Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Warnings
Tornado Warnings in Iowa, 2023
98 tornado warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 98
- Busiest month
- March31 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 31, 202331 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Johnson | 29 min |
| Jan 16, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 25 min |
| Jan 16, 2:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jones, Linn | 36 min |
| Jan 16, 3:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 12:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Union | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 3:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Wapello | 18 min |
| Mar 31, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Tama | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Washington | 48 min |
| Mar 31, 4:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 4:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Linn | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Marshall, Tama | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Linn | 19 min |
| Mar 31, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Scott | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware | 49 min |
| Mar 31, 5:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jones | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 5:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Scott | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones | 50 min |
| Mar 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 26 min |
| Mar 31, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 24 min |
| Mar 31, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 32 min |
| Apr 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek, Warren | 42 min |
| Apr 4, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Poweshiek, Tama | 36 min |
| Apr 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 7:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie | 28 min |
| Apr 19, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Pottawattamie | 20 min |
| Apr 19, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Crawford | 39 min |
| Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 43 min |
| Apr 19, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford, Sac | 42 min |
| Apr 19, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Poweshiek | 30 min |
| Apr 20, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Lee | 43 min |
| May 7, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine | 14 min |
| May 7, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 22 min |
| May 7, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Mills, Montgomery, Page | 19 min |
| May 12, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont | 24 min |
| May 12, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Monona | 36 min |
| May 12, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Fremont, Page | 39 min |
| May 12, 7:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 37 min |
| May 12, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Woodbury | 35 min |
| May 12, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 29 min |
| May 13, 1:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 43 min |
| May 13, 1:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion | 48 min |
| May 13, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 27 min |
| May 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion | 50 min |
| May 13, 3:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion | 37 min |
| May 13, 3:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 30 min |
| May 13, 4:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 35 min |
| May 13, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac | 29 min |
| May 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 24 min |
| May 13, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac | 16 min |
| May 13, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 23 min |
| May 13, 5:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 32 min |
| May 13, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 36 min |
| May 13, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Pocahontas | 37 min |
| May 13, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion | 21 min |
| May 13, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 34 min |
| May 13, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Pocahontas | 25 min |
| May 13, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Marion | 24 min |
| May 13, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 34 min |
| May 13, 8:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Webster | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 26 min |
| Jun 24, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Buena Vista | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Pocahontas | 16 min |
| Jun 24, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Scott | 14 min |
| Jun 29, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 34 min |
| Jul 3, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 22 min |
| Jul 12, 5:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 24 min |
| Jul 28, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hardin | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 41 min |
| Jul 28, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 40 min |
| Jul 28, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 2:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Sioux | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 2:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Sioux | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Plymouth | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Sac | 30 min |
| Sep 22, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 46 min |
| Sep 22, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 45 min |
| Oct 13, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Boone, Story | 15 min |
| Oct 13, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 19 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Linn County9
- Cedar County9
- Marion County9
- Pocahontas County9
- Benton County8
- Johnson County8
- Clinton County8
- Jackson County8
- Jones County6
- Buena Vista County6
- Iowa County5
- Scott County5
- Washington County4
- Tama County4
- Poweshiek County4
- Black Hawk County4
- Grundy County4
- Muscatine County4
- Fremont County4
- Sac County4
- Bremer County3
- Butler County3
- Franklin County3
- Hardin County3
- Dubuque County3
- Jasper County3
- Warren County3
- Mills County3
- Monona County3
- Plymouth County3
- Calhoun County3
- Sioux County3
- Wapello County2
- Jefferson County2
- Keokuk County2
- Marshall County2
- Buchanan County2
- Louisa County2
- Van Buren County2
- Delaware County2
25 more counties
- Mahaska County2
- Montgomery County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Crawford County2
- Lee County2
- Page County2
- Harrison County2
- Woodbury County2
- Clarke County1
- Decatur County1
- Ringgold County1
- Union County1
- Appanoose County1
- Davis County1
- Monroe County1
- Henry County1
- Des Moines County1
- Lucas County1
- Carroll County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Webster County1
- Humboldt County1
- Boone County1
- Story County1
- Polk 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.