BRUSH WITH SNOW, MORE COLD AIR: A storm system will move just to the south and southeast of the state but it will be close enough to bring some light snow to the far southeastern counties of the state. Some light accumulation of an inch or less is possible southeast of a line from Bloomfield …
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Iowa Weather Report January 9th 2015: Cold Air, Keeps On Coming
No Video Today COLD AIR KEEPS ON COMING: Another bitterly cold day across the state today with readings in the single digits to the lower teens for highs with partly to mostly sunny skies. Some blowing snow is still possible in open areas that may cause some travel difficulties. Readings tonight will drop back below …
January 8th Road Condition Update – 11:15 PM
Here is a look at road conditions across the state at this hour. At this time I-35 northbound has reopened between US 30 / Ames and US 18 / Clear Lake, however the southbound lanes remain closed. Blizzard Warnings (orange) and Winter Weather Advisories (purple) remain in effect for the northern half of the state …
January 8th Ground Blizzard and High Winds
We have an ongoing ground blizzard taking place here in Iowa this evening causing many issues including total white out conditions and a no travel advisory being declared for the northern 1/3rd of Iowa. Anywhere from 45 to 50MPH wind gusts have been common with a few reports as high as 60MPH from such places …
Blizzard Blows In
A Blizzard Warning has been issued in the northern counties of the state through this evening into the early morning hours. A Winter Weather Advisory has also be issued for the counties along the US Hwy 30 corridor and in the eastern counties of the state through the evening and overnight hours. Strong northwesterly winds …
Iowa Weather Report January 8th 2015: More Arctic Chill Coming Down the Hill
MORE COLD AIR: Another clipper system will be moving through the state today. This system will be moisture starved but it will have enough to bring some snow shower activity to the northern and northeastern counties of the state. Most accumulations will be an inch or less. The main story with this system will be …
1/5/15 Snowstorm Central Iowa Reports
Welcome to winter 2015! The areas first significant snowfall of the season arrived through the day yesterday delivering between 3 to as much as 7 inches of snow to south central Iowa. The snow came down quite intense at times creating near white out conditions in areas. It was this snow that lead to a …
Snowfall Reports from January 5th
Here are the snowfall reports from the storm yesterday and last night. This list is tabulated from NWS reports. Any other reports may be added in later, otherwise this is the final list.
Iowa Weather Report January 6th 2015: Sub-Zero, The Bitter Pill to Swallow
BITTER COLD: A cold week ahead with only a slight warm up on Thursday being the only break in the cold spell. Highs today will be in the single digits and lower teens. The next several nights will feature low temperatures in the single digits and teens below zero. Highs on Wednesday will stay below …
Evening Update: Moderate Snows Moving East
Roads are still a mess across a large portion of the state this evening. Several counties are under tow bans through the night. The heaviest snows have moved mainly to the east of Interstate 35, but another band of snow over northern Iowa is settling southeastward mainly along and north of US 30. Snow accumulations …