A winter storm is expected to develop over the Northern Plains tomorrow and move it’s way Northeast into the Mississippi Valley Sunday. Our current storm track shows the storm northwest of our area bringing with it primarily showers and thunderstorms across the state Saturday night and Sunday. However, temperatures in the Northeastern portion of the …

                              A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued for Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell and Winneshiek counties until 6:00 PM Thursday. A Freezing Rain Advisory has been issued for Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hancock, …

Your average spring storms are lingering across Central Iowa at this hour, a preview of what hopefully will be plentiful in the spring. This is caused by a strong system that is currently moving across the Middle Mississippi Valley. Scattered thunderstorms have popped up throughout the state, and with enough instabilization, we’ve seen lightning and very …

Ice Amounts From The January 27 2013 Ice Event As Of 8:00 Pm Sunday Ice Reports Listed By Amount Inches Location ——————————– 0.50 Grafton 0.30 Forest City 0.30 Grundy Center 0.30 Clarion 0.30 Waterloo 0.30 Allison 0.25 Hampton 0.25 5 North Nevada 0.25 Mason City 0.25 Garner 0.20 6 SWW Ottumwa 0.20 Waverly 0.17 2 …

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iftko9TlxfQ&w=640&h=480] Another usual Iowa winter storm is on it’s way for Iowa, packing with it all types, from mainly freezing rain to a little sleet to a little snow and yes, rain. All of the National Weather Service offices in our coverage area have issued FREEZING RAIN ADVISORIES or WINTER STORM WATCHES in advance …

Take the Survey Here! The objective of this Post Storm Survey (PSS) is to gain insight into decision-making related to hazardous winter weather. This information will be vital for the weather forecasting community in learning to better communicate the threat of hazardous weather. This research is one of the critical tools in bridging the gap …

…CORRECTED… VENTURA, IA — Tragic news comes into our newsroom tonight that Cerro Gordo County Sheriff Kevin Pals reports three crewmember’s onboard the Mercy LifeFlight that crashed north of Ventura, Iowa, have died. An investigation will likely go underway in the morning. Mercy Medical Center North Iowa have released the names of the two out …

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 …

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 …

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 …