The Wind Chill advisory has been extended eastward to include portions of east-central and Southeast Iowa effective until Monday morning. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued in SE Iowa for freezing rain and sleet that is currently falling in those areas. It will switch to all snow in a few hours. Temperatures statewide have …
Category: Winter Weather
Wind Chill Advisory
A Wind Chill Advisory has been issued for Monday for the following counties in Iowa, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Winnebago, Worth and Wright that begins at at Midnight and expires at 6pm. A Wind Chill Advisory has been issued for Monday for the following counties in Iowa, …
Advisories Tonight
There is a Winter Weather Advisory in effect from early tomorrow morning through 6pm tomorrow night. This will be in effect for O’Brien, Dickinson, Lyon, Sioux and Plymouth Counties in NW Iowa. Snowfall on Sunday will range from 1-3 inches in the advisory area and with considerable wind, the snow will be blowing around. Wind …
And You thought Iowa had it bad
This is a skycam shot from Hattiesburg MS. Yes it looks like snow in Iowa, but this is in the deep south. They are expecting 1-3 inches of snow down there today from a cold core upper low. Some locations may recieve more than that. There will be some places in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama …
Heaviest Snow Amounts
Here are some of the snowfall totals from the NWS Offices in La Crosse and Des Moines. Some of the cities may be mentioned more than once. 0558 AM SNOW DECORAH 43.31N 91.79W 12/09/2008 8 INCH WINNESHIEK IA PUBLIC 1020 AM SNOW N. WASHINGTON 43.12N 92.42W 12/09/2008 7.5 INCH CHICKASAW IA PUBLIC 1021 AM SNOW …
Storm Winding Down
The storm is winding down at midday, with only a few snow showers possible in SE Iowa this afternoon with another batch of moisture to the SW. Most of the precip in the south and southeast stayed as either rain or freezing rain before switching to snow. There was little if any accumulation of snow …
Evening Update on Storm
A Winter Storm Warning remains in effect in NC and NE Iowa. A Winter Weather Advisory has been issued and will be in effect until tomorrow evening for a large portion of the state. The only places not in either Warning or advisory is SE Iowa, SW Iowa and Lyon County in NW Iowa. Freezing …
Freezing Rain Advisory Issued
A freezing Rain Advisory has been issued until 6pm this evening for the following counties in Iowa, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott, Keokuk, Washington and Louisa. Some freezing rain and drizzle is moving across the advisory area. Whereas the amounts are light at this time, only a …
Mid Morning Update
Some freezing drizzle and sleet is currently moving northward through the eastern part of the state, also some light snow mixed with some sleet is currently moving through western and central Iowa. This is very light in nature as no reporting stations in western and central Iowa are reporting any precip at this time. The …
Warnings Issued
This will be a challenging day in the state. A Winter Storm Warning has been issued for Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago, Worth, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Wright, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette and Clayton counties until Tuesday evening. This is likely where the heaviest snow will fall from this …