Weather alerts in Iowa, January 2023

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2023. 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, 5:51 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	3 hr
Jan 1, 5:52 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 6 more	5 hr
Jan 1, 5:53 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	3 hr
Jan 1, 2:10 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 4 more	44 hr
Jan 1, 2:10 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Lyon	61 hr
Jan 1, 2:37 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona	45 hr
Jan 1, 2:37 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	51 hr
Jan 1, 2:50 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	ARX	Floyd, Mitchell	23 hr
Jan 1, 3:23 PM CST	Ice Storm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Franklin and 10 more	43 hr
Jan 1, 3:23 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 19 more	3 days
Jan 1, 5:13 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Scott and 1 more	25 hr
Jan 2, 3:37 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	38 hr
Jan 2, 1:28 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Plymouth, Woodbury	5 hr
Jan 3, 3:04 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	45 hr
Jan 3, 4:19 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 12 more	8 hr
Jan 3, 5:14 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	17 hr
Jan 3, 6:09 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lyon, Osceola	6 hr
Jan 3, 6:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	8 hr
Jan 4, 6:04 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more	6 hr
Jan 5, 9:55 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux	14 hr
Jan 6, 10:05 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 1 more	14 hr
Jan 8, 4:34 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 8 more	7 hr
Jan 8, 4:42 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin and 17 more	7 hr
Jan 8, 4:44 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	7 hr
Jan 8, 11:54 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux	10 hr
Jan 11, 3:18 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	11 hr
Jan 11, 8:16 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock and 9 more	6 hr
Jan 12, 6:49 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cherokee, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux	17 hr
Jan 16, 2:29 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	36 hr
Jan 16, 1:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa	34 min
Jan 16, 2:01 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Johnson	29 min
Jan 16, 2:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Muscatine	56 min
Jan 16, 2:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn	25 min
Jan 16, 2:39 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Jones, Linn	36 min
Jan 16, 3:03 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	24 hr
Jan 16, 3:07 PM CST	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Jones, Linn	23 min
Jan 16, 6:29 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	6 hr
Jan 17, 2:35 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	25 hr
Jan 17, 3:07 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 27 more	12 hr
Jan 17, 3:27 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie	54 hr
Jan 17, 7:35 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	46 hr
Jan 17, 3:09 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 20 more	45 hr
Jan 17, 3:09 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Black Hawk, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 12 more	45 hr
Jan 17, 3:11 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	42 hr
Jan 18, 2:51 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson and 2 more	30 hr
Jan 18, 3:18 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek	34 hr
Jan 18, 3:18 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Clayton, Fayette	30 hr
Jan 18, 12:53 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 24 more	5 hr
Jan 19, 7:44 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Lee and 3 more	3 hr
Jan 20, 2:04 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page	37 hr
Jan 21, 5:56 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	18 hr
Jan 22, 12:48 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford and 15 more	11 hr
Jan 22, 12:55 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	11 hr
Jan 22, 5:54 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	12 hr
Jan 22, 6:46 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 24 more	14 hr
Jan 22, 7:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	11 hr
Jan 22, 9:03 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	13 hr
Jan 24, 12:55 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 2 more	8 hr
Jan 24, 1:54 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Lee and 4 more	36 hr
Jan 24, 5:49 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 25 more	5 hr
Jan 24, 6:19 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Linn	5 hr
Jan 24, 8:09 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	4 hr
Jan 26, 3:13 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Monona	24 hr
Jan 26, 3:33 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury	24 hr
Jan 27, 2:58 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	48 hr
Jan 27, 3:05 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 4 more	51 hr
Jan 27, 3:08 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton and 9 more	42 hr
Jan 27, 3:08 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more	45 hr
Jan 27, 3:11 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona	39 hr
Jan 27, 3:12 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth and 2 more	39 hr
Jan 27, 3:12 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux	39 hr
Jan 27, 9:51 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Plymouth, Sioux	6 hr
Jan 28, 3:20 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	31 hr
Jan 28, 1:41 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	20 hr
Jan 28, 1:47 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Floyd, Mitchell	21 hr
Jan 28, 2:06 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Boone, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 25 more	21 hr
Jan 29, 1:43 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn	19 hr
Jan 29, 1:48 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	22 hr
Jan 29, 2:18 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	20 hr
Jan 29, 2:28 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 15 more	20 hr
Jan 30, 1:34 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more	20 hr
Jan 30, 1:52 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	20 hr
Jan 30, 2:07 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Monona	19 hr
Jan 30, 2:22 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more	19 hr
Jan 30, 2:28 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	20 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
Tornado Warning	4
Mesoscale Discussion	5
Special Weather Statement	1
Winter
Ice Storm Warning	4
Winter Storm Warning	7
Winter Storm Watch	6
Winter Weather Advisory	16
Cold
Wind Chill Advisory	13
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	29

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.