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Areas of Heavy to Excessive Rainfall and Hot Temperatures This Week

Heavy to excessive rainfall could bring areas of flooding at times Monday through Thursday across parts of the central Plains into the Midwest as well as southern Arizona and New Mexico. Hot temperatures and high humidity will continue across much of east Texas into the lower and mid-Mississippi Valley through at least midweek. Read More >

Overview

A swath of heavy snow fell near the Minnesota-Iowa state line into western Wisconsin starting during the evening of January 24th and continuing through the day on January 25th.  Snowfall was generally 5 to 12 inches near the Minnesota-Iowa stateline. North of Interstate 90 snowfall totals were lower, as well as areas closer to Highway 20 in northeast Iowa and far southern Wisconsin.

The main impact was snow covered roads for the morning commute on Wednesday, January 25th, but in some areas the weight of the heavy, wet snow actually broke branches off trees and caused some sporadic power outages. Many schools were closed on January 25th.

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2-Day Snowfall ending 7AM January 26, 2017
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