Weather alerts in Iowa, January 2021

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2021. 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 1, 4:02 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren	20 hr
Jan 1, 6:35 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Des Moines, Lee	4 hr
Jan 1, 5:56 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	21 hr
Jan 1, 10:00 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock and 10 more	14 hr
Jan 2, 8:28 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	5 hr
Jan 2, 1:55 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	22 hr
Jan 2, 2:12 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	22 hr
Jan 2, 2:49 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	21 hr
Jan 2, 2:53 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	39 hr
Jan 2, 3:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	19 hr
Jan 3, 2:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	28 hr
Jan 3, 2:38 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	21 hr
Jan 3, 2:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	21 hr
Jan 3, 2:58 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	24 hr
Jan 4, 3:27 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Muscatine and 1 more	2 hr
Jan 5, 2:02 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton	19 hr
Jan 5, 2:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury	24 hr
Jan 5, 3:31 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona	32 hr
Jan 5, 3:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	18 hr
Jan 6, 2:02 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Clayton	19 hr
Jan 6, 2:37 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	13 hr
Jan 7, 2:42 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 1 more	20 hr
Jan 8, 2:30 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 1 more	22 hr
Jan 13, 3:35 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	24 hr
Jan 13, 2:42 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	42 hr
Jan 13, 2:53 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson and 5 more	44 hr
Jan 13, 3:24 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 10 more	33 hr
Jan 13, 3:30 PM CST	High Wind Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	51 hr
Jan 13, 3:30 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	33 hr
Jan 13, 3:30 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	23 hr
Jan 13, 3:32 PM CST	High Wind Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien and 4 more	44 hr
Jan 13, 3:49 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet and 13 more	12 hr
Jan 13, 3:49 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 35 more	50 hr
Jan 14, 3:30 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	39 hr
Jan 14, 3:51 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	35 hr
Jan 14, 4:04 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 29 more	35 hr
Jan 14, 4:04 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hardin, Polk, Story, Warren and 1 more	5 hr
Jan 14, 4:04 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Jasper, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion and 4 more	32 hr
Jan 14, 2:55 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Lyon	31 hr
Jan 14, 8:44 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, Monona, O'Brien, Osceola and 3 more	5 hr
Jan 15, 3:37 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	3 hr
Jan 15, 2:10 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	5 hr
Jan 15, 2:19 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 4 more	8 hr
Jan 16, 8:33 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 10 more	15 hr
Jan 16, 9:25 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette, Winneshiek	15 hr
Jan 19, 4:59 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 10 more	5 hr
Jan 19, 2:42 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 23 more	4 hr
Jan 19, 5:03 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	4 hr
Jan 22, 4:05 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	44 hr
Jan 22, 2:01 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 7 more	37 hr
Jan 22, 2:15 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	43 hr
Jan 23, 12:55 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	14 hr
Jan 23, 3:27 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 16 more	12 hr
Jan 23, 3:44 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	23 hr
Jan 24, 3:15 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	10 hr
Jan 24, 3:15 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	49 hr
Jan 24, 3:17 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Greene and 6 more	12 hr
Jan 24, 3:17 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 32 more	57 hr
Jan 24, 1:17 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Monona	15 hr
Jan 24, 2:43 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	45 hr
Jan 24, 2:43 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 1 more	45 hr
Jan 24, 3:24 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Grundy and 2 more	13 hr
Jan 25, 3:21 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd	33 hr
Jan 25, 4:05 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury	29 hr
Jan 25, 4:10 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	29 hr
Jan 25, 4:17 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt and 2 more	32 hr
Jan 25, 10:41 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 26 more	6 hr
Jan 25, 3:26 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton, Black Hawk and 55 more	4 hr
Jan 29, 2:11 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	12 hr
Jan 29, 2:45 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Clayton, Fayette	12 hr
Jan 29, 2:56 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Tama	12 hr
Jan 29, 2:05 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 4 more	34 hr
Jan 29, 2:29 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more	46 hr
Jan 29, 2:29 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more	52 hr
Jan 29, 2:54 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Clayton, Fayette	45 hr
Jan 29, 2:54 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	45 hr
Jan 29, 2:56 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Hardin, Marshall and 1 more	35 hr
Jan 29, 2:56 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 30 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
Special Weather Statement	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	3
Winter Storm Warning	8
Winter Storm Watch	11
Winter Weather Advisory	28
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	2
Wind Advisory	2
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	18

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. Rebuilt daily.