Weather alerts in Iowa, January 2020

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2020. 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 3, 9:11 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Osceola	12 hr
Jan 3, 11:22 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 16 more	12 hr
Jan 3, 1:24 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Floyd, Franklin, Hamilton and 11 more	5 hr
Jan 3, 2:23 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson and 3 more	13 hr
Jan 3, 6:10 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	6 hr
Jan 4, 2:10 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	25 hr
Jan 5, 2:40 AM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	13 hr
Jan 5, 3:09 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet and 14 more	13 hr
Jan 5, 3:35 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	9 hr
Jan 8, 2:55 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee	27 hr
Jan 9, 3:33 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more	11 hr
Jan 9, 3:54 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 11 more	11 hr
Jan 9, 11:21 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	16 hr
Jan 9, 2:15 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 17 more	14 hr
Jan 9, 9:27 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby	23 hr
Jan 10, 2:59 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek	24 hr
Jan 10, 3:17 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	43 hr
Jan 10, 3:24 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	19 hr
Jan 10, 3:57 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis and 17 more	38 hr
Jan 10, 3:57 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 17 more	24 hr
Jan 10, 12:54 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Keokuk, Lucas, Mahaska and 9 more	6 hr
Jan 10, 5:50 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 20 more	6 hr
Jan 11, 3:56 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Decatur, Lucas, Marion, Poweshiek, Wayne	14 hr
Jan 12, 12:49 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Pottawattamie	7 hr
Jan 13, 2:04 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	16 hr
Jan 13, 4:25 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	8 hr
Jan 13, 5:50 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	14 hr
Jan 13, 6:16 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 14 more	9 hr
Jan 13, 9:36 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 9 more	6 hr
Jan 14, 1:57 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	22 hr
Jan 14, 2:01 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	18 hr
Jan 14, 2:11 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more	24 hr
Jan 14, 2:20 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	19 hr
Jan 14, 2:21 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 39 more	21 hr
Jan 15, 2:44 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola	18 hr
Jan 15, 2:44 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	37 hr
Jan 15, 3:10 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 7 more	18 hr
Jan 15, 3:10 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	13 hr
Jan 15, 3:25 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	18 hr
Jan 15, 3:25 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	21 hr
Jan 15, 3:43 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	23 hr
Jan 16, 3:12 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	51 hr
Jan 16, 3:46 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	8 hr
Jan 16, 3:59 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	62 hr
Jan 16, 11:34 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	36 hr
Jan 16, 12:42 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more	53 hr
Jan 16, 12:42 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee	53 hr
Jan 16, 2:04 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more	52 hr
Jan 16, 2:17 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	52 hr
Jan 16, 2:17 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	52 hr
Jan 17, 3:41 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	DMX	Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet and 15 more	38 hr
Jan 17, 3:57 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	38 hr
Jan 17, 6:32 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 48 more	5 hr
Jan 17, 2:59 PM CST	High Wind Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	15 hr
Jan 17, 4:07 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lee	5 hr
Jan 18, 2:56 AM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	10 hr
Jan 18, 3:23 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	33 hr
Jan 18, 3:43 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	32 hr
Jan 18, 9:05 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	9 hr
Jan 18, 11:38 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Woodbury	6 hr
Jan 18, 2:18 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	22 hr
Jan 18, 2:53 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	21 hr
Jan 18, 3:13 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	21 hr
Jan 19, 2:32 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	19 hr
Jan 19, 2:52 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 30 more	18 hr
Jan 21, 2:50 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	27 hr
Jan 21, 3:54 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	29 hr
Jan 21, 7:22 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	26 hr
Jan 21, 8:18 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	20 hr
Jan 22, 2:52 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	18 hr
Jan 22, 3:20 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont	33 hr
Jan 22, 3:23 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	21 hr
Jan 22, 3:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 29 more	20 hr
Jan 23, 9:03 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 7 more	15 hr
Jan 23, 9:06 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa and 12 more	15 hr
Jan 24, 8:29 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	7 hr
Jan 25, 11:58 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	12 hr
Jan 26, 1:16 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	11 hr
Jan 26, 2:06 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 27 more	10 hr
Jan 26, 3:40 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more	6 hr
Jan 26, 2:01 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux	19 hr
Jan 26, 3:00 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 7 more	19 hr
Jan 26, 3:20 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 39 more	22 hr
Jan 26, 6:02 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	11 hr
Jan 26, 7:00 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	9 hr
Jan 29, 5:56 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 2 more	42 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	5
Winter
Blizzard Warning	3
Winter Storm Warning	7
Winter Storm Watch	6
Winter Weather Advisory	32
Cold
Wind Chill Advisory	10
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	7
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	15

By county

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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.