Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings / 1989
Tornado Warnings in Iowa, May 1989
18 tornado warnings in May 1989. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 18
- Busiest day
- May 25, 19899 tornado warnings
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 23, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 38 min |
| May 24, 3:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Lucas, Warren | 41 min |
| May 24, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams | 26 min |
| May 24, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Union | 58 min |
| May 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams | 16 min |
| May 24, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 41 min |
| May 24, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Union | 55 min |
| May 24, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hardin, Story | 39 min |
| May 24, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur | 67 min |
| May 24, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marshall | 45 min |
| May 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek, Tama | 50 min |
| May 24, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Winneshiek | 29 min |
| May 24, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Benton, Iowa | 56 min |
| May 24, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Johnson, Washington | 23 min |
| May 24, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 26 min |
| May 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 18 min |
| May 30, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hardin | 30 min |
| May 30, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy | 48 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adams County2
- Union County2
- Hardin County2
- Muscatine County2
- Lyon County1
- Osceola County1
- Lucas County1
- Warren County1
- Hamilton County1
- Ringgold County1
- Story County1
- Decatur County1
- Marshall County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Tama County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Fayette County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Benton County1
- Iowa County1
- Johnson County1
- Washington County1
- Louisa County1
- Scott County1
- Grundy County1
Nearby
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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.