Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2014
12 winter storm watches in 2014. 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 2014. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 12
- Busiest month
- February5 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 24, 20142 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 24, 2:56 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 30, 3:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 12 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:22 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 22 hr |
| Feb 2, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 17 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 18, 4:13 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 35 hr |
| Feb 19, 4:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Linn | 12 hr |
| Apr 1, 3:54 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 24 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:08 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Mitchell | 32 hr |
| Apr 2, 4:24 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Worth | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Benton County3
- Henry County3
- Jefferson County3
- Keokuk County3
- Linn County3
- Louisa County3
- Washington County3
- Buchanan County2
- Cedar County2
- Clinton County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Iowa County2
- Jackson County2
- Johnson County2
- Jones County2
- Muscatine County2
- Scott County2
- Allamakee County2
- Clayton County2
- Mitchell County2
- Appanoose County2
- Clarke County2
- Davis County2
- Decatur County2
- Jasper County2
- Lucas County2
- Mahaska County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Poweshiek County2
- Ringgold County2
- Wapello County2
- Warren County2
- Wayne County2
- Des Moines County2
- Lee County2
- Van Buren County2
- Chickasaw County1
- Fayette County1
28 more counties
- Floyd County1
- Howard County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Tama County1
- Fremont County1
- Mills County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Cass County1
- Dallas County1
- Guthrie County1
- Madison County1
- Polk County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- Lyon County1
- O'Brien County1
- Osceola County1
- Sioux County1
- Emmet County1
- Kossuth County1
- Palo Alto County1
- Winnebago County1
- Worth 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.