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Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2008

242 tornado warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
242
Busiest month
June139 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 12, 200838 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 10, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne51 min
Apr 10, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Lucas, Warren26 min
Apr 10, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Wayne23 min
Apr 10, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello34 min
Apr 10, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMahaska, Marion20 min
Apr 10, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMahaska, Poweshiek48 min
Apr 10, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren and 1 more40 min
Apr 10, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPoweshiek, Tama48 min
Apr 10, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington37 min
Apr 10, 6:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines30 min
Apr 10, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Iowa41 min
Apr 10, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Washington45 min
Apr 24, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXFranklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright40 min
Apr 25, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Louisa, Washington39 min
Apr 25, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington44 min
Apr 25, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLouisa, Muscatine65 min
Apr 25, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott41 min
Apr 25, 4:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton, Jackson38 min
Apr 25, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMuscatine, Scott41 min
May 1, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon, Sioux36 min
May 1, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon, Sioux23 min
May 1, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon, O'Brien, Osceola36 min
May 1, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon30 min
May 1, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon, O'Brien, Osceola29 min
May 6, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXStory37 min
May 6, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJones, Linn24 min
May 25, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Franklin42 min
May 25, 4:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXButler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin23 min
May 25, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFloyd34 min
May 25, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXButler, Grundy44 min
May 25, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer56 min
May 25, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer24 min
May 25, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXButler14 min
May 25, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBlack Hawk38 min
May 25, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBuchanan57 min
May 25, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningARXFayette35 min
May 25, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Lucas48 min
May 25, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBuchanan, Delaware62 min
May 25, 6:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXLucas36 min
May 25, 7:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDelaware, Dubuque59 min
May 25, 7:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGuthrie46 min
May 25, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDubuque, Jackson20 min
May 25, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGrundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story44 min
May 25, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPage36 min
May 25, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPoweshiek23 min
May 25, 11:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNKeokuk40 min
May 25, 11:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa39 min
May 25, 11:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLinn25 min
May 25, 11:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJones36 min
May 29, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMonona32 min
May 29, 7:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMonona29 min
May 29, 8:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby27 min
May 29, 8:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCrawford31 min
May 29, 8:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Carroll34 min
May 29, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCarroll27 min
May 29, 9:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGreene31 min
May 29, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWebster30 min
May 29, 9:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWright27 min
May 29, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas35 min
May 29, 11:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAudubon, Guthrie34 min
May 30, 12:27 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper, Marshall33 min
May 30, 12:29 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Page31 min
May 30, 12:41 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXTama34 min
May 30, 12:46 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas31 min
May 30, 12:59 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery20 min
May 30, 4:05 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Union40 min
May 30, 4:40 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Lucas, Warren19 min
May 30, 5:18 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXMahaska, Marion42 min
Jun 4, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills50 min
Jun 4, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Montgomery49 min
Jun 4, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdams, Union37 min
Jun 4, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMadison, Union37 min
Jun 4, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union34 min
Jun 4, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery51 min
Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Union30 min
Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdams, Taylor49 min
Jun 4, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdams48 min
Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXRinggold, Taylor, Union55 min
Jun 4, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdams14 min
Jun 4, 9:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Union52 min
Jun 4, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXUnion16 min
Jun 4, 10:28 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Madison, Warren47 min
Jun 5, 1:14 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Story31 min
Jun 5, 2:33 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Lucas21 min
Jun 5, 6:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont38 min
Jun 5, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Page57 min
Jun 5, 7:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Mills30 min
Jun 5, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Mills, Montgomery19 min
Jun 5, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery, Page25 min
Jun 5, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery16 min
Jun 5, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Cass34 min
Jun 5, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPage34 min
Jun 5, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPage26 min
Jun 5, 8:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie36 min
Jun 5, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXTaylor48 min
Jun 5, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdams, Ringgold, Union40 min
Jun 5, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDallas, Polk21 min
Jun 5, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDecatur, Ringgold23 min
Jun 5, 11:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke33 min
Jun 6, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarion, Warren43 min
Jun 6, 12:32 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper28 min
Jun 6, 12:59 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama46 min
Jun 6, 1:21 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXPoweshiek, Tama24 min
Jun 6, 1:26 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Tama34 min
Jun 7, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningARXClayton23 min
Jun 7, 1:17 PM CDTTornado WarningARXAllamakee, Clayton43 min
Jun 7, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott41 min
Jun 7, 2:49 PM CDTTornado WarningARXChickasaw26 min
Jun 7, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWinnebago, Worth26 min
Jun 7, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningARXChickasaw, Howard40 min
Jun 7, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningARXChickasaw, Floyd34 min
Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWinnebago, Worth32 min
Jun 7, 4:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHancock, Kossuth, Winnebago27 min
Jun 7, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHancock, Winnebago, Worth50 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWorth19 min
Jun 7, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth28 min
Jun 7, 4:35 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMitchell40 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHancock23 min
Jun 7, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWorth28 min
Jun 7, 5:16 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth44 min
Jun 7, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningARXMitchell38 min
Jun 7, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Worth25 min
Jun 7, 6:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Pocahontas30 min
Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCerro Gordo43 min
Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Pocahontas, Webster27 min
Jun 7, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHumboldt, Webster, Wright46 min
Jun 7, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHamilton, Webster, Wright45 min
Jun 8, 12:44 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXFranklin, Wright31 min
Jun 8, 2:26 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXPottawattamie34 min
Jun 8, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdams, Ringgold, Taylor33 min
Jun 8, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarshall, Tama45 min
Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Madison, Union20 min
Jun 8, 4:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Buchanan56 min
Jun 8, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXTama24 min
Jun 8, 4:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Union35 min
Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Tama25 min
Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMahaska, Marion26 min
Jun 8, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWarren41 min
Jun 8, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn41 min
Jun 8, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWapello16 min
Jun 9, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMahaska28 min
Jun 10, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningARXChickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell45 min
Jun 11, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDPlymouth32 min
Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon, Osceola, Sioux35 min
Jun 11, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux23 min
Jun 11, 5:27 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, Plymouth, Woodbury48 min
Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDOsceola48 min
Jun 11, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, O'Brien44 min
Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury44 min
Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDIda, Woodbury38 min
Jun 11, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Monona37 min
Jun 11, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Pottawattamie63 min
Jun 11, 6:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien32 min
Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay, Dickinson42 min
Jun 11, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Monona23 min
Jun 11, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCrawford46 min
Jun 11, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDickinson28 min
Jun 11, 7:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMonona12 min
Jun 11, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXEmmet, Palo Alto48 min
Jun 11, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Pottawattamie62 min
Jun 11, 7:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBuena Vista30 min
Jun 11, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay25 min
Jun 11, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXEmmet, Palo Alto46 min
Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby30 min
Jun 11, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCrawford18 min
Jun 11, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby17 min
Jun 11, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas34 min
Jun 11, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby28 min
Jun 11, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCrawford52 min
Jun 11, 8:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBuena Vista, Ida35 min
Jun 11, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXSac28 min
Jun 11, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXShelby28 min
Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Mills, Pottawattamie62 min
Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas45 min
Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPottawattamie, Shelby18 min
Jun 11, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll43 min
Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas34 min
Jun 11, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCarroll29 min
Jun 11, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth42 min
Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas31 min
Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie45 min
Jun 11, 9:06 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont39 min
Jun 11, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth33 min
Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie61 min
Jun 11, 10:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie37 min
Jun 11, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Montgomery, Page50 min
Jun 12, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis39 min
Jun 12, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis48 min
Jun 12, 5:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNVan Buren31 min
Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis30 min
Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJefferson, Van Buren26 min
Jun 12, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Van Buren12 min
Jun 12, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNVan Buren34 min
Jun 12, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry, Louisa, Washington27 min
Jun 12, 9:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton, Scott41 min
Jun 12, 10:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton, Scott45 min
Jun 14, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarshall, Tama40 min
Jun 15, 1:43 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXHumboldt, Webster, Wright32 min
Jun 15, 2:12 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXHamilton, Hardin, Wright33 min
Jun 15, 3:08 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Grundy, Tama52 min
Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Decatur33 min
Jun 20, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie45 min
Jun 20, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMontgomery, Pottawattamie29 min
Jun 25, 8:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGrundy24 min
Jun 26, 6:38 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Ida37 min
Jun 27, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPottawattamie29 min
Jun 27, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Wayne23 min
Jul 2, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn40 min
Jul 6, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDPlymouth, Woodbury34 min
Jul 6, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDPlymouth34 min
Jul 7, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCerro Gordo20 min
Jul 7, 4:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHamilton, Webster33 min
Jul 9, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHancock, Kossuth28 min
Jul 10, 12:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDelaware, Jones, Linn27 min
Jul 10, 1:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJones33 min
Jul 10, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton36 min
Jul 10, 2:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton39 min
Jul 10, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDelaware, Jones, Linn31 min
Jul 10, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJones30 min
Jul 19, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon, Sioux30 min
Jul 19, 6:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHamilton41 min
Jul 19, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll, Guthrie41 min
Jul 19, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXGrundy, Hardin, Marshall33 min
Jul 19, 8:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXTama34 min
Jul 19, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Shelby35 min
Jul 21, 2:10 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Carroll, Sac50 min
Jul 21, 2:48 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXBoone, Dallas, Greene42 min
Jul 21, 3:17 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXPolk28 min
Jul 27, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXBoone, Polk, Story34 min
Jul 27, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper, Polk32 min
Jul 27, 5:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek36 min
Jul 27, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello36 min
Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis15 min
Jul 27, 6:38 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWayne23 min
Jul 27, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Lucas, Monroe36 min
Jul 28, 1:46 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdair, Madison29 min
Jul 28, 4:49 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXCarroll, Crawford41 min
Aug 4, 5:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton36 min
Aug 9, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWebster26 min
Aug 13, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDickinson25 min
Nov 5, 5:47 PM CSTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, Plymouth, Woodbury28 min
Nov 5, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXFremont30 min

By county

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

58 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 12, 200838tornado warnings
  2. June 7, 200821tornado warnings
  3. May 30, 200819tornado warnings
  4. June 6, 200819tornado warnings
  5. June 11, 200815tornado warnings
  6. June 8, 200814tornado warnings
  7. May 25, 200813tornado warnings
  8. June 5, 200812tornado warnings
  9. April 10, 200810tornado warnings
  10. May 26, 200810tornado warnings
  11. April 25, 20087tornado warnings
  12. July 10, 20086tornado 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. Rebuilt daily.