Alert archive / Iowa / Tornado Watches / 2012
Tornado Watches in Iowa, April 2012
4 tornado watches in April 2012. 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 April 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 4
- Busiest day
- April 14, 20123 tornado watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 14, 12:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 14 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:37 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cerro Gordo, Chickasaw, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Floyd and 8 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Adair County2
- Adams County2
- Appanoose County2
- Audubon County2
- Cass County2
- Clarke County2
- Dallas County2
- Decatur County2
- Guthrie County2
- Jasper County2
- Lucas County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Polk County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Union County2
- Warren County2
- Wayne County2
- Fremont County1
- Harrison County1
- Mills County1
- Monona County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
- Davis County1
- Mahaska County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Wapello County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Emmet County1
- Floyd County1
- Hancock County1
- Howard County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.