Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2019
29 winter storm watches in 2019. 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 2019. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 29
- Busiest month
- February11 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- February 18, 20194 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 17, 10:05 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 17 hr |
| Jan 17, 10:54 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 21, 3:23 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 7 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:10 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 12 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:36 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:46 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:00 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:09 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 10, 3:43 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 39 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:45 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Butler, Calhoun and 36 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:55 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 2 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:16 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 12 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 36 hr |
| Feb 21, 3:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 31 more | 25 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 22 hr |
| Feb 22, 3:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola | 36 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:29 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth | 24 hr |
| Mar 11, 3:03 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Lyon, Sioux | 49 hr |
| Apr 8, 3:46 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola | 57 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:00 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 3 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:02 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:48 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 13 hr |
| Nov 24, 1:51 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 26 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:28 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 24 hr |
| Nov 24, 2:35 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Franklin and 10 more | 24 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Floyd County8
- Howard County8
- Mitchell County8
- Winnebago County7
- Worth County7
- Chickasaw County6
- Winneshiek County6
- Cerro Gordo County6
- Franklin County6
- Hancock County6
- Emmet County6
- Kossuth County6
- Delaware County5
- Dubuque County5
- Allamakee County5
- Clayton County5
- Fayette County5
- Butler County5
- Dickinson County5
- Buchanan County4
- Bremer County4
- Grundy County4
- Calhoun County4
- Carroll County4
- Crawford County4
- Humboldt County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Pocahontas County4
- Sac County4
- Webster County4
- Wright County4
- Osceola County4
- Lyon County4
- Jackson County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Adair County3
- Adams County3
- Audubon County3
- Boone County3
- Cass County3
57 more counties
- Dallas County3
- Greene County3
- Guthrie County3
- Hamilton County3
- Hardin County3
- Madison County3
- Marshall County3
- Polk County3
- Story County3
- Union County3
- Harrison County3
- Monona County3
- Buena Vista County3
- Cherokee County3
- Clay County3
- Ida County3
- O'Brien County3
- Benton County2
- Cedar County2
- Clinton County2
- Iowa County2
- Johnson County2
- Jones County2
- Keokuk County2
- Linn County2
- Muscatine County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Clarke County2
- Jasper County2
- Lucas County2
- Marion County2
- Warren County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Fremont County2
- Mills County2
- Montgomery County2
- Page County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Shelby County2
- Plymouth County2
- Woodbury County2
- Sioux County2
- Des Moines County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lee County1
- Louisa County1
- Van Buren County1
- Mahaska County1
- Monroe County1
- Poweshiek County1
- Tama County1
- Wapello County1
- Decatur County1
- Wayne 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.