Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2005
6 winter storm watches in 2005. 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 in 2005. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 6
- Busiest month
- November3 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- December 13, 20053 winter storm watches
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 14, 4:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 40 more | 35 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:58 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 58 hr |
| Nov 26, 3:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Shelby | 24 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 13, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 13, 4:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 10 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Black Hawk County2
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Franklin County2
- Grundy County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hancock County2
- Hardin County2
- Humboldt County2
- Kossuth County2
- Tama County2
- Webster County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Wright County2
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Audubon County1
- Boone County1
- Calhoun County1
- Carroll County1
- Cass County1
- Clarke County1
- Crawford County1
- Dallas County1
- Decatur County1
- Emmet County1
- Greene County1
- Guthrie County1
- Jasper County1
- Lucas County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Ringgold County1
35 more counties
- Sac County1
- Story County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Ida County1
- Lyon County1
- O'Brien County1
- Osceola County1
- Plymouth County1
- Sioux County1
- Woodbury County1
- Harrison County1
- Monona County1
- Shelby County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Jackson County1
- Jones County1
- Linn County1
- Allamakee County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Winneshiek County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.