Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2015
29 winter storm warnings in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 29
- Busiest month
- January9 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 31, 20155 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 4, 3:12 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 4 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 30 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 31, 5:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 31, 9:53 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:52 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson | 24 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 25, 4:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 9 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:50 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Howard, Winneshiek | 16 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:27 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Shelby | 27 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:32 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 44 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:41 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 31 more | 38 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 35 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 42 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 29 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:46 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 19 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 24, 3:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 50 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 49 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:17 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 39 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 46 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 27, 4:03 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 38 hr |
| Dec 28, 4:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 16 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Buena Vista County6
- Clay County6
- Dickinson County6
- Lyon County6
- Sioux County6
- Boone County6
- Calhoun County6
- Carroll County6
- Cerro Gordo County6
- Dallas County6
- Emmet County6
- Franklin County6
- Greene County6
- Guthrie County6
- Hamilton County6
- Hancock County6
- Hardin County6
- Humboldt County6
- Kossuth County6
- Palo Alto County6
- Pocahontas County6
- Sac County6
- Webster County6
- Winnebago County6
- Worth County6
- Wright County6
- Clayton County5
- Howard County5
- Winneshiek County5
- Cherokee County5
- Ida County5
- O'Brien County5
- Osceola County5
- Plymouth County5
- Audubon County5
- Black Hawk County5
- Bremer County5
- Butler County5
- Crawford County5
- Grundy County5
59 more counties
- Jasper County5
- Mahaska County5
- Marion County5
- Marshall County5
- Polk County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Story County5
- Tama County5
- Warren County5
- Benton County5
- Buchanan County5
- Cedar County5
- Iowa County5
- Johnson County5
- Keokuk County5
- Linn County5
- Louisa County5
- Muscatine County5
- Washington County5
- Harrison County5
- Shelby County5
- Chickasaw County4
- Fayette County4
- Floyd County4
- Mitchell County4
- Clinton County4
- Delaware County4
- Des Moines County4
- Dubuque County4
- Henry County4
- Jackson County4
- Jefferson County4
- Jones County4
- Scott County4
- Madison County4
- Fremont County4
- Mills County4
- Monona County4
- Montgomery County4
- Page County4
- Pottawattamie County4
- Woodbury County4
- Allamakee County4
- Adair County3
- Appanoose County3
- Cass County3
- Davis County3
- Lucas County3
- Monroe County3
- Wapello County3
- Wayne County3
- Lee County3
- Van Buren County3
- Adams County2
- Clarke County2
- Decatur County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Union County2
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.