Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2008
26 winter storm 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 winter storm warnings reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 26
- Busiest month
- February13 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- February 5, 20084 winter storm 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 3:26 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 38 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 24 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 29 hr |
| Feb 5, 4:08 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 36 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Winneshiek | 25 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Cass and 23 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:03 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 18 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 9 more | 27 hr |
| Feb 17, 4:11 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Clayton | 3 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:46 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 14 more | 15 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 11 hr |
| Feb 25, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 20, 4:03 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 30 hr |
| Mar 20, 3:34 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 30 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 9 more | 32 hr |
| Dec 8, 4:55 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Dec 14, 6:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 43 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:48 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 27 more | 41 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 4 more | 19 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 16 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 39 hr |
| Dec 23, 11:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clayton County9
- Fayette County8
- Allamakee County6
- Chickasaw County6
- Howard County6
- Winneshiek County6
- Clinton County6
- Jackson County6
- Mitchell County5
- Cedar County5
- Johnson County5
- Buchanan County5
- Delaware County5
- Dubuque County5
- Bremer County5
- Floyd County4
- Keokuk County4
- Muscatine County4
- Scott County4
- Washington County4
- Benton County4
- Iowa County4
- Jones County4
- Linn County4
- Black Hawk County4
- Grundy County4
- Marshall County4
- Story County4
- Tama County4
- Louisa County3
- Appanoose County3
- Boone County3
- Dallas County3
- Davis County3
- Hardin County3
- Jasper County3
- Mahaska County3
- Monroe County3
- Polk County3
- Poweshiek County3
58 more counties
- Wapello County3
- Butler County3
- Calhoun County3
- Franklin County3
- Humboldt County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Webster County3
- Wright County3
- Jefferson County2
- Van Buren County2
- Adair County2
- Adams County2
- Cass County2
- Clarke County2
- Decatur County2
- Lucas County2
- Madison County2
- Marion County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Union County2
- Warren County2
- Wayne County2
- Fremont County2
- Mills County2
- Montgomery County2
- Page County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Guthrie County2
- Carroll County2
- Crawford County2
- Greene County2
- Hamilton County2
- Sac County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Emmet County2
- Hancock County2
- Kossuth County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Des Moines County1
- Henry County1
- Lee County1
- Audubon County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Ida County1
- O'Brien County1
- Osceola County1
- Plymouth County1
- Sioux County1
- Woodbury County1
- Harrison County1
- Monona County1
- Shelby County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.