Past winter alerts in 2026

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Past winter alerts, newest first
Alert	State	Severity	Places
Winter Storm WatchEnded 7 to 13 inches of snow, around a light glaze possible of ice. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Missouri	Severe	94 places Cape Girardeau Sikeston Poplar Bluff Jackson Perryville Dexter Charleston Scott City Chaffee East Prairie and 84 more
Extreme Cold WatchEnded Wind chills as low as 40 below zero, wind chills as low as 30 below zero. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Iowa	Severe	268 places Cedar Rapids Davenport Iowa City Dubuque Marion Bettendorf Clinton Burlington Muscatine Coralville and 258 more
Extreme Cold WatchEnded Wind chills as low as 40 below zero, wind chills as low as 30 below zero. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Illinois	Severe	174 places Moline Rock Island Freeport East Moline Macomb Sterling Kewanee Monmouth Rock Falls Silvis and 164 more
Extreme Cold WatchEnded Wind chills as low as 40 below zero, wind chills as low as 30 below zero. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Missouri	Severe	13 places Kahoka Memphis Wayland Wyaconda St. Francisville Alexandria Rutledge Medill Revere Luray and 3 more
Extreme Cold WatchEnded Dangerously cold wind chills as low as 25 to 30 below possible. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Illinois	Severe	124 places Peoria Bloomington Normal Pekin Galesburg East Peoria Morton Washington Canton Chillicothe and 114 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded 3 to 6 inches of snow possible. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Illinois	Severe	137 places Belleville O'Fallon Granite City Edwardsville Alton Collinsville East St. Louis Godfrey Fairview Heights Swansea and 127 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded 3 to 6 inches of snow possible. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Missouri	Severe	269 places St. Louis Columbia O'Fallon St. Charles St. Peters Florissant Chesterfield Wentzville Jefferson City Oakville and 259 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded 3 to 8 inches of snow possible, with lower amounts favored toward central Missouri at this time. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Kansas	Severe	37 places Pittsburg Fort Scott Baxter Springs Frontenac Columbus Galena Girard Arma Riverton Cherokee and 27 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded 3 to 8 inches of snow possible, with lower amounts favored toward central Missouri at this time. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Missouri	Severe	255 places Springfield Joplin Nixa Ozark Rolla Republic Fort Leonard Wood Carthage Lebanon Webb City and 245 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded 4 to 7 inches of snow possible. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Kansas	Severe	101 places Garden City Dodge City Hays Liberal Pratt Ulysses Scott City Larned Hugoton Holcomb and 91 more
Winter Weather AdvisoryEnded Gusts up to 50 mph. Issued January 21 Ended January 21, 2026	Iowa	Moderate	204 places Waterloo Cedar Falls Mason City Fort Dodge Waverly Webster City Clear Lake Estherville Algona Iowa Falls and 194 more
Extreme Cold WatchEnded Wind chills as low as 30 below zero. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Missouri	Severe	45 places Kirksville Trenton Bethany Milan Unionville Princeton Lancaster Green City Queen City Greentop and 35 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded 4 to 7 inches of snow with locally higher amounts possible. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Kansas	Severe	247 places Wichita Salina Hutchinson Derby Newton Andover Great Bend McPherson El Dorado Arkansas City and 237 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded Between a quarter and one inch possible of ice. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Alabama	Severe	103 places Huntsville Decatur Madison Florence Athens Albertville Cullman Muscle Shoals Scottsboro Hartselle and 93 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded Between a quarter and one inch possible of ice. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Tennessee	Severe	16 places Winchester Fayetteville Lynchburg, Moore County Sewanee Park City Decherd Estill Springs Cowan Huntland Flintville and 6 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded Above a quarter inch of ice, up to 2 inches of snow possible. Issued January 21 Ended January 23, 2026	Alabama	Severe	96 places Gadsden Oxford Anniston Jasper Jacksonville Rainbow City Saks Southside Hamilton Oneonta and 86 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded Over 6 inches of snow, over half an inch possible of ice, are favored for areas north of interstate 40 with highest ice accumulations favored for areas south of interstate 40 of snow, favored for areas south of interstate 40 of ice. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Tennessee	Severe	162 places Nashville-Davidson Clarksville Murfreesboro Franklin Hendersonville Smyrna Spring Hill Brentwood Gallatin Columbia and 152 more
Extreme Cold WatchEnded Wind chills as low as 39 below zero. Issued January 21 Ended January 21, 2026	Montana	Severe	32 places Sidney Glasgow Wolf Point Plentywood Scobey Fairview Poplar Culbertson St. Marie Brockton and 22 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded Greater than 3 inches of snow, up to a quarter of an inch of ice, greater than 2 inches of snow and/or ice accumulations over a quarter of an inch, over a quarter of an inch of ice, gusts up to 30 mph. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Arkansas	Severe	99 places Jonesboro Paragould West Memphis Marion Blytheville Forrest City Helena-West Helena Wynne Trumann Osceola and 89 more
Winter Storm WatchEnded Greater than 3 inches of snow, up to a quarter of an inch of ice, greater than 2 inches of snow and/or ice accumulations over a quarter of an inch, over a quarter of an inch of ice, gusts up to 30 mph. Issued January 21 Ended January 22, 2026	Missouri	Severe	26 places Kennett Caruthersville Malden Hayti Steele Campbell Senath Clarkton Holcomb Cardwell and 16 more