Alert archive / Iowa / Special Weather Statements / 2023
Special Weather Statements in Iowa, May 2023
25 special weather statements in May 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 May 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Special Weather Statements
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- May 13, 20238 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 6, 5:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Pocahontas and 1 more | 59 min |
| May 6, 5:57 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | OAX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Davis | 29 min |
| May 6, 8:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Van Buren | 31 min |
| May 6, 8:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Davis | 12 min |
| May 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 45 min |
| May 6, 11:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 37 min |
| May 7, 8:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Greene | 37 min |
| May 7, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Story | 41 min |
| May 7, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | ARX | Fayette | 58 min |
| May 7, 10:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 36 min |
| May 7, 10:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 33 min |
| May 8, 1:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Lee | 44 min |
| May 12, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 31 min |
| May 12, 7:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 27 min |
| May 13, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Keokuk | 23 min |
| May 13, 12:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 27 min |
| May 13, 12:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 31 min |
| May 13, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa | 42 min |
| May 13, 12:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Johnson | 35 min |
| May 13, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 41 min |
| May 13, 6:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Pocahontas | 20 min |
| May 18, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Hamilton | 33 min |
| May 31, 4:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 66 min |
| May 31, 5:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 57 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greene County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Davis County2
- Johnson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Buchanan County2
- Keokuk County2
- Iowa County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Calhoun County1
- Carroll County1
- Humboldt County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Webster County1
- Montgomery County1
- Van Buren County1
- Story County1
- Fayette County1
- Clinton County1
- Benton County1
- Lee County1
- Des Moines County1
- Hamilton 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.