Courtesy of NWS Des Moines An exceptional winter storm impacted much of the United States from December 17 to 22, 2012, dropping over a foot of snow in many locations and bringing blizzard conditions from Colorado to Wisconsin. Iowa bore much of the storm’s brunt on December 19 and 20, with locations along a line …
Month: December 2012
Iowa Weather Report December 24th 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whegegz6UF4&w=640&h=480] GETTING COLD: Temperatures are going to feel like winter for sure now across the state. Highs today will be in the 20s but this will feel warm compared to the rest of the week. A few light snow showers or flurries will be moving out during the morning hours but skies will remain …
Iowa Weather Report December 23rd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dok7nyD-ZCs&w=640&h=480] SEASONAL GREETINGS: Today will see some increasing clouds with a weak disturbance moving into the state later tonight into Monday. Today will see readings once again in the 20s to lower 30s, with some warmer readings where there is less of a snow pack in southern Iowa. Tonight some light snow or flurries …
Iowa Weather Report December 22nd 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZWUjotxEzU&w=640&h=480] PLEASANT DAYS: Sunshine but cold temperatures will reign this weekend across the state. Readings will be dependent on the amount of snow on the ground. Highs in the southern and southeastern counties may reach 30 degrees both today and Sunday while the heavier snow pack areas may barely get into the 20s, perhaps …
December 20th Winter Storm Report- Significant snowfall accumulations with strong winds 40 to near 50MPH brought blizzard conditions causing some road closures. Southeastern Minnesota will have a white Christmas!
Blowing snow in my neighborhood December 20th 2012 A significant winter storm brought impacted Southeastern Minnesota on Thursday bringing with it significant snowfall around 4 to nearly 10″ of snow and high winds near 50MPH at some locations which caused travel impacts and blizzard conditions at times. The cause of the storm was a low …
Blizzard Update #5 – Morning Commute
Winter Weather Advisory continues until 10:00 AM for the following counties: Benton, Buchanan, Carroll, Cedar, Clark MO, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Hancock IL, Henderson IL, Henry IA, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Jo Daviess IL, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Mercer IL, Muscatine, Putnam MO, Rock Island IL, Scotland MO, Scott, Van Buren, Warren, and Whiteside IL. IA 14 in both directions: Road blocked. Between IA 175 and IA 175 (4 miles south of the Grundy Center area). The road …
Iowa Weather Report December 21st 2012
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=410OJcc2g00&w=640&h=480] BACK TO SUNSHINE: The storm that brought the tremendous amounts of snow and wind to the state over the last 24-48 hours is now off to our east. In its wake, terrible and impassable roads, numerous cars, trucks, semis etc in the medians and ditches and a few fatalities in a large pileup …
Blizzard Update #4; DOT Roads Update; Weather Alerts Update
BLIZZARD UPDATE #4 The system has finally made it out of our region! The storm is currently lurking over Michigan and the Ohio Valley and still dropping heavy snow and rain. Meanwhile, it has been gusty across Iowa all evening. Blizzard Warnings and Winter Weather Advisories were in effect for the entire state until 9PM …
Snowfall Totals from 2012 Blizzard (12/19-20th 2012) FINAL
Here are a list of snowfall reports from across the state and region. These are the FINAL totals as of the last update. There may be a few more additional after this time that will get inserted in later on. UPDATED at 8pm (12/21) Strawberry Point 15.2″ Sinsinawa WI 14.5″ Ankeny 14.5″ Dubuque Airport 14.2″ …
DOT Roads Update
IA 14 in both directions: Road blocked. Between IA 175 and IA 175 (4 miles south of the Grundy Center area). The road is blocked due to a winter storm. Last updated today at 6:33PM CST by IADOT. IA 17 in both directions: Road blocked. Between IA 141 and IA 210 (1 mile north of the Granger …