Alert archive / Iowa / 2008

Weather alerts in Iowa, December 2008

132 weather alerts in December 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 132
Warnings: 39
Watches: 22
Advisories: 60
Busiest day: December 27, 200819 alerts

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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
Dec 2, 3:10 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola	12 hr
Dec 2, 3:15 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	22 hr
Dec 2, 3:15 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more	24 hr
Dec 2, 3:49 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 27 more	22 hr
Dec 6, 5:43 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	5 hr
Dec 7, 3:10 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	37 hr
Dec 7, 4:04 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 31 more	36 hr
Dec 7, 4:13 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	25 hr
Dec 7, 3:48 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	21 hr
Dec 8, 4:14 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 9 more	32 hr
Dec 8, 4:34 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	23 hr
Dec 8, 4:55 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	33 hr
Dec 8, 9:18 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	7 hr
Dec 8, 12:40 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	21 hr
Dec 8, 3:49 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more	26 hr
Dec 8, 4:18 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 33 more	26 hr
Dec 8, 7:12 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 17 more	2 hr
Dec 8, 11:43 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Davis and 24 more	2 hr
Dec 13, 4:01 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	32 hr
Dec 13, 4:25 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	23 hr
Dec 14, 3:12 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	48 hr
Dec 14, 3:35 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	32 hr
Dec 14, 3:38 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 40 more	44 hr
Dec 14, 3:54 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Emmet and 5 more	17 hr
Dec 14, 4:27 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, Woodbury	11 hr
Dec 14, 3:20 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 11 more	20 hr
Dec 14, 3:20 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Jackson and 9 more	11 hr
Dec 14, 3:50 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	24 hr
Dec 14, 5:47 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Lee and 4 more	4 hr
Dec 14, 6:06 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello	3 hr
Dec 14, 9:30 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac and 1 more	11 hr
Dec 15, 4:02 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 13 more	11 hr
Dec 15, 4:11 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cass and 23 more	11 hr
Dec 15, 3:07 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	32 hr
Dec 15, 3:13 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	28 hr
Dec 15, 3:39 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	29 hr
Dec 15, 3:47 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 2 more	24 hr
Dec 15, 4:11 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	23 hr
Dec 16, 3:51 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	36 hr
Dec 16, 8:43 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	19 hr
Dec 17, 3:31 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	24 hr
Dec 17, 3:34 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	25 hr
Dec 17, 3:50 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	17 hr
Dec 17, 3:24 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more	43 hr
Dec 17, 3:24 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	43 hr
Dec 17, 3:48 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	44 hr
Dec 17, 3:51 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 12 more	38 hr
Dec 17, 3:51 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more	41 hr
Dec 17, 8:44 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	33 hr
Dec 18, 3:52 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	24 hr
Dec 18, 3:52 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	17 hr
Dec 18, 11:21 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 4 more	19 hr
Dec 18, 11:35 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fremont, Page	6 hr
Dec 18, 11:58 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	16 hr
Dec 18, 3:39 PM CST	Blizzard Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	24 hr
Dec 18, 6:37 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cherokee, Clay, Crawford and 18 more	5 hr
Dec 18, 6:46 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 56 more	6 hr
Dec 18, 11:38 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Buena Vista, Butler and 38 more	4 hr
Dec 19, 12:45 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	4 hr
Dec 19, 4:25 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	32 hr
Dec 19, 12:09 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	15 hr
Dec 19, 3:12 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more	13 hr
Dec 19, 3:34 PM CST	Wind Chill Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	24 hr
Dec 19, 3:34 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	28 hr
Dec 19, 4:08 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	47 hr
Dec 19, 4:17 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more	12 hr
Dec 19, 11:21 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lyon	4 hr
Dec 20, 3:19 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	39 hr
Dec 20, 3:45 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more	11 hr
Dec 20, 3:45 AM CST	Wind Chill Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more	11 hr
Dec 20, 3:45 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	24 hr
Dec 20, 3:48 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Carroll, Crawford and 6 more	11 hr
Dec 20, 3:48 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more	38 hr
Dec 20, 3:48 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 18 more	48 hr
Dec 20, 3:48 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Crawford and 15 more	14 hr
Dec 20, 3:12 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	27 hr
Dec 20, 3:35 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	31 hr
Dec 20, 3:35 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	31 hr
Dec 20, 3:59 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more	29 hr
Dec 20, 7:20 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more	8 hr
Dec 21, 3:40 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	32 hr
Dec 21, 3:45 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FSD	Dickinson, Osceola	17 hr
Dec 21, 3:46 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more	24 hr
Dec 21, 3:46 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	19 hr
Dec 21, 3:46 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	5 hr
Dec 21, 9:02 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	15 hr
Dec 22, 3:42 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	32 hr
Dec 22, 3:42 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	62 hr
Dec 22, 3:45 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	32 hr
Dec 23, 11:35 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	16 hr
Dec 23, 11:35 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa and 6 more	24 hr
Dec 23, 3:04 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette	24 hr
Dec 23, 4:02 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	18 hr
Dec 25, 3:50 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 12 more	24 hr
Dec 25, 3:55 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	35 hr
Dec 25, 8:04 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock and 7 more	10 hr
Dec 26, 9:06 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	4 hr
Dec 26, 10:59 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 13 more	26 hr
Dec 26, 11:15 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 25 more	16 hr
Dec 26, 11:20 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	15 hr
Dec 26, 12:35 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 1 more	7 hr
Dec 26, 1:24 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	17 hr
Dec 26, 9:23 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	6 days
Dec 26, 9:47 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 9 more	13 hr
Dec 26, 11:15 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Davis, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk and 6 more	90 min
Dec 27, 3:08 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Mahaska, Marion	37 min
Dec 27, 3:51 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	23 hr
Dec 27, 4:04 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn	18 min
Dec 27, 4:13 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 24 more	11 hr
Dec 27, 4:23 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	23 hr
Dec 27, 5:13 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	5 hr
Dec 27, 5:33 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	6 hr
Dec 27, 6:07 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	3 hr
Dec 27, 7:24 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Cass and 25 more	6 hr
Dec 27, 7:45 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 3 more	7 hr
Dec 27, 9:41 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan and 28 more	3 hr
Dec 27, 10:22 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek	4 hr
Dec 27, 10:56 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	3 days
Dec 27, 11:47 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Decatur	10 hr
Dec 27, 2:32 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	20 hr
Dec 27, 5:43 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	34 hr
Dec 27, 6:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	34 hr
Dec 27, 6:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	45 hr
Dec 27, 6:41 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	5 hr
Dec 27, 8:38 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	27 hr
Dec 27, 9:05 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	39 hr
Dec 28, 10:39 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	25 hr
Dec 29, 3:04 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more	20 hr
Dec 29, 8:19 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	13 hr
Dec 30, 3:27 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	15 hr
Dec 30, 3:35 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 31 more	17 hr
Dec 30, 10:15 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 11 more	11 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	2
Mesoscale Discussion	11
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	1
River Flood Warning	12
Flash Flood Watch	2
Winter
Blizzard Warning	3
Ice Storm Warning	6
Winter Storm Warning	10
Blizzard Watch	3
Winter Storm Watch	15
Freezing Rain Advisory	2
Winter Weather Advisory	35
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	5
Wind Chill Watch	2
Wind Chill Advisory	10
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	6

By county

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

59 more counties

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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.