Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2023
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, August 2023
48 special weather statements in August 2023. 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 August 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
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- August 11, 202313 special weather statements
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Cass | 16 min |
| Aug 2, 2:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 42 min |
| Aug 2, 2:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 11 min |
| Aug 2, 2:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Harrison | 9 min |
| Aug 4, 2:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 3:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 91 min |
| Aug 4, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 87 min |
| Aug 4, 5:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Howard | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 2:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 56 min |
| Aug 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Crawford | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 12:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Pottawattamie | 30 min |
| Aug 6, 12:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Polk | 56 min |
| Aug 6, 12:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 21 min |
| Aug 6, 12:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cass | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 12:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adams | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 2:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 4:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 57 min |
| Aug 8, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 28 min |
| Aug 8, 2:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 1:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd, Mitchell | 65 min |
| Aug 11, 1:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 67 min |
| Aug 11, 1:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Grundy, Hardin | 32 min |
| Aug 11, 2:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 39 min |
| Aug 11, 3:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette | 55 min |
| Aug 11, 3:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 3:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Clayton | 59 min |
| Aug 11, 3:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 4:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 5:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson | 66 min |
| Aug 11, 6:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 48 min |
| Aug 11, 6:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 51 min |
| Aug 11, 8:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 23 min |
| Aug 11, 8:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 19 min |
| Aug 11, 8:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hancock | 30 min |
| Aug 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Floyd | 38 min |
| Aug 11, 8:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hancock | 25 min |
| Aug 11, 8:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Allamakee | 52 min |
| Aug 11, 10:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Butler | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 1:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jackson | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 3:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Delaware | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 61 min |
| Aug 16, 9:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Kossuth | 34 min |
| Aug 17, 5:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 32 min |
| Aug 17, 5:39 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Louisa | 36 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dubuque County5
- Floyd County4
- Howard County4
- Lee County4
- Delaware County4
- Cass County3
- Fayette County3
- Mitchell County3
- Des Moines County3
- Allamakee County3
- Pottawattamie County2
- Chickasaw County2
- Winneshiek County2
- Montgomery County2
- Buchanan County2
- Linn County2
- Clayton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Kossuth County2
- Hancock County2
- Jackson County2
- Louisa County2
- Harrison County1
- Crawford County1
- Polk County1
- Adams County1
- Van Buren County1
- Scott County1
- Grundy County1
- Hardin County1
- Benton County1
- Iowa County1
- Johnson County1
- Cedar County1
- Jones County1
- Keokuk County1
- Washington County1
- Henry County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Butler 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.