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Winter Weather Advisories in Iowa, 2012
46 winter weather advisories in 2012. 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 weather advisories reaches back to 2005.
Winter Weather Advisories by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Weather Advisories
- 46
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 8:26 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Clay, Dickinson | 4 hr |
| Jan 11, 3:39 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 11, 4:02 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 41 hr |
| Jan 11, 11:45 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Clarke and 19 more | 30 hr |
| Jan 17, 3:50 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Clayton | 11 hr |
| Jan 18, 3:15 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more | 47 hr |
| Jan 19, 2:56 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 19, 3:35 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Jan 20, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Jasper, Marshall, Polk and 3 more | 13 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:30 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:40 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 26 more | 32 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:49 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Monona | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:17 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:55 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Johnson and 2 more | 20 hr |
| Jan 24, 2:47 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:21 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Page | 32 hr |
| Feb 3, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 12, 3:27 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 36 hr |
| Feb 12, 2:08 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Cherokee, Ida, O'Brien, Plymouth, Sioux, Woodbury | 22 hr |
| Feb 19, 3:43 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 22, 4:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Clay, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 7 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:02 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 26 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:13 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cass and 21 more | 26 hr |
| Feb 22, 10:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Dickinson, Ida, Plymouth, Woodbury | 22 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:37 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 7 more | 20 hr |
| Feb 23, 6:30 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Clayton, Fayette | 12 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:59 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek, Wapello and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:25 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux | 57 hr |
| Feb 27, 3:52 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 50 hr |
| Feb 27, 4:03 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hamilton, Hancock, Humboldt and 8 more | 21 hr |
| Feb 29, 9:52 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 29, 11:29 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 3:57 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Henry and 11 more | 14 hr |
| Dec 8, 3:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard and 2 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 9, 5:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Dec 18, 5:11 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Dickinson, Lyon, Osceola | 7 hr |
| Dec 18, 11:15 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Dec 18, 3:52 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 19, 3:50 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Plymouth, Sioux | 12 hr |
| Dec 20, 5:53 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 6 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:58 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 21, 12:06 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 10 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:31 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | FSD | Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon and 5 more | 36 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:36 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DMX | Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt and 7 more | 44 hr |
| Dec 26, 3:39 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Monona | 30 hr |
| Dec 28, 9:17 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | ARX | Allamakee, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dickinson County10
- Sioux County10
- Clay County9
- Lyon County9
- O'Brien County9
- Osceola County9
- Plymouth County9
- Cerro Gordo County8
- Worth County8
- Clayton County7
- Delaware County7
- Dubuque County7
- Cherokee County7
- Ida County7
- Woodbury County7
- Kossuth County7
- Allamakee County6
- Chickasaw County6
- Fayette County6
- Floyd County6
- Howard County6
- Mitchell County6
- Winneshiek County6
- Benton County6
- Buchanan County6
- Iowa County6
- Johnson County6
- Jones County6
- Linn County6
- Black Hawk County6
- Bremer County6
- Butler County6
- Franklin County6
- Grundy County6
- Jasper County6
- Poweshiek County6
- Buena Vista County6
- Calhoun County6
- Sac County6
- Emmet County6
59 more counties
- Hancock County6
- Humboldt County6
- Winnebago County6
- Cedar County5
- Clinton County5
- Jackson County5
- Muscatine County5
- Scott County5
- Hardin County5
- Warren County5
- Palo Alto County5
- Pocahontas County5
- Webster County5
- Wright County5
- Monona County5
- Mahaska County4
- Marion County4
- Marshall County4
- Polk County4
- Hamilton County4
- Harrison County4
- Henry County3
- Jefferson County3
- Keokuk County3
- Louisa County3
- Washington County3
- Clarke County3
- Decatur County3
- Lucas County3
- Monroe County3
- Story County3
- Wapello County3
- Boone County3
- Greene County3
- Crawford County3
- Dallas County3
- Guthrie County3
- Des Moines County2
- Lee County2
- Van Buren County2
- Tama County2
- Wayne County2
- Carroll County2
- Fremont County2
- Page County2
- Ringgold County2
- Taylor County2
- Pottawattamie County2
- Shelby County2
- Adair County2
- Audubon County2
- Cass County2
- Madison County2
- Appanoose County1
- Davis County1
- Mills County1
- Montgomery County1
- Adams County1
- Union 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.