Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Watches
Blizzard Watches in Iowa, 2008
4 blizzard watches 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- December3 blizzard watches
- Busiest day
- December 20, 20082 blizzard watches
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 16, 3:57 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 40 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:39 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:45 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:48 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Carroll, Crawford and 6 more | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Black Hawk County2
- Boone County2
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Carroll County2
- Crawford County2
- Greene County2
- Grundy County2
- Hardin County2
- Marshall County2
- Story County2
- Tama County2
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Audubon County1
- Calhoun County1
- Cass County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Clarke County1
- Dallas County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Franklin County1
- Guthrie County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hancock County1
- Humboldt County1
- Jasper County1
- Lucas County1
- Madison County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Ringgold County1
- Sac County1
- Taylor County1
25 more counties
- Union County1
- Wapello County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Webster County1
- Wright County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Ida County1
- Lyon County1
- O'Brien County1
- Osceola County1
- Plymouth County1
- Sioux County1
- Woodbury County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Clinton County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Jackson County1
- Jones County1
- Linn 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.