Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2016
9 winter storm watches in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 9
- Busiest month
- January4 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 31, 20163 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 30, 3:20 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:23 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:44 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Clayton | 24 hr |
| Jan 31, 3:19 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Clarke, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Polk and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:37 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Plymouth and 1 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:45 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 36 hr |
| Mar 21, 3:54 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:33 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Lyon | 24 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Howard, Winneshiek | 31 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Allamakee County3
- Lyon County2
- Howard County2
- Winneshiek County2
- Fremont County1
- Harrison County1
- Mills County1
- Monona County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
- Benton County1
- Buchanan County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Iowa County1
- Jackson County1
- Jones County1
- Linn County1
- Clayton County1
- Clarke County1
- Jasper County1
- Madison County1
- Marion County1
- Marshall County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Tama County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Warren County1
- Clay County1
- Dickinson County1
- O'Brien County1
- Osceola County1
- Plymouth County1
- Sioux County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Floyd 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.