Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2010
27 winter storm watches in 2010. 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 2010. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- December9 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 5, 20104 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 3:40 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 5, 3:59 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 5, 11:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 16 hr |
| Jan 5, 2:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 14 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 38 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:36 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 10 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:57 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 10 hr |
| Jan 20, 2:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Lyon, Osceola | 37 hr |
| Feb 6, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 29 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola | 12 hr |
| Feb 7, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 13 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 18 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 20, 4:25 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 13 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 1 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 12, 11:15 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth and 4 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 2, 3:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 2, 4:22 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock and 3 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 13 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 7 more | 13 hr |
| Dec 9, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:49 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 13 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 29, 3:52 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Humboldt County6
- Kossuth County6
- Pocahontas County6
- Bremer County5
- Butler County5
- Emmet County5
- Franklin County5
- Hancock County5
- Palo Alto County5
- Webster County5
- Winnebago County5
- Wright County5
- Fremont County4
- Harrison County4
- Mills County4
- Montgomery County4
- Page County4
- Pottawattamie County4
- Shelby County4
- Adams County4
- Appanoose County4
- Black Hawk County4
- Calhoun County4
- Carroll County4
- Cass County4
- Cerro Gordo County4
- Crawford County4
- Dallas County4
- Davis County4
- Jasper County4
- Lucas County4
- Mahaska County4
- Marion County4
- Marshall County4
- Monroe County4
- Polk County4
- Poweshiek County4
- Sac County4
- Tama County4
- Taylor County4
59 more counties
- Wapello County4
- Warren County4
- Wayne County4
- Worth County4
- Clinton County4
- Dubuque County4
- Jackson County4
- Jones County4
- Linn County4
- Allamakee County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Clayton County4
- Fayette County4
- Floyd County4
- Howard County4
- Mitchell County4
- Winneshiek County4
- Buena Vista County4
- Cherokee County4
- Osceola County4
- Clay County4
- Dickinson County4
- Monona County3
- Adair County3
- Audubon County3
- Boone County3
- Clarke County3
- Decatur County3
- Greene County3
- Grundy County3
- Guthrie County3
- Hamilton County3
- Hardin County3
- Madison County3
- Ringgold County3
- Story County3
- Union County3
- Benton County3
- Buchanan County3
- Cedar County3
- Delaware County3
- Des Moines County3
- Henry County3
- Iowa County3
- Jefferson County3
- Johnson County3
- Keokuk County3
- Lee County3
- Louisa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Scott County3
- Van Buren County3
- Washington County3
- Ida County3
- O'Brien County3
- Plymouth County2
- Woodbury County2
- Lyon County2
- Sioux 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.