Alert archive / Iowa / Blizzard Watches
Blizzard Watches in Iowa, 2010
4 blizzard watches in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Watches
- 4
- Busiest month
- December3 blizzard watches
- Busiest day
- December 10, 20103 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2:53 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:24 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 10, 4:27 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola | 8 hr |
| Dec 10, 3:07 PM CST | Blizzard Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 21 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
- O'Brien County2
- Osceola County2
- Ida County1
- Lyon County1
- Plymouth County1
- Sioux County1
- Woodbury County1
- Bremer County1
- Butler County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Emmet County1
- Franklin County1
- Hancock County1
- Humboldt County1
- Kossuth County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Pocahontas 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
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive20092011
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.