Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings / 1999
Tornado Warnings in Iowa, April 1999
35 tornado warnings in April 1999. 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 April 1999. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 35
- Busiest day
- April 8, 199930 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Taylor | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Union | 32 min |
| Apr 5, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Warren | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Monona | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 2:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 30 min |
| Apr 8, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 32 min |
| Apr 8, 2:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cass | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair | 42 min |
| Apr 8, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 3:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Union | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 3:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Madison | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas | 50 min |
| Apr 8, 4:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wayne | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Polk | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Lucas, Warren | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Monroe | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 31 min |
| Apr 8, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Polk | 49 min |
| Apr 8, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 6:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Davis | 35 min |
| Apr 8, 6:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Apr 8, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wapello | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Lee | 48 min |
| Apr 8, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Keokuk, Washington | 47 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Page County3
- Fremont County2
- Taylor County2
- Adams County2
- Union County2
- Warren County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Monona County2
- Montgomery County2
- Harrison County2
- Dallas County2
- Polk County2
- Marion County2
- Decatur County1
- Ringgold County1
- Cass County1
- Adair County1
- Guthrie County1
- Madison County1
- Wayne County1
- Lucas County1
- Monroe County1
- Jasper County1
- Appanoose County1
- Van Buren County1
- Davis County1
- Mahaska County1
- Jefferson County1
- Wapello County1
- Lee County1
- Keokuk County1
- Washington 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.