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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 10:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| May 2, 11:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie | 10 min |
| May 2, 11:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 42 min |
| May 2, 11:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 47 min |
| May 3, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 42 min |
| May 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 40 min |
| May 15, 1:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 58 min |
| May 15, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hancock | 46 min |
| May 15, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Franklin | 24 min |
| May 15, 4:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 28 min |
| May 19, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Winnebago | 25 min |
| May 23, 5:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 40 min |
| May 25, 5:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 29 min |
| May 25, 7:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 30 min |
| May 25, 8:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Winneshiek | 33 min |
| May 25, 9:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 29 min |
| May 25, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Madison | 46 min |
| May 25, 11:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Linn | 34 min |
| May 26, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jones, Linn | 27 min |
| May 26, 1:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 42 min |
| May 26, 2:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Washington | 25 min |
| May 26, 3:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 38 min |
| May 27, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 32 min |
| May 27, 7:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 32 min |
| May 27, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 61 min |
| May 27, 9:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 53 min |
| May 31, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 57 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pottawattamie County5
- Van Buren County4
- Harrison County3
- Mills County3
- Lee County3
- Linn County3
- Shelby County2
- Henry County2
- Kossuth County2
- Des Moines County1
- Hancock County1
- Franklin County1
- Fayette County1
- Winnebago County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Allamakee County1
- Adair County1
- Madison County1
- Benton County1
- Jones County1
- Keokuk County1
- Washington County1
- Louisa County1
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20202022
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.