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Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2017
14 winter storm watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 14
- Busiest month
- January7 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- January 12, 20174 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 12, 3:11 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 49 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 48 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 71 hr |
| Jan 12, 4:00 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 2:44 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 38 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 37 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock and 9 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:59 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 23, 3:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:53 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 12 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 12 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cerro Gordo County4
- Emmet County4
- Hancock County4
- Humboldt County4
- Kossuth County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Winnebago County4
- Worth County4
- Wright County4
- Bremer County3
- Butler County3
- Calhoun County3
- Franklin County3
- Grundy County3
- Hamilton County3
- Hardin County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Sac County3
- Webster County3
- Buena Vista County3
- Cherokee County3
- Clay County3
- Dickinson County3
- Ida County3
- Lyon County3
- O'Brien County3
- Osceola County3
- Plymouth County3
- Sioux County3
- Woodbury County3
- Allamakee County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Floyd County3
- Howard County3
- Mitchell County3
- Winneshiek County3
- Black Hawk County2
- Carroll County2
- Crawford County2
- Marshall County2
59 more counties
- Tama County2
- Benton County2
- Buchanan County2
- Cedar County2
- Clinton County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Iowa County2
- Jackson County2
- Johnson County2
- Jones County2
- Linn County2
- Muscatine County2
- Scott County2
- Harrison County2
- Monona County2
- Clayton County2
- Fayette County2
- Adair County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Audubon County1
- Boone County1
- Cass County1
- Clarke County1
- Dallas County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Greene County1
- Guthrie County1
- Jasper County1
- Lucas County1
- Madison County1
- Mahaska County1
- Marion County1
- Monroe County1
- Polk County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Ringgold County1
- Story County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Wapello County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Des Moines County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Keokuk County1
- Lee County1
- Louisa County1
- Van Buren County1
- Washington County1
- Fremont County1
- Mills County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby 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.