Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2011
3 blizzard warnings in 2011. 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 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 3
- Busiest month
- January3 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 31, 20112 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 7, 4:19 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:12 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 31, 4:20 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 28 more | 42 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Emmet County1
- Franklin County1
- Hancock County1
- Humboldt County1
- Kossuth County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Winnebago County1
- Worth County1
- Wright County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Cedar County1
- Clinton County1
- Delaware County1
- Des Moines County1
- Dubuque County1
- Henry County1
- Iowa County1
- Jackson County1
- Jefferson County1
- Johnson County1
- Jones County1
- Keokuk County1
- Lee County1
- Linn County1
- Louisa County1
- Muscatine County1
- Scott County1
- Van Buren County1
- Washington County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Audubon County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Boone County1
- Bremer County1
- Butler County1
- Cass County1
25 more counties
- Clarke County1
- Dallas County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Greene County1
- Grundy County1
- Guthrie County1
- Hardin County1
- Jasper County1
- Lucas County1
- Madison County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Monroe County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Ringgold County1
- Story County1
- Tama County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Wapello County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne 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.