Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2022
15 winter storm watches in 2022. 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 2022. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 15
- Busiest month
- December7 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- December 19, 20225 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, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 35 hr |
| Jan 12, 10:12 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 12, 2:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa and 9 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 12, 3:01 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 24 hr |
| Jan 13, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Mitchell | 12 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:51 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Lee | 24 hr |
| Feb 15, 3:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Feb 15, 4:05 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Davis | 11 hr |
| Dec 10, 2:45 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Osceola | 48 hr |
| Dec 12, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Emmet, Greene, Humboldt, Kossuth and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 35 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:56 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 34 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:15 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 48 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:34 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Dec 19, 2:42 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 37 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County4
- Buena Vista County3
- Clay County3
- Dickinson County3
- O'Brien County3
- Osceola County3
- Calhoun County3
- Carroll County3
- Davis County3
- Emmet County3
- Greene County3
- Humboldt County3
- Kossuth County3
- Palo Alto County3
- Pocahontas County3
- Sac County3
- Webster County3
- Des Moines County3
- Henry County3
- Jefferson County3
- Louisa County3
- Muscatine County3
- Van Buren County3
- Cherokee County2
- Ida County2
- Lyon County2
- Plymouth County2
- Sioux County2
- Woodbury County2
- Adair County2
- Adams County2
- Appanoose County2
- Audubon County2
- Black Hawk County2
- Boone County2
- Bremer County2
- Butler County2
- Cass County2
- Cerro Gordo County2
- Clarke County2
59 more counties
- Crawford County2
- Dallas County2
- Decatur County2
- Franklin County2
- Grundy County2
- Guthrie County2
- Hamilton County2
- Hancock County2
- Hardin County2
- Jasper County2
- Lucas County2
- Madison County2
- Mahaska County2
- Marion County2
- Marshall County2
- Monroe County2
- Polk County2
- Poweshiek County2
- Ringgold County2
- Story County2
- Tama County2
- Taylor County2
- Union County2
- Wapello County2
- Warren County2
- Wayne County2
- Winnebago County2
- Worth County2
- Wright County2
- Benton County2
- Buchanan County2
- Cedar County2
- Iowa County2
- Johnson County2
- Keokuk County2
- Linn County2
- Washington County2
- Harrison County2
- Monona County2
- Montgomery County2
- Page County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Shelby County2
- Chickasaw County2
- Floyd County2
- Mitchell County2
- Scott County2
- Fremont County1
- Mills County1
- Allamakee County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette County1
- Howard County1
- Winneshiek County1
- Clinton County1
- Delaware County1
- Dubuque County1
- Jackson County1
- Jones 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.