Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2002
74 tornado warnings in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 74
- Busiest month
- April24 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 18, 200212 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 17, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Shelby | 32 min |
| Apr 17, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Audubon | 33 min |
| Apr 17, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll | 36 min |
| Apr 17, 11:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Greene | 40 min |
| Apr 17, 11:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone | 41 min |
| Apr 18, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone | 25 min |
| Apr 18, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 5:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Howard, Winneshiek | 67 min |
| Apr 18, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas | 61 min |
| Apr 18, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Polk | 23 min |
| Apr 18, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper | 56 min |
| Apr 18, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 51 min |
| Apr 18, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 36 min |
| Apr 18, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa | 48 min |
| Apr 18, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones, Linn | 35 min |
| Apr 18, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Johnson | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Union | 24 min |
| Apr 27, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Madison | 32 min |
| May 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 52 min |
| May 8, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 59 min |
| May 8, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee | 59 min |
| May 8, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 44 min |
| May 8, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 39 min |
| May 8, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 36 min |
| May 8, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 68 min |
| May 30, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | O'Brien | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Linn | 23 min |
| Jun 12, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Johnson, Linn | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Washington | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Washington | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Sioux | 22 min |
| Jun 19, 10:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 15 min |
| Jun 20, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Webster | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Webster | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 25 min |
| Jun 20, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 51 min |
| Jun 21, 1:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Butler | 53 min |
| Jun 21, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Floyd | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Butler | 32 min |
| Jun 21, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clayton | 40 min |
| Jun 21, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 74 min |
| Jun 26, 11:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Lee | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 36 min |
| Jun 26, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Fayette | 27 min |
| Jun 26, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 28 min |
| Jul 25, 4:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Monona | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 34 min |
| Jul 26, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 33 min |
| Jul 26, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Taylor | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Winneshiek | 47 min |
| Jul 27, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Webster | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 32 min |
| Aug 21, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 66 min |
| Aug 22, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 23 min |
| Aug 23, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 49 min |
| Aug 26, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hancock | 17 min |
| Sep 18, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 36 min |
| Sep 18, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 46 min |
| Sep 18, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Taylor | 44 min |
| Sep 18, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Union | 46 min |
| Sep 18, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke | 47 min |
| Sep 18, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke | 47 min |
| Oct 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Winneshiek County4
- Jones County4
- Linn County4
- Fremont County4
- Harrison County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Webster County3
- Shelby County2
- Boone County2
- Ringgold County2
- Iowa County2
- Johnson County2
- Cedar County2
- Union County2
- Marion County2
- Keokuk County2
- Washington County2
- Plymouth County2
- Butler County2
- Taylor County2
- Clarke County2
- Audubon County1
- Carroll County1
- Greene County1
- Howard County1
- Grundy County1
- Hardin County1
- Dallas County1
- Polk County1
- Jasper County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Decatur County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Mills County1
- Madison County1
- Allamakee County1
- Warren County1
- Mahaska County1
- Poweshiek 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.