Alert archive / Iowa / Heavy Snow Warnings

Heavy Snow Warnings in Iowa, 2008

3 heavy snow warnings 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 heavy snow warnings reaches back to 2005.

Heavy Snow Warnings by county

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Heavy Snow Warnings
3
Busiest month
January1 heavy snow warnings
Busiest day
January 21, 20081 heavy snow 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 21, 3:25 PM CSTHeavy Snow WarningARXAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek12 hr
Feb 13, 12:18 PM CSTHeavy Snow WarningARXAllamakee, Howard, Winneshiek30 hr
Mar 30, 2:32 PM CDTHeavy Snow WarningFSDLyon28 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

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.