Weather alerts in Iowa, January 2008

Weather alerts by county

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

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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
Jan 1, 8:45 AM CST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	7 hr
Jan 1, 3:30 PM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	5 hr
Jan 1, 3:33 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	16 hr
Jan 1, 3:38 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more	12 hr
Jan 1, 11:37 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more	9 hr
Jan 3, 11:30 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet and 9 more	5 hr
Jan 5, 7:09 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Boone, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 26 more	6 hr
Jan 5, 9:29 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	5 hr
Jan 5, 3:30 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	45 hr
Jan 5, 3:35 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	22 hr
Jan 5, 9:43 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	32 hr
Jan 6, 3:19 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	10 hr
Jan 6, 3:21 PM CST	Flood Watch	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson and 6 more	48 hr
Jan 6, 11:40 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	14 hr
Jan 7, 5:52 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jones	23 min
Jan 7, 6:07 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Dubuque	38 min
Jan 7, 6:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Dubuque	34 min
Jan 7, 7:26 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clarke, Clinton and 24 more	2 hr
Jan 7, 9:06 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	43 hr
Jan 7, 10:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	42 hr
Jan 7, 10:28 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	25 hr
Jan 7, 1:47 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Des Moines, Lee, Scott	58 min
Jan 7, 2:16 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	29 min
Jan 7, 2:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	19 hr
Jan 7, 2:35 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	Des Moines, Lee, Scott	6 hr
Jan 7, 2:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more	15 hr
Jan 7, 3:38 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Clarke and 23 more	14 hr
Jan 8, 11:40 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Johnson and 3 more	5 hr
Jan 8, 11:48 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	16 hr
Jan 8, 11:48 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Louisa	33 hr
Jan 9, 9:53 PM CST	Snow Advisory	FSD	Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux	5 hr
Jan 10, 2:32 PM CST	Snow Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 7 more	4 hr
Jan 11, 5:17 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 3 more	6 hr
Jan 11, 7:35 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 12 more	4 hr
Jan 14, 3:35 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	5 hr
Jan 14, 3:56 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola	8 hr
Jan 15, 2:34 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	25 hr
Jan 15, 3:00 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa and 8 more	25 hr
Jan 15, 3:48 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 36 more	19 hr
Jan 15, 3:49 PM CST	Snow Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	11 hr
Jan 16, 3:04 AM CST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	18 hr
Jan 16, 10:50 AM CST	Snow Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 41 more	26 hr
Jan 16, 3:34 PM CST	Snow Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa and 8 more	22 hr
Jan 16, 3:50 PM CST	Snow Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	26 hr
Jan 16, 9:18 PM CST	Snow Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	12 hr
Jan 17, 10:39 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	52 hr
Jan 17, 9:42 PM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	16 hr
Jan 18, 3:20 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	55 hr
Jan 18, 4:02 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	23 hr
Jan 18, 4:15 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	38 hr
Jan 18, 4:20 AM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 35 more	9 hr
Jan 18, 4:20 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more	26 hr
Jan 18, 2:59 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FSD	Dickinson, Osceola	13 hr
Jan 19, 3:16 PM CST	Snow Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	51 hr
Jan 19, 3:44 PM CST	Snow Advisory	OAX	Monona	47 hr
Jan 20, 2:30 PM CST	Snow Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	37 hr
Jan 20, 3:35 PM CST	Snow Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	32 hr
Jan 20, 3:52 PM CST	Snow Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more	35 hr
Jan 21, 3:25 PM CST	Heavy Snow Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek	12 hr
Jan 21, 7:10 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Madison and 8 more	5 hr
Jan 21, 7:51 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more	7 hr
Jan 21, 9:10 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux	14 hr
Jan 22, 3:15 AM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	6 hr
Jan 22, 6:44 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton and 11 more	4 hr
Jan 22, 3:46 PM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	25 hr
Jan 23, 3:43 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	32 hr
Jan 23, 4:09 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	27 hr
Jan 23, 2:30 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 2 more	13 hr
Jan 24, 3:39 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	6 hr
Jan 27, 3:43 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more	27 hr
Jan 28, 3:54 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello	12 hr
Jan 28, 1:17 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	14 hr
Jan 28, 3:16 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	21 hr
Jan 28, 3:28 PM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	6 hr
Jan 28, 3:32 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	24 hr
Jan 28, 3:43 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	23 hr
Jan 28, 3:50 PM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more	13 hr
Jan 28, 3:58 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	20 hr
Jan 28, 7:22 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	11 hr
Jan 28, 9:41 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	17 hr
Jan 29, 3:26 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	23 hr
Jan 29, 3:26 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	17 hr
Jan 29, 4:19 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	29 hr
Jan 29, 4:25 AM CST	Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	14 hr
Jan 29, 4:25 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 28 more	28 hr
Jan 29, 6:43 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	10 hr
Jan 29, 7:39 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis and 15 more	11 hr
Jan 29, 7:39 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo and 37 more	5 hr
Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	ARX	Mitchell	9 hr
Jan 29, 11:38 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 4 more	6 hr
Jan 29, 12:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware and 20 more	4 hr
Jan 29, 3:04 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more	20 hr
Jan 29, 3:04 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	9 hr
Jan 29, 3:28 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	21 hr
Jan 29, 3:55 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 10 more	16 hr
Jan 29, 6:27 PM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin and 16 more	6 hr
Jan 29, 8:08 PM CST	Blowing Snow Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	4 hr
Jan 29, 11:50 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 8 more	11 hr
Jan 31, 3:11 AM CST	Snow Advisory	DVN	Clinton, Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	30 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	4
Tornado Watch	1
Mesoscale Discussion	5
Flooding
River Flood Warning	5
Flood Watch	1
River Flood Advisory	2
Winter
Blizzard Warning	3
Heavy Snow Warning	1
Winter Storm Warning	1
Winter Storm Watch	4
Blowing Snow Advisory	9
Snow Advisory	13
Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory	3
Winter Weather Advisory	6
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	5
Wind Chill Advisory	19
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	6
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	11

By county

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

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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.