Weather alerts in Iowa, January 2016

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2016. 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
Jan 3, 9:23 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	13 hr
Jan 6, 8:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Wapello	5 days
Jan 6, 8:10 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Davis, Wapello	6 days
Jan 7, 4:22 AM CST	Freezing Rain Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	7 hr
Jan 7, 5:20 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	4 hr
Jan 7, 6:46 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 26 more	5 hr
Jan 7, 7:57 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	4 hr
Jan 7, 9:00 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby	2 hr
Jan 7, 12:09 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth and 2 more	111 min
Jan 7, 2:03 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth and 2 more	88 min
Jan 8, 4:45 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Clarke, Davis and 16 more	14 hr
Jan 8, 5:17 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	16 hr
Jan 8, 6:21 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	17 hr
Jan 8, 6:35 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	4 days
Jan 8, 9:43 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	6 hr
Jan 8, 9:45 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 27 more	6 hr
Jan 9, 3:22 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	33 hr
Jan 9, 3:25 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	35 hr
Jan 9, 3:45 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	31 hr
Jan 9, 3:50 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	30 hr
Jan 9, 3:55 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	32 hr
Jan 10, 9:08 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Wapello	8 days
Jan 10, 9:08 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Davis, Wapello	5 days
Jan 11, 3:01 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	33 hr
Jan 11, 3:12 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola	31 hr
Jan 11, 3:49 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 19 more	32 hr
Jan 11, 8:55 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 12 more	7 hr
Jan 11, 9:58 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more	6 hr
Jan 11, 10:13 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque	6 hr
Jan 12, 6:03 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	6 hr
Jan 15, 3:03 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola	33 hr
Jan 15, 3:39 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more	32 hr
Jan 15, 3:06 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	21 hr
Jan 16, 3:29 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 14 more	54 hr
Jan 16, 3:32 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 3 more	32 hr
Jan 16, 3:32 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	53 hr
Jan 16, 4:12 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	32 hr
Jan 16, 4:12 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	56 hr
Jan 16, 4:35 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	31 hr
Jan 16, 3:14 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more	45 hr
Jan 16, 3:46 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 25 more	41 hr
Jan 17, 3:32 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	30 hr
Jan 17, 11:48 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	24 hr
Jan 17, 12:06 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 12 more	21 hr
Jan 17, 3:42 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	12 hr
Jan 18, 3:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	33 hr
Jan 18, 3:43 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Carroll, Cass and 18 more	29 hr
Jan 18, 3:47 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	25 hr
Jan 21, 8:23 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Lyon	5 hr
Jan 24, 3:03 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	39 hr
Jan 24, 3:10 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	27 hr
Jan 24, 3:16 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque	19 hr
Jan 24, 3:17 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 32 more	33 hr
Jan 24, 7:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more	10 hr
Jan 24, 7:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	10 hr
Jan 30, 3:20 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	12 hr
Jan 31, 3:23 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson and 2 more	24 hr
Jan 31, 3:23 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	35 hr
Jan 31, 3:38 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	36 hr
Jan 31, 3:44 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	24 hr
Jan 31, 3:44 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton	24 hr
Jan 31, 3:48 AM CST	Blizzard Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 33 more	25 hr
Jan 31, 3:19 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Clarke, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Polk and 5 more	13 hr

By product

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

Product	Alerts
Flooding
River Flood Warning	6
Winter
Blizzard Watch	4
Winter Storm Watch	4
Freezing Rain Advisory	1
Winter Weather Advisory	12
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	3
Wind Chill Advisory	20
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	13

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.