Weather alerts in Iowa, December 2024

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in December 2024. 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, 1:03 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	32 hr
Dec 3, 1:14 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	35 hr
Dec 3, 2:03 PM CST	Wind Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	32 hr
Dec 3, 2:13 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	31 hr
Dec 4, 2:28 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	22 hr
Dec 11, 3:31 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Louisa, Muscatine	44 min
Dec 11, 4:24 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Muscatine	66 min
Dec 11, 7:41 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine	64 min
Dec 11, 8:16 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more	89 min
Dec 11, 9:51 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton, Jackson, Scott	84 min
Dec 12, 2:32 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	51 hr
Dec 12, 2:35 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	48 hr
Dec 12, 2:39 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	51 hr
Dec 12, 2:39 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	48 hr
Dec 13, 2:48 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more	39 hr
Dec 13, 3:27 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Davis, Grundy and 8 more	39 hr
Dec 13, 3:47 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	47 hr
Dec 13, 11:41 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Appanoose, Davis, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marion and 4 more	4 hr
Dec 14, 3:04 AM CST	Ice Storm Warning	ARX	Clayton, Fayette	21 hr
Dec 14, 4:58 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Allamakee, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Cedar and 26 more	6 hr
Dec 14, 2:33 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	20 hr
Dec 14, 7:21 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	16 hr
Dec 14, 7:56 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	15 hr
Dec 14, 8:16 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	36 hr
Dec 14, 9:31 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	14 hr
Dec 15, 2:35 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more	21 hr
Dec 15, 2:51 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	20 hr
Dec 15, 9:47 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	8 hr
Dec 15, 9:48 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	8 hr
Dec 18, 1:25 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	38 hr
Dec 18, 2:37 PM CST	High Wind Warning	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie	27 hr
Dec 18, 2:37 PM CST	Wind Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	27 hr
Dec 18, 2:50 PM CST	Wind Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	27 hr
Dec 19, 2:35 AM CST	Wind Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun and 29 more	19 hr
Dec 19, 2:34 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 5 more	12 hr
Dec 23, 2:20 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola	70 hr
Dec 24, 2:06 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	46 hr
Dec 24, 2:11 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	23 hr
Dec 25, 1:27 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	42 hr
Dec 25, 1:37 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 41 more	22 hr
Dec 26, 2:10 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	34 hr
Dec 26, 3:56 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Winneshiek	8 hr
Dec 26, 1:07 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	22 hr
Dec 26, 1:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	22 hr
Dec 26, 1:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Louisa, Van Buren	14 hr
Dec 26, 2:03 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	22 hr
Dec 27, 8:14 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	15 hr
Dec 27, 8:30 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	16 hr
Dec 28, 1:21 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	11 hr
Dec 28, 9:24 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	3 hr
Dec 28, 4:54 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	19 hr
Dec 28, 6:03 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	18 hr
Dec 28, 6:09 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	18 hr
Dec 28, 8:19 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	16 hr
Dec 29, 3:57 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	8 hr
Dec 29, 5:11 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	31 hr
Dec 29, 5:59 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	13 hr
Dec 29, 6:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 2 more	12 hr
Dec 29, 6:36 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 42 more	17 hr
Dec 29, 6:58 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 9 more	19 hr
Dec 30, 6:36 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth	4 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	2
Special Weather Statement	5
Winter
Ice Storm Warning	3
Winter Weather Advisory	8
Wind and dust
High Wind Warning	1
Wind Advisory	8
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	34

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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.