Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches / 2012
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, February 2012
8 winter storm watches in February 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 February 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 8
- Busiest day
- February 22, 20124 winter storm watches
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Clay County2
- O'Brien County2
- Grundy County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hardin County2
- Humboldt County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Webster County2
- Dickinson County2
- Lyon County2
- Osceola County2
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Ida County1
- Plymouth County1
- Woodbury County1
- Fremont County1
- Harrison County1
- Mills County1
- Monona County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Audubon County1
- Boone County1
- Calhoun County1
- Carroll County1
- Cass County1
- Crawford County1
- Dallas County1
- Greene County1
- Guthrie County1
- Madison County1
- Marshall County1
- Polk County1
- Ringgold County1
- Sac County1
40 more counties
- Story County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Black Hawk County1
- Bremer County1
- Butler County1
- Cerro Gordo County1
- Emmet County1
- Franklin County1
- Hancock County1
- Kossuth County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Tama County1
- Winnebago County1
- Worth County1
- Wright County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Cedar County1
- Clinton County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Iowa County1
- Jackson County1
- Johnson County1
- Jones County1
- Keokuk County1
- Linn County1
- Louisa County1
- Muscatine County1
- Scott County1
- Washington County1
- Allamakee County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Mitchell County1
- Winneshiek County1
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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.