Iowa Weather Network Archives from 2008 to 2017
Regional Weather View A Major Winter Storm which crippled parts of Iowa and Illinois will continue moving east Wednesday, some blowing an drifting snow will still be possible in that area tomorrow morning as the storm moves east. Farther North, it will be cold with arctic sunshine over Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. Friday a new …
Numerous roads in SE Iowa and a few in SW Iowa have been closed or are impassable due to the blizzard conditions across the state. The eastern 3 quarters of the state, travel is not advised at this time. Road conditions will not improve until tomorrow morning at the earliest.
Trave is becoming virtually impossible across the southeastern half of the state. More and more roads are becoming impassable and many counties have pulled their plows off the roads for the night or until conditions improve (which likely won’t happen until morning). NOTE: Purple indicated Travel Not Advised, Pink is completely covered roads and blue …
Even though this drift is only 9 inches high, the actual snowfall amount was only about 2″ so far with a lot more on the way. Snow drifts of 3-6 FEET will be possible when the storm wraps up Wednesday afternoon.
This message from the NWS in the Quad Cities should be taken seriously! …LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD TAKING PLACE… HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES TO BRING LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE ENTIRE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY BE NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS…WHILE …
Here is the latest road conditions across the state. Travel is now not advised in the central counties of the state around Des Moines and Ames. I-80 near Altoona was recently closed westbound along with the westbound right lane in Poweshiek county due to traffic accidents in relation to the blizzard. Outside of the main …
Here are some pictures taken by the administrator of the blog from his apartment building in Anamosa. The first image taken just before 1pm shows visibility was still quite good and light snow was falling. An hour later, the wind was really picking up and visibility had dropped substantially. It’s bound to be not much …
Snow has nearly overspread the state early this afternoon. Moderate snow was already being reported in central and southern Iowa. The heaviest snow currently is over SE Iowa around Burlington, Keokuk and Fort Madison. More moderate to heavy snow is southwest of the state and will be moving in this direction later this afternoon and …
Here are a few snowfall totals from the first storm to pass through the state.
Blizzard Warnings remain in effect across a large portion of central southern and eastern Iowa through tomorrow morning. Wind of 30-45mph are possible in these areas along with snowfall totals approaching 12-16″ in SE Iowa, with 6-12″ further to the NW. The Winter Storm Warning’s remain in effect in SW Iowa and far NE Iowa, …