Weather alerts in Iowa, December 2013

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2013. Tap one for its archive.

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
Dec 3, 3:11 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Dickinson	6 hr
Dec 3, 3:23 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	38 hr
Dec 3, 3:42 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	41 hr
Dec 3, 3:53 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	38 hr
Dec 3, 5:39 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	33 hr
Dec 4, 1:31 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Ida	5 hr
Dec 4, 3:20 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	6 hr
Dec 4, 7:14 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Emmet and 7 more	5 hr
Dec 4, 8:58 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	3 hr
Dec 4, 3:17 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	69 hr
Dec 5, 4:02 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 5 more	30 hr
Dec 6, 9:51 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	26 hr
Dec 6, 3:35 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo and 17 more	17 hr
Dec 6, 3:43 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	17 hr
Dec 7, 12:01 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	39 hr
Dec 7, 3:00 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	24 hr
Dec 7, 3:31 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Linn	32 hr
Dec 7, 3:42 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 36 more	32 hr
Dec 7, 3:47 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	22 hr
Dec 8, 3:34 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	31 hr
Dec 8, 3:54 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	32 hr
Dec 8, 9:10 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Crawford and 12 more	18 hr
Dec 9, 4:01 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	23 hr
Dec 10, 12:32 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	5 hr
Dec 10, 3:49 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	32 hr
Dec 10, 3:56 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	49 hr
Dec 10, 3:15 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	17 hr
Dec 10, 3:30 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	19 hr
Dec 10, 3:38 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 20 more	17 hr
Dec 11, 3:59 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	26 hr
Dec 12, 3:40 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	12 hr
Dec 13, 4:05 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren	26 hr
Dec 13, 3:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	6 hr
Dec 13, 5:32 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	10 hr
Dec 19, 3:11 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 35 more	33 hr
Dec 19, 3:26 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	39 hr
Dec 19, 3:50 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more	35 hr
Dec 19, 2:56 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	24 hr
Dec 19, 3:15 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette	37 hr
Dec 19, 4:01 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 26 more	36 hr
Dec 20, 2:46 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Clayton, Fayette	45 hr
Dec 20, 2:57 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Clarke, Davis and 19 more	44 hr
Dec 20, 3:02 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	44 hr
Dec 20, 3:20 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	13 hr
Dec 21, 3:54 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Boone, Butler, Cass, Dallas and 4 more	31 hr
Dec 21, 4:05 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Page	26 hr
Dec 21, 4:05 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	26 hr
Dec 21, 4:12 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Winneshiek	31 hr
Dec 21, 10:41 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan and 39 more	5 hr
Dec 22, 3:40 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	32 hr
Dec 22, 3:54 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	56 hr
Dec 22, 3:00 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	45 hr
Dec 22, 3:12 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson and 4 more	45 hr
Dec 22, 3:16 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	45 hr
Dec 23, 4:02 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	28 hr
Dec 23, 4:06 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more	30 hr
Dec 27, 3:14 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	60 hr
Dec 28, 4:00 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FSD	Dickinson, Osceola	30 hr
Dec 28, 4:04 AM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	24 hr
Dec 28, 4:20 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 28 more	47 hr
Dec 28, 2:51 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	45 hr
Dec 28, 3:14 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more	42 hr
Dec 28, 3:27 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	15 hr
Dec 28, 3:29 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Monona	20 hr
Dec 28, 9:19 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock and 9 more	10 hr
Dec 30, 3:10 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more	51 hr
Dec 30, 3:24 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	33 hr
Dec 30, 4:10 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 7 more	29 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
Mesoscale Discussion	1
Winter
Winter Storm Warning	4
Winter Storm Watch	5
Freezing Rain Advisory	3
Winter Weather Advisory	21
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	1
Wind Chill Advisory	24
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	4
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	5

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. Rebuilt daily.