Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings / 2008
Tornado Warnings in Iowa, June 2008
139 tornado warnings in June 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 June 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 139
- Busiest day
- June 12, 200838 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills | 50 min |
| Jun 4, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Union | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Madison, Union | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Union | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams | 48 min |
| Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams | 14 min |
| Jun 4, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Union | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Union | 16 min |
| Jun 4, 10:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Madison, Warren | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Story | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 21 min |
| Jun 5, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 57 min |
| Jun 5, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery | 19 min |
| Jun 5, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Page | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 16 min |
| Jun 5, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Page | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Page | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 8:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Taylor | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Union | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 21 min |
| Jun 5, 11:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 23 min |
| Jun 5, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 12:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 12:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 12:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 1:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek, Tama | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Tama | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 12:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clayton | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 2:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Winnebago, Worth | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Howard | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd | 34 min |
| Jun 7, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Winnebago, Worth | 32 min |
| Jun 7, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hancock, Winnebago, Worth | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Worth | 19 min |
| Jun 7, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 40 min |
| Jun 7, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hancock | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Worth | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 5:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas | 30 min |
| Jun 7, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo | 43 min |
| Jun 7, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas, Webster | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 46 min |
| Jun 7, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster, Wright | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 12:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Franklin, Wright | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 3:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marshall, Tama | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Madison, Union | 20 min |
| Jun 8, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan | 56 min |
| Jun 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 24 min |
| Jun 8, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Union | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Tama | 25 min |
| Jun 8, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Warren | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn | 41 min |
| Jun 8, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wapello | 16 min |
| Jun 9, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 28 min |
| Jun 10, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 3:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Plymouth, Woodbury | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Osceola | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cherokee, O'Brien | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Ida, Woodbury | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Monona | 12 min |
| Jun 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 48 min |
| Jun 11, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills, Pottawattamie | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 18 min |
| Jun 11, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Shelby | 17 min |
| Jun 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Ida | 35 min |
| Jun 11, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Sac | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Shelby | 28 min |
| Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Pottawattamie | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie, Shelby | 18 min |
| Jun 11, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 43 min |
| Jun 11, 8:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 8:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 42 min |
| Jun 11, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 31 min |
| Jun 11, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 45 min |
| Jun 11, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 9:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Davis | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 31 min |
| Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Davis | 30 min |
| Jun 12, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Van Buren | 26 min |
| Jun 12, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren | 12 min |
| Jun 12, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Van Buren | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa, Washington | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 41 min |
| Jun 12, 10:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marshall, Tama | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Webster, Wright | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 2:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin, Wright | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 3:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Tama | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 33 min |
| Jun 20, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 45 min |
| Jun 20, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 29 min |
| Jun 25, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy | 24 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida | 37 min |
| Jun 27, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 29 min |
| Jun 27, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 23 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pottawattamie County13
- Montgomery County11
- Union County10
- Mills County9
- Adams County8
- Clarke County8
- Fremont County8
- Tama County8
- Worth County7
- Page County6
- Pocahontas County6
- Cherokee County6
- Harrison County6
- Palo Alto County6
- Ringgold County5
- Taylor County5
- Winnebago County5
- Wright County5
- Shelby County5
- Marshall County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Hancock County4
- Kossuth County4
- Webster County4
- Plymouth County4
- Ida County4
- Buena Vista County4
- Van Buren County4
- Madison County3
- Warren County3
- Jasper County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Scott County3
- Mitchell County3
- Cerro Gordo County3
- Osceola County3
- O'Brien County3
- Woodbury County3
- Monona County3
- Clay County3
45 more counties
- Dickinson County3
- Crawford County3
- Davis County3
- Adair County2
- Cass County2
- Audubon County2
- Decatur County2
- Marion County2
- Poweshiek County2
- Clayton County2
- Louisa County2
- Howard County2
- Floyd County2
- Calhoun County2
- Humboldt County2
- Hamilton County2
- Benton County2
- Buchanan County2
- Mahaska County2
- Sioux County2
- Emmet County2
- Carroll County2
- Appanoose County2
- Jefferson County2
- Henry County2
- Clinton County2
- Grundy County2
- Story County1
- Lucas County1
- Guthrie County1
- Dallas County1
- Polk County1
- Allamakee County1
- Des Moines County1
- Muscatine County1
- Franklin County1
- Delaware County1
- Jones County1
- Linn County1
- Wapello County1
- Lyon County1
- Sac County1
- Washington County1
- Hardin County1
- Wayne 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. Rebuilt daily.