Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2013
29 winter storm watches in 2013. 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 2013. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 29
- Busiest month
- March10 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 19, 20134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 3:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:41 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:59 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 26 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 29, 4:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 49 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:36 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:01 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 24, 2:56 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 24, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Osceola | 36 hr |
| Mar 2, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:16 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 19 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 9, 2:45 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:17 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 28 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 9, 3:40 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn | 11 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:36 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur and 11 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:46 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 22, 4:02 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 25 hr |
| Apr 8, 4:59 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, Sioux | 48 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:40 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 12 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton, Fayette | 37 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 26 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 20, 3:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 13 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Des Moines County7
- Henry County7
- Jefferson County7
- Keokuk County7
- Louisa County7
- Washington County7
- Black Hawk County6
- Bremer County6
- Butler County6
- Grundy County6
- Hardin County6
- Marshall County6
- Poweshiek County6
- Tama County6
- Benton County6
- Buchanan County6
- Cedar County6
- Clinton County6
- Delaware County6
- Dubuque County6
- Jackson County6
- Johnson County6
- Jones County6
- Lee County6
- Linn County6
- Muscatine County6
- Scott County6
- Van Buren County6
- Allamakee County6
- Clayton County6
- Fayette County6
- Clarke County6
- Decatur County6
- Marion County6
- Ringgold County6
- Iowa County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Floyd County5
- Howard County5
- Winneshiek County5
59 more counties
- Adair County5
- Adams County5
- Appanoose County5
- Boone County5
- Davis County5
- Jasper County5
- Lucas County5
- Madison County5
- Mahaska County5
- Monroe County5
- Story County5
- Taylor County5
- Union County5
- Wapello County5
- Warren County5
- Wayne County5
- Cerro Gordo County4
- Franklin County4
- Hancock County4
- Worth County4
- Wright County4
- Mitchell County4
- Cass County4
- Dallas County4
- Guthrie County4
- Polk County4
- Winnebago County3
- Fremont County3
- Montgomery County3
- Page County3
- Dickinson County3
- Osceola County3
- Hamilton County3
- Webster County3
- Mills County2
- Clay County2
- O'Brien County2
- Plymouth County2
- Sioux County2
- Audubon County2
- Calhoun County2
- Emmet County2
- Greene County2
- Humboldt County2
- Kossuth County2
- Palo Alto County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Harrison County1
- Monona County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
- Buena Vista County1
- Cherokee County1
- Ida County1
- Lyon County1
- Woodbury County1
- Carroll County1
- Crawford County1
- Sac 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.