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Winter Storm Warnings in Iowa, 2022
10 winter storm warnings in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Warnings
- 10
- Busiest month
- December5 winter storm warnings
- Busiest day
- January 13, 20224 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 13, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 3 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:40 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell | 36 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 7 more | 44 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 41 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Lee | 39 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 20, 1:58 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 40 hr |
| Dec 20, 2:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 4 days |
| Dec 20, 2:48 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 4 days |
| Dec 20, 3:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 72 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County3
- Cerro Gordo County3
- Emmet County3
- Hancock County3
- Kossuth County3
- Palo Alto County3
- Winnebago County3
- Worth County3
- Chickasaw County2
- Floyd County2
- Mitchell County2
- Benton County2
- Buchanan County2
- Des Moines County2
- Henry County2
- Iowa County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Keokuk County2
- Linn County2
- Louisa County2
- Van Buren County2
- Washington County2
- Adair County2
- Appanoose County2
- Audubon County2
- Black Hawk County2
- Boone County2
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Calhoun County2
- Carroll County2
- Clarke County2
- Dallas County2
- Davis County2
- Decatur County2
- Franklin County2
- Greene County2
- Grundy County2
- Guthrie County2
57 more counties
- Hamilton County2
- Hardin County2
- Humboldt County2
- Jasper County2
- Lucas County2
- Madison County2
- Mahaska County2
- Marion County2
- Marshall County2
- Monroe County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Polk County2
- Poweshiek County2
- Ringgold County2
- Sac County2
- Story County2
- Tama County2
- Union County2
- Wapello County2
- Warren County2
- Wayne County2
- Webster County2
- Wright County2
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Ida County1
- Lyon County1
- O'Brien County1
- Osceola County1
- Sioux County1
- Fremont County1
- Harrison County1
- Mills County1
- Monona County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
- Cedar County1
- Clinton County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Jackson County1
- Jones County1
- Muscatine County1
- Scott County1
- Allamakee County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Howard County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Adams County1
- Cass County1
- Crawford County1
- Taylor 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.