Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2023
24 winter storm watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 24
- Busiest month
- February11 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- March 7, 20234 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 16, 2:29 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 36 hr |
| Jan 16, 3:03 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 17, 2:35 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 25 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:07 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 27 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:13 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Monona | 24 hr |
| Jan 26, 3:33 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:13 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:23 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:25 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 1 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 13, 2:45 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 37 hr |
| Feb 14, 3:02 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur and 13 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 14, 2:08 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Henry and 12 more | 13 hr |
| Feb 15, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Clayton | 11 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:14 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 48 hr |
| Feb 19, 2:50 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 20, 3:56 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 23 hr |
| Feb 21, 2:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 12 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 2 more | 28 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo and 20 more | 35 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more | 25 hr |
| Mar 7, 2:47 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:18 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:29 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:41 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Monona | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherokee County5
- Clayton County5
- Buena Vista County4
- Clay County4
- Dickinson County4
- Lyon County4
- O'Brien County4
- Osceola County4
- Plymouth County4
- Sioux County4
- Allamakee County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Fayette County4
- Floyd County4
- Howard County4
- Winneshiek County4
- Cerro Gordo County4
- Emmet County4
- Kossuth County4
- Palo Alto County4
- Delaware County4
- Dubuque County4
- Monona County3
- Ida County3
- Woodbury County3
- Mitchell County3
- Black Hawk County3
- Bremer County3
- Butler County3
- Franklin County3
- Grundy County3
- Hamilton County3
- Hancock County3
- Hardin County3
- Marshall County3
- Story County3
- Winnebago County3
- Worth County3
- Wright County3
- Jasper County3
57 more counties
- Poweshiek County3
- Benton County3
- Buchanan County3
- Cedar County3
- Iowa County3
- Jackson County3
- Johnson County3
- Jones County3
- Linn County3
- Mills County2
- Adair County2
- Boone County2
- Calhoun County2
- Humboldt County2
- Madison County2
- Pocahontas County2
- Sac County2
- Webster County2
- Mahaska County2
- Marion County2
- Tama County2
- Keokuk County2
- Washington County2
- Clinton County2
- Harrison County1
- Pottawattamie County1
- Shelby County1
- Audubon County1
- Carroll County1
- Cass County1
- Crawford County1
- Dallas County1
- Greene County1
- Guthrie County1
- Polk County1
- Fremont County1
- Montgomery County1
- Page County1
- Adams County1
- Appanoose County1
- Clarke County1
- Davis County1
- Decatur County1
- Lucas County1
- Monroe County1
- Ringgold County1
- Taylor County1
- Union County1
- Wapello County1
- Warren County1
- Wayne County1
- Henry County1
- Jefferson County1
- Louisa County1
- Muscatine County1
- Scott County1
- Van Buren 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.