Snow Squall Warnings in Iowa
28 snow squall warnings since 1986. 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 snow squall warnings reaches back to 2005.
Snow Squall Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Snow Squall Warnings
- 28
- Busiest year
- 202513 snow squall warnings
- Average year
- 5over 6 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Story County9
- Polk County8
- Marshall County8
- Dallas County7
- Jasper County7
- Warren County7
- Clinton County6
- Harrison County6
- Madison County6
- Cedar County5
- Jackson County5
- Marion County5
- Monona County5
- Boone County5
- Muscatine County4
- Scott County4
- Johnson County3
- Washington County3
- Adair County3
- Pottawattamie County3
- Tama County3
- Greene County3
- Grundy County3
- Guthrie County3
- Hardin County3
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Henry County2
- Jones County2
- Linn County2
- Louisa County2
- Fremont County2
- Mills County2
- Poweshiek County2
- Shelby County2
- Hamilton County2
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Iowa County1
- Jefferson County1
The latest snow squall warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 6:28 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson, Scott | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 5:50 PM CST | Snow Squall Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson | 40 min |
| Jan 16, 10:42 AM CST | Snow Squall Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 33 min |
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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. Rebuilt daily.