Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2016
6 blizzard warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 6
- Busiest month
- February6 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- February 1, 20163 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:38 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:21 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Franklin and 12 more | 50 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:37 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | OAX | Monona | 47 hr |
| Feb 6, 9:48 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 1 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:31 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 23 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:13 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 35 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buena Vista County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Dickinson County2
- Ida County2
- O'Brien County2
- Osceola County2
- Calhoun County2
- Carroll County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Crawford County2
- Emmet County2
- Franklin County2
- Greene County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hancock County2
- Humboldt County2
- Kossuth County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Sac County2
- Webster County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Wright County2
- Lyon County1
- Plymouth County1
- Sioux County1
- Woodbury County1
- Monona County1
- Audubon County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Boone County1
- Bremer County1
- Butler County1
- Dallas County1
- Grundy County1
- Guthrie County1
- Hardin County1
- Marshall 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.