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Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2016
14 winter storm warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 14
- Busiest month
- December7 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- February 1, 20164 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 3:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 35 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 50 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 10 more | 50 hr |
| Feb 1, 4:37 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 47 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:19 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 40 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:27 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 44 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:00 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt and 8 more | 41 hr |
| Dec 4, 10:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 11:33 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 23 hr |
| Dec 10, 1:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 8 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 62 hr |
| Dec 15, 4:22 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola | 56 hr |
| Dec 15, 11:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth | 49 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Chickasaw County4
- Floyd County4
- Howard County4
- Mitchell County4
- Winneshiek County4
- Allamakee County3
- Clayton County3
- Fayette County3
- Cerro Gordo County3
- Emmet County3
- Hancock County3
- Kossuth County3
- Winnebago County3
- Worth County3
- Buchanan County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Black Hawk County2
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Grundy County2
- Dickinson County2
- Lyon County2
- Osceola County2
- Franklin County2
- Humboldt County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Wright County2
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Audubon County1
- Boone County1
- Cass County1
- Dallas County1
- Guthrie County1
- Hardin County1
- Madison County1
- Marshall County1
- Polk County1
- Story County1
22 more counties
- Harrison County1
- Mills County1
- Montgomery County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Ida County1
- O'Brien County1
- Plymouth County1
- Sioux County1
- Woodbury County1
- Calhoun County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Sac County1
- Webster County1
- Cedar County1
- Clinton County1
- Muscatine County1
- Scott County1
- Jackson 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.