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Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2009

27 winter storm watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.

Winter Storm Watches
27
Busiest month
December11 winter storm watches
Busiest day
December 6, 20095 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 11, 3:24 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more12 hr
Feb 11, 1:02 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchOAXFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more25 hr
Feb 11, 3:52 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 25 more36 hr
Feb 19, 2:47 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVNCedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Muscatine and 1 more14 hr
Feb 24, 3:21 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchARXAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more36 hr
Feb 24, 4:11 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchFSDClay, Dickinson, Osceola23 hr
Feb 25, 3:59 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDMXBremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 7 more17 hr
Mar 27, 11:32 AM CDTWinter Storm WatchDVNCedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Jackson and 8 more16 hr
Mar 27, 2:02 PM CDTWinter Storm WatchDMXDavis, Wapello14 hr
Mar 28, 3:59 PM CDTWinter Storm WatchFSDDickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux36 hr
Apr 2, 3:15 PM CDTWinter Storm WatchARXAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more44 hr
Apr 2, 3:19 PM CDTWinter Storm WatchDMXAudubon, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 18 more37 hr
Apr 2, 3:20 PM CDTWinter Storm WatchOAXHarrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby36 hr
Apr 2, 3:24 PM CDTWinter Storm WatchFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more30 hr
Apr 4, 4:00 AM CDTWinter Storm WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more12 hr
Apr 4, 4:23 AM CDTWinter Storm WatchDMXAdair, Adams, Cass, Dallas, Jasper, Madison and 9 more11 hr
Dec 6, 4:20 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchOAXFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more35 hr
Dec 6, 3:11 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchARXAllamakee, Clayton25 hr
Dec 6, 3:14 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more25 hr
Dec 6, 3:33 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 3 more23 hr
Dec 6, 3:34 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more24 hr
Dec 21, 4:01 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchOAXFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more60 hr
Dec 21, 2:02 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchFSDBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more24 hr
Dec 21, 3:18 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 11 more3 days
Dec 21, 3:34 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchARXAllamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more36 hr
Dec 21, 3:44 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 36 more60 hr
Dec 24, 4:11 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDMXAppanoose, Davis, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe and 3 more12 hr

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

59 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. December 6, 20095winter storm watches
  2. December 21, 20095winter storm watches
  3. April 2, 20094winter storm watches
  4. February 11, 20092winter storm watches
  5. February 24, 20092winter storm watches
  6. March 27, 20092winter storm watches
  7. April 4, 20092winter storm watches
  8. January 11, 20091winter storm watches
  9. February 19, 20091winter storm watches
  10. February 25, 20091winter storm watches
  11. March 28, 20091winter storm watches
  12. December 24, 20091winter storm watches

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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.