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Snow Squall Warnings in Iowa, 2025

13 snow squall warnings in 2025. 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 in 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Snow Squall Warnings
13
Busiest month
December10 snow squall warnings
Busiest day
December 28, 202510 snow squall 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 2, 6:27 AM CSTSnow Squall WarningDMXAdair, Audubon, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Dallas and 3 more63 min
Jan 2, 7:24 AM CSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatDMXAdair, Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Madison and 3 more66 min
Jan 2, 8:30 AM CSTSnow Squall WarningDMXBoone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall and 3 more60 min
Dec 28, 10:39 AM CSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatOAXHarrison, Monona, Pottawattamie36 min
Dec 28, 11:18 AM CSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatDMXBoone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hardin and 2 more27 min
Dec 28, 11:30 AM CSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatDMXBoone, Dallas, Madison, Polk, Story, Warren30 min
Dec 28, 11:44 AM CSTSnow Squall WarningOAXFremont, Harrison, Mills, Pottawattamie61 min
Dec 28, 11:47 AM CSTSnow Squall WarningDMXGrundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story28 min
Dec 28, 11:54 AM CSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatDMXJasper, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Story, Warren36 min
Dec 28, 12:14 PM CSTSnow Squall WarningDMXGrundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story, Tama31 min
Dec 28, 12:15 PM CSTSnow Squall WarningOAXHarrison, Monona, Shelby60 min
Dec 28, 12:19 PM CSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatDMXJasper, Marion, Marshall, Polk, Warren26 min
Dec 28, 12:45 PM CSTSnow Squall Warning Significant damage threatDMXBlack Hawk, Grundy, Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama30 min

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.