Winter Storm Watches in Iowa
471 winter storm watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 471
- Busiest year
- 200742 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 21over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cerro Gordo County78
- Howard County78
- Worth County78
- Floyd County77
- Hancock County77
- Winnebago County77
- Kossuth County76
- Mitchell County76
- Chickasaw County75
- Dubuque County75
- Allamakee County73
- Emmet County73
- Benton County72
- Delaware County72
- Jackson County72
- Winneshiek County72
- Buchanan County71
- Jones County71
- Linn County71
- Palo Alto County70
- Clayton County69
- Dickinson County69
- Osceola County68
- Tama County67
- Wright County67
- Clinton County67
- Butler County66
- Franklin County66
- Humboldt County66
- Marshall County66
- Fayette County65
- Pocahontas County65
- Cedar County65
- Bremer County64
- Lyon County64
- O'Brien County63
- Story County63
- Webster County63
- Boone County62
- Clay County62
59 more counties
- Grundy County62
- Hardin County62
- Johnson County62
- Black Hawk County61
- Madison County61
- Warren County61
- Iowa County61
- Adair County60
- Calhoun County60
- Polk County60
- Muscatine County60
- Scott County60
- Greene County59
- Jasper County59
- Marion County59
- Carroll County58
- Cass County58
- Hamilton County58
- Poweshiek County58
- Crawford County57
- Dallas County57
- Sac County57
- Sioux County57
- Guthrie County56
- Adams County55
- Plymouth County55
- Washington County55
- Audubon County54
- Ringgold County54
- Taylor County54
- Union County54
- Mahaska County54
- Keokuk County54
- Clarke County53
- Louisa County53
- Buena Vista County52
- Monona County52
- Cherokee County51
- Decatur County51
- Lucas County51
- Henry County51
- Jefferson County51
- Wayne County50
- Harrison County49
- Davis County49
- Van Buren County49
- Woodbury County48
- Des Moines County48
- Wapello County48
- Shelby County47
- Appanoose County47
- Monroe County47
- Pottawattamie County46
- Ida County45
- Lee County45
- Mills County45
- Montgomery County45
- Fremont County42
- Page County42
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:44 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:55 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more | 56 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:30 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 46 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:20 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more | 45 hr |
Nearby
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.