Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Warnings
Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2019
32 winter storm warnings in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 32
- Busiest month
- January15 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 17, 20195 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 11, 1:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:16 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 12, 7:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 9 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 39 hr |
| Jan 17, 1:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 40 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 31 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 45 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 9 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:32 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 11 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:55 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 30 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 42 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 10 more | 44 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:08 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 45 hr |
| Feb 11, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 28 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 16, 9:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 6 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 40 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:40 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 35 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:05 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 26, 3:24 PM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:30 AM CDT | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 10 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:52 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 53 hr |
| Nov 25, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 56 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:41 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt and 8 more | 45 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:57 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Mitchell | 51 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cerro Gordo County8
- Hancock County8
- Winnebago County8
- Worth County8
- Black Hawk County7
- Bremer County7
- Butler County7
- Franklin County7
- Kossuth County7
- Wright County7
- Mitchell County7
- Madison County6
- Grundy County6
- Hamilton County6
- Hardin County6
- Humboldt County6
- Buchanan County6
- Chickasaw County6
- Fayette County6
- Floyd County6
- Howard County6
- Winneshiek County6
- Jefferson County5
- Keokuk County5
- Washington County5
- Adair County5
- Appanoose County5
- Clarke County5
- Davis County5
- Lucas County5
- Mahaska County5
- Marion County5
- Monroe County5
- Union County5
- Wapello County5
- Warren County5
- Wayne County5
- Dallas County5
- Webster County5
- Delaware County5
59 more counties
- Dubuque County5
- Jackson County5
- Allamakee County5
- Clayton County5
- Muscatine County4
- Scott County4
- Adams County4
- Decatur County4
- Ringgold County4
- Montgomery County4
- Boone County4
- Emmet County4
- Guthrie County4
- Jasper County4
- Marshall County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Polk County4
- Poweshiek County4
- Story County4
- Tama County4
- Benton County4
- Clinton County4
- Iowa County4
- Johnson County4
- Jones County4
- Linn County4
- Louisa County3
- Taylor County3
- Fremont County3
- Mills County3
- Page County3
- Audubon County3
- Calhoun County3
- Cass County3
- Crawford County3
- Greene County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Sac County3
- Cedar County3
- Buena Vista County3
- Cherokee County3
- Clay County3
- Dickinson County3
- Ida County3
- Lyon County3
- O'Brien County3
- Osceola County3
- Sioux County3
- Pottawattamie County3
- Shelby County3
- Des Moines County2
- Henry County2
- Lee County2
- Van Buren County2
- Carroll County2
- Harrison County2
- Monona County2
- Plymouth County2
- Woodbury 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.