Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2014
97 tornado warnings in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 97
- Busiest month
- June60 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 16, 201415 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 13, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine | 27 min |
| Apr 13, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk, Washington | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Linn | 22 min |
| Apr 27, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 32 min |
| May 8, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll, Greene | 33 min |
| May 8, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Guthrie | 35 min |
| May 11, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 33 min |
| May 11, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 36 min |
| May 11, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe | 31 min |
| May 11, 1:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Wapello | 46 min |
| May 11, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Keokuk | 35 min |
| May 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Washington | 28 min |
| May 11, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wapello | 44 min |
| May 11, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Lee | 34 min |
| May 11, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Sioux | 31 min |
| May 11, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Sioux | 33 min |
| May 11, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | O'Brien, Sioux | 35 min |
| May 11, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas, Guthrie | 30 min |
| May 11, 9:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie | 46 min |
| May 11, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk, Story | 34 min |
| May 11, 10:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Montgomery | 33 min |
| May 11, 10:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Story | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Worth | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Ringgold | 22 min |
| Jun 3, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Union | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 42 min |
| Jun 14, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Osceola | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dickinson, Osceola | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 3:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 4:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, O'Brien | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Osceola | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Palo Alto | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Worth | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Wright | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin | 30 min |
| Jun 16, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Bremer | 23 min |
| Jun 16, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 29 min |
| Jun 16, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 3:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 24 min |
| Jun 17, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 52 min |
| Jun 18, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay | 24 min |
| Jun 18, 1:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay | 49 min |
| Jun 19, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Webster | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 7:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Shelby | 20 min |
| Jun 29, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin | 30 min |
| Jun 29, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Tama | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Grundy, Tama | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Tama | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jackson, Jones | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison | 31 min |
| Jun 30, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marshall, Story | 34 min |
| Jun 30, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 29 min |
| Jun 30, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Tama | 27 min |
| Jun 30, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Butler, Grundy | 32 min |
| Jul 6, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Tama | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Tama | 40 min |
| Jul 6, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton | 39 min |
| Jul 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 30 min |
| Jul 6, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison | 25 min |
| Jul 6, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek | 24 min |
| Jul 6, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 35 min |
| Jul 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Poweshiek | 13 min |
| Jul 6, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 40 min |
| Aug 17, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Emmet | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Hamilton, Webster | 33 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tama County8
- Black Hawk County7
- Mahaska County6
- Sioux County6
- Dallas County5
- Grundy County5
- Linn County4
- Guthrie County4
- Hamilton County4
- Kossuth County4
- Worth County4
- Cerro Gordo County4
- Lyon County4
- Clay County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Butler County4
- Benton County4
- Poweshiek County4
- O'Brien County3
- Story County3
- Hancock County3
- Ringgold County3
- Osceola County3
- Woodbury County3
- Franklin County3
- Bremer County3
- Jasper County3
- Cedar County2
- Jackson County2
- Keokuk County2
- Washington County2
- Jones County2
- Greene County2
- Lucas County2
- Monroe County2
- Wayne County2
- Wapello County2
- Jefferson County2
- Boone County2
- Montgomery County2
40 more counties
- Winnebago County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Decatur County2
- Union County2
- Dickinson County2
- Emmet County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Webster County2
- Hardin County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Johnson County1
- Muscatine County1
- Clinton County1
- Iowa County1
- Carroll County1
- Clarke County1
- Henry County1
- Lee County1
- Polk County1
- Adams County1
- Taylor County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Plymouth County1
- Humboldt County1
- Wright County1
- Mitchell County1
- Buchanan County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Delaware County1
- Scott County1
- Shelby County1
- Adair County1
- Marshall County1
- Warren County1
- Crawford County1
- Fremont County1
- Calhoun County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.