Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Warnings
Blizzard Warnings in Iowa, 2018
9 blizzard warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 9
- Busiest month
- January3 blizzard warnings
- Busiest day
- January 21, 20183 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 21, 3:41 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 43 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:58 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | OAX | Monona | 41 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:47 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Crawford, Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac and 1 more | 43 hr |
| Mar 4, 4:09 AM CST | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 59 hr |
| Apr 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 60 hr |
| Apr 13, 3:32 AM CDT | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth and 5 more | 48 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:32 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 28 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:34 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur and 12 more | 30 hr |
| Nov 25, 12:09 PM CST | Blizzard Warning | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee and 5 more | 18 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Plymouth County3
- Sioux County3
- Buena Vista County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Dickinson County2
- Ida County2
- Lyon County2
- O'Brien County2
- Osceola County2
- Woodbury County2
- Emmet County2
- Kossuth County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Sac County2
- Winnebago County2
- Monona County1
- Crawford County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Hancock County1
- Humboldt County1
- Worth County1
- Fremont County1
- Mills County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Clarke County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Lucas County1
- Madison County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Poweshiek 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.