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Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2010

99 tornado warnings in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
99
Busiest month
June70 tornado warnings
Busiest day
June 23, 201020 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 6, 6:08 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPoweshiek, Tama37 min
Apr 6, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBenton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn43 min
Apr 6, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDelaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn29 min
Apr 6, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek34 min
Apr 29, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Pottawattamie32 min
Apr 29, 11:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Mills23 min
Apr 29, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont16 min
Apr 29, 11:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont16 min
Apr 29, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMills, Montgomery17 min
Jun 1, 1:07 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien, Sioux23 min
Jun 1, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay, O'Brien32 min
Jun 1, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay31 min
Jun 1, 2:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXEmmet, Palo Alto43 min
Jun 1, 4:52 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Pottawattamie38 min
Jun 1, 5:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union39 min
Jun 1, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXHarrison, Pottawattamie52 min
Jun 1, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPottawattamie48 min
Jun 1, 5:59 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXFremont, Mills31 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPottawattamie48 min
Jun 1, 6:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCass44 min
Jun 1, 7:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdair, Clarke, Madison, Union32 min
Jun 1, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMadison, Warren24 min
Jun 1, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne28 min
Jun 1, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarion, Warren28 min
Jun 1, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne32 min
Jun 1, 9:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMahaska, Marion30 min
Jun 5, 7:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose44 min
Jun 5, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton, Jackson30 min
Jun 5, 8:05 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis15 min
Jun 14, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLouisa, Muscatine52 min
Jun 14, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLouisa, Muscatine31 min
Jun 17, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth36 min
Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth, Palo Alto30 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth, Winnebago47 min
Jun 17, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth, Winnebago28 min
Jun 17, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth11 min
Jun 17, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto36 min
Jun 17, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth33 min
Jun 17, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHancock, Kossuth30 min
Jun 18, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMadison, Warren35 min
Jun 18, 5:52 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarion, Monroe38 min
Jun 18, 7:21 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXClarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne24 min
Jun 21, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren49 min
Jun 21, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines, Lee44 min
Jun 21, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNLee39 min
Jun 21, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDavis22 min
Jun 21, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton, Jackson35 min
Jun 22, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Sac37 min
Jun 22, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHumboldt, Pocahontas43 min
Jun 22, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Pocahontas, Sac32 min
Jun 22, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Pocahontas, Sac29 min
Jun 22, 9:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHumboldt, Webster, Wright45 min
Jun 22, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster35 min
Jun 22, 10:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright43 min
Jun 22, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Pocahontas, Webster50 min
Jun 22, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, Plymouth25 min
Jun 22, 10:54 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux36 min
Jun 22, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXFranklin, Hamilton, Wright48 min
Jun 22, 11:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright45 min
Jun 22, 11:10 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, O'Brien50 min
Jun 22, 11:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDPlymouth, Sioux49 min
Jun 22, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien25 min
Jun 22, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux35 min
Jun 22, 11:45 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXFranklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright45 min
Jun 22, 11:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHamilton, Wright13 min
Jun 23, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJohnson, Louisa, Muscatine49 min
Jun 23, 4:12 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMuscatine, Scott48 min
Jun 25, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Worth39 min
Jun 25, 9:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLyon, Osceola37 min
Jun 25, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWright24 min
Jun 25, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHumboldt, Wright12 min
Jun 25, 10:09 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola36 min
Jun 25, 10:29 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola46 min
Jun 25, 10:42 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien, Sioux48 min
Jun 25, 11:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDO'Brien46 min
Jun 25, 11:43 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCherokee, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux47 min
Jun 26, 12:34 AM CDTTornado WarningFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee41 min
Jun 26, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDOsceola35 min
Jun 26, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDClay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola28 min
Jul 16, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXHancock, Wright33 min
Jul 16, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Wright34 min
Jul 16, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXFranklin28 min
Jul 16, 9:55 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXFranklin, Hardin, Wright35 min
Jul 17, 10:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDickinson26 min
Jul 17, 11:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXPalo Alto, Pocahontas25 min
Jul 18, 12:23 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Pocahontas, Webster37 min
Jul 18, 12:36 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXHumboldt, Webster, Wright24 min
Jul 18, 3:10 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXJasper, Marion, Polk35 min
Jul 18, 3:30 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXMarion, Warren30 min
Jul 18, 4:16 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Lucas, Monroe29 min
Jul 19, 8:33 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose27 min
Jul 19, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXDecatur, Wayne29 min
Jul 22, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDubuque52 min
Jul 23, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWarren41 min
Jul 23, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMadison47 min
Aug 3, 11:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdair, Madison22 min
Aug 8, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMonona33 min
Aug 8, 8:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMonona24 min
Aug 10, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXCalhoun, Pocahontas, Webster42 min

By county

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

26 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 23, 201020tornado warnings
  2. June 1, 201011tornado warnings
  3. June 26, 201010tornado warnings
  4. July 18, 20107tornado warnings
  5. June 2, 20106tornado warnings
  6. April 30, 20105tornado warnings
  7. June 17, 20105tornado warnings
  8. June 18, 20105tornado warnings
  9. June 21, 20104tornado warnings
  10. July 17, 20104tornado warnings
  11. June 6, 20103tornado warnings
  12. April 6, 20102tornado 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.