Alert archive / Iowa / Freeze Warnings
Freeze Warnings in Iowa, 2013
6 freeze warnings in 2013. 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 freeze warnings reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Warnings
- 6
- Busiest month
- October4 freeze warnings
- Busiest day
- October 22, 20132 freeze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 3:46 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | OAX | Monona | 17 hr |
| May 11, 3:59 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | FSD | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 29 hr |
| Oct 21, 3:15 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:03 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 22, 3:31 PM CDT | Freeze Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 16 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 24, 4:19 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 29 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Keokuk County3
- Louisa County3
- Washington County3
- Des Moines County2
- Henry County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lee County2
- Van Buren County2
- Monona County1
- Lyon County1
- Osceola County1
- Sioux County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Cedar County1
- Clinton County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Iowa County1
- Jackson County1
- Johnson County1
- Jones County1
- Linn County1
- Muscatine County1
- Scott County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Cass County1
- Clarke County1
- Dallas County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Jasper County1
- Lucas County1
- Madison County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Polk 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.