Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings / 2008
Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, December 2008
10 winter storm warnings in December 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 December 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 10
- Busiest day
- December 17, 20083 winter storm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
- Allamakee County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Clayton County3
- Fayette County3
- Floyd County3
- Howard County3
- Mitchell County3
- Winneshiek County3
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Calhoun County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Emmet County2
- Franklin County2
- Hancock County2
- Humboldt County2
- Kossuth County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Webster County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Wright County2
- Clinton County2
- Jackson County2
- Appanoose County1
- Davis County1
- Mahaska County1
- Monroe County1
- Wapello County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Cedar County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Iowa County1
- Johnson County1
- Jones County1
- Linn County1
- Muscatine County1
33 more counties
- Scott County1
- Audubon County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Boone County1
- Carroll County1
- Crawford County1
- Dallas County1
- Greene County1
- Grundy County1
- Guthrie County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hardin County1
- Jasper County1
- Marshall County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Sac County1
- Story County1
- Tama 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
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
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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.