 min
May 27, 8:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNVan Buren61 min
May 27, 9:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLee53 min
May 31, 2:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDMXKossuth57 min

By county

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

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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. Rebuilt daily.