Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Iowa, July 2008
30 tornado warnings in July 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 July 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 30
- Busiest day
- July 10, 20086 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 34 min |
| Jul 6, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 3:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 20 min |
| Jul 7, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hancock, Kossuth | 28 min |
| Jul 10, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware, Jones, Linn | 27 min |
| Jul 10, 1:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 33 min |
| Jul 10, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 36 min |
| Jul 10, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton | 39 min |
| Jul 10, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware, Jones, Linn | 31 min |
| Jul 10, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 3:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Guthrie | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin, Marshall | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 34 min |
| Jul 19, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Sac | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 2:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Greene | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 3:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 4:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Polk, Story | 34 min |
| Jul 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 32 min |
| Jul 27, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello | 36 min |
| Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Davis | 15 min |
| Jul 27, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wayne | 23 min |
| Jul 27, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe | 36 min |
| Jul 28, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 4:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 41 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jones County4
- Linn County3
- Carroll County3
- Polk County3
- Plymouth County2
- Hamilton County2
- Delaware County2
- Clinton County2
- Boone County2
- Jasper County2
- Appanoose County2
- Davis County2
- Monroe County2
- Benton County1
- Iowa County1
- Johnson County1
- Woodbury County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Webster County1
- Hancock County1
- Kossuth County1
- Lyon County1
- Sioux County1
- Audubon County1
- Guthrie County1
- Grundy County1
- Hardin County1
- Marshall County1
- Tama County1
- Harrison County1
- Shelby County1
- Calhoun County1
- Sac County1
- Dallas County1
- Greene County1
- Story County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Wapello 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.