Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2015
22 winter storm watches in 2015. 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 2015. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 22
- Busiest month
- November10 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- December 26, 20155 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 3, 3:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 3, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Jan 4, 3:17 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 6 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 4, 4:00 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 31 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 13 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 30, 10:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Boone, Clarke, Dallas and 19 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:34 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 25 more | 4 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 37 hr |
| Nov 18, 4:05 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more | 36 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:16 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Nov 19, 4:11 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 11 hr |
| Nov 24, 3:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Nov 25, 3:52 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 8 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:41 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Nov 28, 2:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 25 hr |
| Nov 28, 3:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 20 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 26, 2:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 37 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:25 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:46 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:57 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Audubon County6
- Boone County6
- Calhoun County6
- Carroll County6
- Crawford County6
- Dallas County6
- Greene County6
- Guthrie County6
- Pocahontas County6
- Sac County6
- Story County6
- Adair County6
- Hamilton County5
- Hardin County5
- Jasper County5
- Madison County5
- Mahaska County5
- Marion County5
- Marshall County5
- Polk County5
- Poweshiek County5
- Tama County5
- Warren County5
- Webster County5
- Buena Vista County4
- Cherokee County4
- Clay County4
- Dickinson County4
- Ida County4
- Lyon County4
- O'Brien County4
- Osceola County4
- Plymouth County4
- Sioux County4
- Woodbury County4
- Benton County4
- Cedar County4
- Clinton County4
- Dubuque County4
- Iowa County4
59 more counties
- Jackson County4
- Johnson County4
- Jones County4
- Linn County4
- Scott County4
- Cerro Gordo County4
- Emmet County4
- Franklin County4
- Hancock County4
- Humboldt County4
- Kossuth County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Winnebago County4
- Worth County4
- Wright County4
- Harrison County4
- Pottawattamie County4
- Shelby County4
- Cass County4
- Allamakee County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Clayton County3
- Fayette County3
- Floyd County3
- Howard County3
- Mitchell County3
- Winneshiek County3
- Buchanan County3
- Delaware County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Bremer County3
- Butler County3
- Grundy County3
- Keokuk County3
- Louisa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Washington County3
- Adams County3
- Appanoose County3
- Clarke County3
- Davis County3
- Lucas County3
- Monroe County3
- Ringgold County3
- Taylor County3
- Union County3
- Wapello County3
- Wayne County3
- Monona County3
- Mills County3
- Des Moines County2
- Henry County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lee County2
- Van Buren County2
- Decatur County2
- Fremont County2
- Montgomery County2
- Page County2
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.