The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Chill Advisory beginning at the start of the new year (aka Midnight) Saturday morning and lasting until Noon for the following counties, Chickasaw, Floyd, Howard, Mitchell, Boone, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster, Winnebago, …
Category: Winter Weather
New Years Eve Travel
Travel is becoming difficult across the western and northwestern sections of the state this afternoon. Many roads are covered with a mix of ice and or slush in the central counties where some light freezing rain has occurred. In NW Iowa, most of the roads are covered with snow. There are numerous tow bans across …
Is it Really Dec 31st?
Typical of a spring day, numerous strokes of lightning are lighting up the skies in areas to our south and southwest. Some of these storms will move into the state later this morning into the afternoon. Some of the precipitation will be in the form of freezing rain and or sleet, especially in areas west …
Winter vs Spring for New Years Eve
It will be a battle of the seasons as a cold front moves into the state late tonight through Friday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from 6am Friday morning until 6pm Friday evening for the following counties, Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Crawford, Emmet, Greene, Guthrie, Hancock, Humboldt, …
Winter Storm Watch for New Years Eve
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch effective either late Thursday afternoon or evening or early Friday morning through Friday evening for the counties colored in on the map above. These will be the areas that may see precipitation on Thursday and Friday in the form of some freezing rain, sleet and …
Snowfall Reports (Xmas Eve 2010) FINAL
This list will be updated frequently. Here are the latest snowfall reports as of 10: 15pm Christmas Eve Evening. This is likely to be the final report, but more reports will trickle in, they just won’t be included on this post.
Snowy Xmas Eve
Snow continues to fall across the state. A Winter Storm warning is in effect through the afternoon and evening hours across the northern and eastern counties for heavier snow totals that have already exceeded 6-8″ in some locations. Travel has been impacted with this snow. Roads are mostly or completely covered across the northeastern 3/4ths …
Christmas Eve Snow
Snow continues falling across most of the state early this morning. A few reports have upwards of 3 inches on the ground in a few locations, with more yet to come. Road conditions this morning have deteriorated overnight, with many roads across the state reporting either partly or mostly covered roads. The snow will continue …
White Christmas for Iowa
This storm that is starting to effect the state today will likely give a white christmas to everyone in the state of Iowa this year. Looking at the snowpack map above, it shows that some places in southern Iowa have no snow on the ground (or only in sheltered areas such as ditches or shadowy …
More Advisories Issued for Pre Xmas Storm
As was noted last night, a winter weather advisory has now been issued from Midnight until 6pm Friday evening for the following counties, Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Washington, Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Guthrie, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, …