Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2008
9 blizzard warnings in 2008. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 9
- Busiest month
- January3 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 29, 20083 blizzard warnings
Over time
By month
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 28, 9:41 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 29, 10:55 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 9 hr |
| Jan 29, 11:38 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 17, 3:46 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 33 more | 10 hr |
| Feb 17, 5:02 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 10, 4:10 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Lyon | 32 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:08 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 47 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:48 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 38 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:12 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 27 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cerro Gordo County3
- Franklin County3
- Wright County3
- Benton County2
- Buchanan County2
- Cedar County2
- Clinton County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Iowa County2
- Jackson County2
- Johnson County2
- Jones County2
- Keokuk County2
- Linn County2
- Louisa County2
- Muscatine County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Hancock County2
- Humboldt County2
- Kossuth County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Black Hawk County2
- Boone County2
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Greene County2
- Grundy County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hardin County2
- Marshall County2
- Story County2
- Tama County2
- Webster County2
- Lyon County2
- Des Moines County1
51 more counties
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lee County1
- Van Buren County1
- Mitchell County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Audubon County1
- Cass County1
- Clarke County1
- Dallas County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Guthrie County1
- Jasper County1
- Lucas County1
- Madison County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Ringgold County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Wapello County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Allamakee County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Ida County1
- O'Brien County1
- Osceola County1
- Plymouth County1
- Sioux County1
- Woodbury County1
- Calhoun County1
- Carroll County1
- Crawford County1
- Emmet County1
- Sac County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.