Month: February 2016

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OVERNIGHT UPDATE: Conditions Rapidly Deteriorating

Roads continue to rapidly deteriorate across the area at this early hour with numerous accidents across west central Iowa and travel not advised in north central Iowa. Light snow has overspread much of the state per airport weather observations, and with winds in the 25-35 MPH sustained range (gusts to 50 MPH), travel has become …

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LATE EVENING UPDATE: Winds Picking Up, Impacts Expected Later Tonight

Things are beginning to pick up once again across the area with sustained winds at many airports across the state hanging out in the 20 to 30 MPH range with gusts to over 50 MPH at times. Several roadway stations have reported wind gusts over 50 MPH with the airport in Sioux City reporting a …

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Blizzard Conditions Expected across Northwest Iowa Through Monday Night

Sunny skies will be the weather story for the morning and afternoon hours today as high temperatures reach the mid 30s north to nearly the upper 40s along the Iowa/Missouri border. This will unfortunately be the highest temperatures we’ll see for the rest of the week. A pair of low pressure troughs will swing through …

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Final Snowfall Reports from Early February Blizzard

Boyden 16.00 Hawarden 15.00 Sioux City 14.50 Akron 13.60 Rock Valley 13.50 Sheldon 13.50 Otho 13.50 Sioux Center 13.00 Struble 13.00 Remsen 12.70 Sergeant Bluff 12.50 Fort Dodge 12.30 Kingsley 12.00 Webster City 12.00 Orange City 12.00 Stuart 12.00 Swea City 12.00 Manson 12.00 Bode 11.50 Cherokee 11.00 Washta 11.00 Spirit Lake 11.00 Sibley 11.00 …

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MIDNIGHT UPDATE: The Snow will End, But the Wind Sure Won’t

Blizzard Warnings, Winter Storm Warnings, and Winter Weather Advisories remain posted this morning across much of the northwestern part of the state. While snowfall will begin to diminish overnight, the worst of the winds of this event will create the worst of the blizzard conditions that we’ve seen thus far. Northwesterly winds of 20-30 MPH …