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Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2012
15 winter storm watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- February8 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 22, 20124 winter storm watches
Over time
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 3:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 19, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth and 1 more | 14 hr |
| Feb 1, 9:58 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 19 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola | 5 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 13 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:12 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 16 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:13 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 26, 4:06 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola | 23 hr |
| Dec 17, 11:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 40 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 17, 3:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 17, 4:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 36 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 3 more | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allamakee County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Clayton County3
- Fayette County3
- Floyd County3
- Howard County3
- Mitchell County3
- Winneshiek County3
- Benton County3
- Buchanan County3
- Clinton County3
- Delaware County3
- Dubuque County3
- Jackson County3
- Jones County3
- Linn County3
- Grundy County3
- Hamilton County3
- Hardin County3
- Humboldt County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Webster County3
- Clay County2
- O'Brien County2
- Fremont County2
- Harrison County2
- Mills County2
- Monona County2
- Montgomery County2
- Page County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Shelby County2
- Adair County2
- Adams County2
- Audubon County2
- Boone County2
- Calhoun County2
- Carroll County2
- Cass County2
- Crawford County2
58 more counties
- Dallas County2
- Greene County2
- Guthrie County2
- Madison County2
- Marshall County2
- Polk County2
- Ringgold County2
- Sac County2
- Story County2
- Taylor County2
- Union County2
- Dickinson County2
- Lyon County2
- Osceola County2
- Black Hawk County2
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Emmet County2
- Franklin County2
- Hancock County2
- Kossuth County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Tama County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Wright County2
- Cedar County2
- Iowa County2
- Johnson County2
- Keokuk County2
- Louisa County2
- Muscatine County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Ida County1
- Plymouth County1
- Woodbury County1
- Des Moines County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lee County1
- Van Buren County1
- Appanoose County1
- Clarke County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Jasper County1
- Lucas County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Wapello County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne 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.