Alert archive / Iowa / Winter Storm Watches
Winter Storm Watches in Iowa, 2025
25 winter storm watches in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 25
- Busiest month
- March9 winter storm watches
- Busiest day
- March 3, 20254 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 2, 1:43 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Page | 37 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:09 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren | 24 hr |
| Jan 3, 2:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Wayne | 24 hr |
| Feb 9, 5:10 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 34 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:14 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque and 14 more | 35 hr |
| Feb 10, 2:57 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Jasper and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 2:56 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer and 34 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:51 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, O'Brien and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 3, 3:51 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 11 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:07 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Lyon | 23 hr |
| Mar 16, 3:10 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 36 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:13 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:28 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Audubon, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 19 more | 36 hr |
| Mar 17, 3:31 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 35 hr |
| Nov 26, 2:26 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:31 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:48 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:50 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 13 hr |
| Nov 27, 3:21 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 5, 3:03 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo and 22 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:24 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 23 hr |
| Dec 8, 2:45 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 21 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:19 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth | 18 hr |
| Dec 27, 3:38 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | ARX | Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell | 11 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cerro Gordo County6
- Emmet County6
- Hancock County6
- Kossuth County6
- Winnebago County6
- Worth County6
- Marshall County5
- Boone County5
- Butler County5
- Calhoun County5
- Carroll County5
- Franklin County5
- Greene County5
- Hamilton County5
- Hardin County5
- Humboldt County5
- Palo Alto County5
- Pocahontas County5
- Sac County5
- Webster County5
- Wright County5
- Decatur County4
- Ringgold County4
- Taylor County4
- Polk County4
- Tama County4
- Black Hawk County4
- Bremer County4
- Crawford County4
- Grundy County4
- Story County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Floyd County4
- Howard County4
- Mitchell County4
- Buena Vista County4
- Cherokee County4
- Clay County4
- Dickinson County4
- Ida County4
59 more counties
- O'Brien County4
- Osceola County4
- Plymouth County4
- Sioux County4
- Woodbury County4
- Lyon County4
- Fremont County3
- Page County3
- Des Moines County3
- Henry County3
- Lee County3
- Van Buren County3
- Appanoose County3
- Davis County3
- Wayne County3
- Montgomery County3
- Adams County3
- Clarke County3
- Jasper County3
- Madison County3
- Poweshiek County3
- Union County3
- Warren County3
- Audubon County3
- Cass County3
- Guthrie County3
- Harrison County3
- Mills County3
- Monona County3
- Pottawattamie County3
- Shelby County3
- Benton County2
- Cedar County2
- Clinton County2
- Delaware County2
- Dubuque County2
- Iowa County2
- Jackson County2
- Jefferson County2
- Johnson County2
- Jones County2
- Keokuk County2
- Linn County2
- Louisa County2
- Muscatine County2
- Scott County2
- Washington County2
- Lucas County2
- Mahaska County2
- Marion County2
- Monroe County2
- Wapello County2
- Adair County2
- Dallas County2
- Winneshiek County2
- Buchanan County1
- Allamakee County1
- Clayton County1
- Fayette 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.