Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2006
18 winter storm watches in 2006. 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 2006. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 18
- Busiest month
- March8 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 14, 20065 winter storm watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 9:12 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Lyon, Osceola, Sioux | 46 days |
| Feb 14, 3:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 54 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 51 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:40 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Shelby | 44 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 49 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 11 hr |
| Mar 15, 4:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 7 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Plymouth, Woodbury | 24 hr |
| Mar 18, 3:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie | 15 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:40 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 14 more | 48 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:12 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 24 hr |
| Nov 9, 4:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:58 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 30, 9:02 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lyon County5
- Osceola County5
- Sioux County5
- Plymouth County5
- Clay County4
- Dickinson County4
- O'Brien County4
- Woodbury County4
- Allamakee County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Clayton County3
- Fayette County3
- Floyd County3
- Howard County3
- Mitchell County3
- Winneshiek County3
- Buena Vista County3
- Cherokee County3
- Ida County3
- Black Hawk County2
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Emmet County2
- Franklin County2
- Hancock County2
- Humboldt County2
- Kossuth County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Wright County2
- Buchanan County2
- Clinton County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Jackson County2
- Lee County2
- Boone County1
- Calhoun County1
52 more counties
- Carroll County1
- Crawford County1
- Greene County1
- Grundy County1
- Hamilton County1
- Hardin County1
- Marshall County1
- Pocahontas County1
- Sac County1
- Story County1
- Tama County1
- Webster County1
- Harrison County1
- Monona County1
- Shelby County1
- Benton County1
- Cedar County1
- Iowa County1
- Johnson County1
- Jones County1
- Linn County1
- Fremont County1
- Mills County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Audubon County1
- Cass County1
- Clarke County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Guthrie County1
- Lucas County1
- Madison County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Ringgold County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Wapello County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Van Buren County1
- Des Moines County1
- Henry County1
- Louisa County1
- Muscatine County1
- Scott 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.