Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 1997
65 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 65
- Busiest month
- July19 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 21, 19978 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Monona | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 3:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 50 min |
| Apr 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jackson | 47 min |
| Apr 30, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 34 min |
| May 7, 4:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills | 66 min |
| May 12, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Polk | 27 min |
| May 12, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper | 31 min |
| May 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion | 35 min |
| May 18, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 50 min |
| May 18, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Jones | 50 min |
| May 18, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton | 50 min |
| May 18, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Linn | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Johnson | 49 min |
| May 18, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 50 min |
| May 18, 7:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 48 min |
| May 18, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Butler | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Shelby | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton | 47 min |
| Jun 15, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Linn | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hancock, Wright | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 12:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 12:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 1:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 1:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware, Linn | 60 min |
| Jun 21, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 64 min |
| Jun 21, 1:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 4:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 47 min |
| Jun 21, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Webster | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Winneshiek | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 10:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque | 59 min |
| Jul 1, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clayton | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 5:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 44 min |
| Jul 7, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 33 min |
| Jul 20, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard | 60 min |
| Jul 20, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 62 min |
| Jul 21, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 11:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 35 min |
| Jul 27, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 4:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 63 min |
| Aug 3, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jackson, Jones | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 62 min |
| Aug 16, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Warren | 34 min |
| Aug 16, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar | 59 min |
| Aug 16, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Warren | 14 min |
| Aug 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 47 min |
| Aug 16, 9:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 62 min |
| Sep 19, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton | 65 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Scott County7
- Cedar County6
- Clinton County6
- Muscatine County6
- Benton County4
- Linn County4
- Jones County4
- Mills County3
- Dubuque County3
- Allamakee County3
- Plymouth County3
- Jackson County2
- Johnson County2
- Delaware County2
- Winneshiek County2
- Warren County2
- Monona County1
- Polk County1
- Jasper County1
- Marion County1
- Butler County1
- Grundy County1
- Shelby County1
- Hancock County1
- Wright County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Buchanan County1
- Calhoun County1
- Webster County1
- Clayton County1
- Lyon County1
- Sioux County1
- Montgomery County1
- Howard County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Boone County1
- Dallas County1
- Washington County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.