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High-Impact and Far-Reaching Winter Storm Continues; Cold Expands and Persists

A major winter storm will shift its impacts into the Northeast U.S. with heavy snow through tonight while over the Mid-Atlantic, sleet and freezing rain will diminish. Extremely cold air behind the storm will prolong dangerous travel and infrastructure impacts. Sub-zero low temperatures are expected nearly every morning from the Northern Plains through the Ohio Valley and into the Northeast. Read More >

An area of low pressure developed over eastern Kansas and tracked north across Iowa Tuesday night and Wednesday bringing snow and freezing rain/drizzle to eastern Iowa, northeast Missouri and northwest Illinois.  Snowfall totals between 1 and 4 inches fell across much of the forecast area, with the higher amounts up to 5 inches occurring further north and west. Precipitation changed over to freezing rain/drizzle around 6 am Wednesday causing slick road conditions. 

 

Official NWS Obs


Dubuque: 4.1"
Davenport: 1.5"
Moline: 1.1"

 


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