Alert archive / Iowa / Freeze Watches
Freeze Watches in Iowa, 2012
15 freeze watches in 2012. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Freeze Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Freeze Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- April8 freeze watches
- Busiest day
- April 8, 20125 freeze 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 3:42 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:40 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 4, 3:49 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 6 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 8, 2:05 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:08 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:14 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:17 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:29 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 13 more | 22 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:50 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 25 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:54 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 2:55 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:28 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Sep 21, 3:41 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Oct 5, 3:44 AM CDT | Freeze Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Oct 25, 3:05 PM CDT | Freeze Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allamakee County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Clayton County3
- Fayette County3
- Floyd County3
- Howard County3
- Mitchell County3
- Winneshiek County3
- Benton County3
- Buchanan County3
- Cedar County3
- Clinton County3
- Delaware County3
- Des Moines County3
- Dubuque County3
- Jackson County3
- Johnson County3
- Jones County3
- Linn County3
- Louisa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Scott County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Bremer County3
- Butler County3
- Cerro Gordo County3
- Franklin County3
- Grundy County3
- Hancock County3
- Hardin County3
- Tama County3
- Winnebago County3
- Worth County3
- Wright County3
- Appanoose County3
- Clarke County3
- Davis County3
- Decatur County3
- Lucas County3
- Monroe County3
59 more counties
- Ringgold County3
- Taylor County3
- Union County3
- Wapello County3
- Wayne County3
- Henry County3
- Jefferson County3
- Van Buren County3
- Buena Vista County2
- Cherokee County2
- Clay County2
- Dickinson County2
- Ida County2
- Lyon County2
- O'Brien County2
- Osceola County2
- Plymouth County2
- Sioux County2
- Woodbury County2
- Adair County2
- Adams County2
- Audubon County2
- Boone County2
- Calhoun County2
- Carroll County2
- Cass County2
- Crawford County2
- Dallas County2
- Emmet County2
- Greene County2
- Guthrie County2
- Hamilton County2
- Humboldt County2
- Jasper County2
- Kossuth County2
- Madison County2
- Mahaska County2
- Marion County2
- Marshall County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Polk County2
- Poweshiek County2
- Sac County2
- Story County2
- Warren County2
- Webster County2
- Harrison County2
- Mills County2
- Monona County2
- Montgomery County2
- Page County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Shelby County2
- Iowa County2
- Keokuk County2
- Washington County2
- Lee County2
- Fremont 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.