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Tornado Watches in Iowa, 2003

31 tornado watches in 2003. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.

Tornado Watches by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2003. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
31
Busiest month
July14 tornado watches
Busiest day
June 24, 20033 tornado watches

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 18, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFremont, Mills6 hr
Apr 30, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAppanoose, Cedar, Clarke, Clinton, Davis, Decatur and 23 more6 hr
May 4, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and 2 more6 hr
May 8, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLee5 hr
May 10, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAppanoose, Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines and 29 more6 hr
May 10, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek5 hr
May 10, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 2 more3 hr
May 30, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClinton, Jackson, Scott5 hr
Jun 9, 6:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona, Plymouth and 2 more6 hr
Jun 22, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford, Dickinson, Harrison and 10 more5 hr
Jun 23, 6:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux4 hr
Jun 23, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo and 24 more4 hr
Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCPlymouth5 hr
Jun 24, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux8 hr
Jun 24, 8:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLyon, Sioux5 hr
Jun 24, 10:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet and 11 more5 hr
Jul 4, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cherokee and 31 more6 hr
Jul 5, 7:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more6 hr
Jul 6, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque and 6 more6 hr
Jul 6, 7:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux6 hr
Jul 6, 9:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista and 62 more6 hr
Jul 8, 1:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Johnson and 7 more5 hr
Jul 9, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 65 more6 hr
Jul 9, 3:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllamakee, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware and 13 more6 hr
Jul 9, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Floyd and 10 more5 hr
Jul 14, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee and 23 more6 hr
Jul 14, 7:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllamakee, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Fayette and 12 more4 hr
Jul 20, 2:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Carroll, Cass and 20 more6 hr
Jul 20, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 42 more6 hr
Jul 20, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 16 more5 hr
Nov 17, 3:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery and 3 more5 hr

By county

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

59 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. June 24, 20033tornado watches
  2. May 10, 20032tornado watches
  3. June 25, 20032tornado watches
  4. July 6, 20032tornado watches
  5. July 7, 20032tornado watches
  6. July 9, 20032tornado watches
  7. July 21, 20032tornado watches
  8. April 18, 20031tornado watches
  9. April 30, 20031tornado watches
  10. May 4, 20031tornado watches
  11. May 8, 20031tornado watches
  12. May 11, 20031tornado watches

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.