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Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2003

69 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
69
Busiest month
May27 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 10, 200316 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 30, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry, Louisa33 min
Apr 30, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMonroe50 min
Apr 30, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLouisa64 min
Apr 30, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLouisa29 min
Apr 30, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry35 min
Apr 30, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines56 min
Apr 30, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWapello53 min
Apr 30, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLouisa44 min
Apr 30, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDecatur, Ringgold48 min
Apr 30, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNWashington34 min
Apr 30, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWapello49 min
Apr 30, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWayne51 min
Apr 30, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose40 min
May 4, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Pottawattamie54 min
May 4, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont45 min
May 10, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Wayne44 min
May 10, 5:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarion28 min
May 10, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis46 min
May 10, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Buchanan26 min
May 10, 5:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMahaska32 min
May 10, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPoweshiek26 min
May 10, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis47 min
May 10, 6:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWapello38 min
May 10, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis33 min
May 10, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPoweshiek31 min
May 10, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXTama23 min
May 10, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJefferson30 min
May 10, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLee27 min
May 10, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis46 min
May 10, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNVan Buren39 min
May 10, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBremer36 min
May 10, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry35 min
May 10, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLouisa27 min
May 10, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLouisa46 min
May 13, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Carroll, Greene63 min
May 14, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMuscatine37 min
Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDWoodbury30 min
Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDIda, Woodbury25 min
Jun 23, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPocahontas40 min
Jun 24, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills23 min
Jun 24, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPottawattamie27 min
Jun 24, 10:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon34 min
Jun 27, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningARXHoward, Winneshiek62 min
Jul 4, 11:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMonona43 min
Jul 5, 12:17 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXMonona28 min
Jul 5, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXUnion23 min
Jul 6, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXShelby45 min
Jul 7, 3:48 AM CDTTornado WarningARXChickasaw42 min
Jul 7, 4:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper, Marion55 min
Jul 8, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdair55 min
Jul 9, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHamilton9 min
Jul 9, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry31 min
Jul 9, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines38 min
Jul 14, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth25 min
Jul 20, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDWoodbury39 min
Jul 20, 6:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDWoodbury32 min
Jul 20, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMonona48 min
Jul 20, 7:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison49 min
Jul 20, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningARXChickasaw30 min
Jul 20, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFayette27 min
Jul 20, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Buchanan, Linn33 min
Jul 20, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLinn32 min
Jul 20, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Jones23 min
Jul 20, 11:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Linn31 min
Jul 20, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJones25 min
Jul 31, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCerro Gordo24 min
Jul 31, 11:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXButler, Franklin26 min
Nov 17, 5:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXMills33 min
Nov 17, 6:04 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXPottawattamie26 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

10 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 10, 200316tornado warnings
  2. April 30, 20039tornado warnings
  3. July 21, 20039tornado warnings
  4. May 1, 20034tornado warnings
  5. June 24, 20034tornado warnings
  6. May 11, 20033tornado warnings
  7. July 5, 20033tornado warnings
  8. May 4, 20032tornado warnings
  9. July 7, 20032tornado warnings
  10. July 10, 20032tornado warnings
  11. July 20, 20032tornado warnings
  12. August 1, 20032tornado warnings

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.