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Weather alerts in Iowa, January 2024

126 weather alerts in January 2024, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.

Weather alerts by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in January 2024. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 126
Warnings: 26
Watches: 14
Advisories: 79
Busiest day: January 11, 202414 alerts

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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 2, 5:51 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury	18 hr
Jan 3, 3:17 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	9 hr
Jan 3, 3:42 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 5 more	8 hr
Jan 5, 3:01 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	35 hr
Jan 6, 3:09 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury	35 hr
Jan 6, 3:03 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 27 more	23 hr
Jan 7, 2:28 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	58 hr
Jan 7, 2:44 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	24 hr
Jan 7, 2:58 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 3 more	63 hr
Jan 7, 2:58 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien and 1 more	63 hr
Jan 7, 3:05 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Winneshiek	23 hr
Jan 7, 2:06 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 40 more	55 hr
Jan 7, 2:06 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 4 more	52 hr
Jan 8, 2:34 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	45 hr
Jan 8, 2:43 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	48 hr
Jan 9, 9:12 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Delaware, Des Moines and 26 more	3 hr
Jan 9, 1:09 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware and 12 more	3 hr
Jan 10, 2:10 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	13 hr
Jan 10, 2:43 AM CST	Wind Chill Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	25 hr
Jan 10, 2:28 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	24 hr
Jan 10, 2:40 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	3 days
Jan 10, 3:00 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more	11 hr
Jan 10, 3:12 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	12 hr
Jan 10, 3:12 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	FSD	Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 1 more	12 hr
Jan 10, 3:12 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	51 hr
Jan 10, 8:23 PM CST	Snow Squall Warning	DMX	Adair, Clarke, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion and 4 more	37 min
Jan 10, 9:00 PM CST	Snow Squall Warning	DMX	Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek and 3 more	60 min
Jan 11, 2:14 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 14 more	39 hr
Jan 11, 2:14 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	3 days
Jan 11, 2:25 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	46 hr
Jan 11, 3:22 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	5 days
Jan 11, 3:22 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more	23 hr
Jan 11, 3:28 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	31 hr
Jan 11, 2:45 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	57 hr
Jan 11, 2:45 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	5 days
Jan 11, 3:03 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	57 hr
Jan 11, 3:03 PM CST	Wind Chill Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	24 hr
Jan 11, 3:03 PM CST	Blizzard Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	36 hr
Jan 11, 3:03 PM CST	Wind Chill Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	47 hr
Jan 11, 9:37 PM CST	Winter Storm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson	30 hr
Jan 12, 4:23 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn and 2 more	4 hr
Jan 12, 10:24 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Benton, Black Hawk, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton and 16 more	4 hr
Jan 12, 10:56 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	13 hr
Jan 12, 10:56 AM CST	Winter Storm Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Mitchell	4 hr
Jan 12, 2:29 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Adams, Allamakee, Appanoose, Audubon, Benton and 61 more	4 hr
Jan 12, 2:49 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	36 hr
Jan 12, 3:32 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	4 days
Jan 12, 3:32 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Bremer and 24 more	32 hr
Jan 13, 3:05 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	4 days
Jan 13, 3:19 AM CST	Wind Chill Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	3 days
Jan 13, 3:19 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Lee	9 hr
Jan 13, 3:16 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Shelby	9 hr
Jan 13, 6:27 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	16 hr
Jan 13, 6:27 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	4 days
Jan 14, 1:19 PM CST	Wind Chill Warning	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	20 hr
Jan 14, 1:19 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	68 hr
Jan 15, 2:18 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Cherokee, Ida, Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury	34 hr
Jan 15, 2:02 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	43 hr
Jan 15, 2:39 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	39 hr
Jan 17, 3:22 AM CST	Wind Chill Watch	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	35 hr
Jan 17, 3:22 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	57 hr
Jan 17, 2:09 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	36 hr
Jan 17, 2:26 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	37 hr
Jan 17, 2:41 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	45 hr
Jan 17, 2:41 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	39 hr
Jan 18, 2:37 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	33 hr
Jan 18, 2:37 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	27 hr
Jan 18, 2:59 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	31 hr
Jan 18, 2:10 PM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	46 hr
Jan 18, 4:27 PM CST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	OAX	Harrison, Monona	33 min
Jan 18, 4:54 PM CST	Snow Squall Warning Significant damage threat	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	66 min
Jan 18, 5:56 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby	64 min
Jan 19, 2:10 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	31 hr
Jan 19, 2:16 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	34 hr
Jan 19, 2:26 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	32 hr
Jan 19, 3:29 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	33 hr
Jan 20, 2:01 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	33 hr
Jan 20, 2:25 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	31 hr
Jan 20, 3:11 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	30 hr
Jan 20, 3:15 AM CST	Wind Chill Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	30 hr
Jan 20, 8:22 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	FSD	Dickinson	19 hr
Jan 21, 2:29 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	60 hr
Jan 21, 2:41 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	33 hr
Jan 22, 2:08 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa and 4 more	36 hr
Jan 22, 3:26 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Cass and 24 more	33 hr
Jan 22, 3:27 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Lee	5 hr
Jan 22, 1:55 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	ARX	Clayton, Fayette	22 hr
Jan 22, 2:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Lyon, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury	21 hr
Jan 22, 3:02 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	21 hr
Jan 22, 3:02 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Montgomery, Page	21 hr
Jan 22, 9:48 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Jackson, Jones, Linn	16 hr
Jan 23, 9:35 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo and 12 more	2 hr
Jan 23, 1:29 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	20 hr
Jan 23, 2:33 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette	18 hr
Jan 23, 2:55 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	21 hr
Jan 23, 6:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 32 more	15 hr
Jan 23, 6:09 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	16 hr
Jan 24, 1:46 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	22 hr
Jan 24, 3:57 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	44 hr
Jan 24, 3:58 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	20 hr
Jan 24, 5:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	18 hr
Jan 24, 9:49 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	14 hr
Jan 25, 2:18 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	22 hr
Jan 25, 2:21 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	22 hr
Jan 25, 2:22 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	20 hr
Jan 25, 2:29 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	17 hr
Jan 26, 12:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	24 hr
Jan 26, 1:30 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	26 hr
Jan 26, 1:44 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	21 hr
Jan 26, 6:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby	17 hr
Jan 26, 7:48 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 24 more	16 hr
Jan 27, 1:32 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 39 more	25 hr
Jan 27, 1:33 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	41 hr
Jan 27, 1:36 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	20 hr
Jan 27, 2:15 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more	19 hr
Jan 28, 1:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek	23 hr
Jan 28, 1:49 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	22 hr
Jan 28, 2:05 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 40 more	19 hr
Jan 28, 2:18 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more	18 hr
Jan 30, 7:17 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	FSD	Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 1 more	9 hr
Jan 30, 10:40 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 39 more	11 hr
Jan 30, 11:36 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	OAX	Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby	8 hr
Jan 31, 2:48 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell	7 hr
Jan 31, 2:01 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	ARX	Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more	21 hr
Jan 31, 2:08 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque	12 hr
Jan 31, 2:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 24 more	21 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	6
Special Weather Statement	1
Winter
Blizzard Warning	4
Snow Squall Warning	4
Winter Storm Warning	12
Winter Storm Watch	10
Winter Weather Advisory	19
Cold
Wind Chill Warning	6
Wind Chill Watch	4
Wind Chill Advisory	20
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	40

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.