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March 15, 2021 A winter storm brought a mix of precipitation and gusty winds to eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and far northeast Missouri on Monday, March 15. Precipitation initially began as snow, but began to mix with snow and sleet during the morning as cooler air moved into to the area aloft. Eventually, precipitation changed to all snow, and continued before winding down by midday and early afternoon. The highest snowfall amounts were reported in eastern Iowa along the Highway 20 corridor, where around 3-5 inches of snow fell. Amounts decreased to the south and east where more mixing occurred, with areas south of Interstate 80 seeing little to no snow accumulation. This was a rather precipitation heavy event outside of snow, with Moline, IL recording just under one inch of liquid. Official National Weather Service Observations
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Snowfall Amounts
24 hour snow fall in inches,
for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois,
and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM,
Monday March 15, 2021.
THIS DATA WILL BE POPULATED ON MARCH 16 |
Storm Reports
March 15th Storm Reports
Courtesy IEM
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
930 PM CDT MON MAR 15 2021
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0924 PM SNOW 3 SW WINNESHIEK 42.32N 89.57W
03/15/2021 M3.0 INCH STEPHENSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
EVENT TOTAL.
0745 PM SNOW 2 WNW FREEPORT 42.30N 89.66W
03/15/2021 M3.5 INCH STEPHENSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
EVENT TOTAL.
0729 PM SNOW 1 SSW COAL VALLEY 41.43N 90.45W
03/15/2021 M1.0 INCH ROCK ISLAND IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0725 PM SNOW NORA 42.46N 89.94W
03/15/2021 M2.5 INCH JO DAVIESS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
EVENT TOTAL.
0700 PM SNOW MOLINE QUAD-CITY AIRPOR 41.45N 90.50W
03/15/2021 M1.8 INCH ROCK ISLAND IL OFFICIAL NWS OBS
EVENT TOTAL.
0700 PM SNOW DAVENPORT MUNICIPALITY 41.62N 90.58W
03/15/2021 M1.1 INCH SCOTT IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
EVENT TOTAL. RECEIVED 0.3 INCHES FROM 1PM TO
7PM.
0700 PM SNOW 1 NW DUBUQUE REGIONAL A 42.41N 90.73W
03/15/2021 M3.8 INCH DUBUQUE IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
EVENT TOTAL. RECEIVED 1.2 INCHES FROM 1PM TO
7PM.
0647 PM SNOW 3 N STOCKTON 42.40N 90.00W
03/15/2021 M3.5 INCH JO DAVIESS IL CO-OP OBSERVER
EVENT TOTAL.
0631 PM SNOW 2 SE SCIOTO MILLS 42.33N 89.64W
03/15/2021 M2.0 INCH STEPHENSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0626 PM SNOW 2 W BETTENDORF 41.57N 90.51W
03/15/2021 M2.3 INCH SCOTT IA NWS EMPLOYEE
1.5 INCHES OF SNOW, 0.8 INCHES OF SLEET.
0450 PM SNOW 1 WNW DUBUQUE 42.51N 90.72W
03/15/2021 M5.4 INCH DUBUQUE IA PUBLIC
0441 PM SNOW COGGON 42.28N 91.53W
03/15/2021 M3.0 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
EVENT TOTAL.
0433 PM SNOW 6 SSE ELMOVILLE 42.19N 90.03W
03/15/2021 M3.7 INCH CARROLL IL COCORAHS
0425 PM SNOW 6 SSE ELMOVILLE 42.19N 90.03W
03/15/2021 M3.7 INCH CARROLL IL COCORAHS
EVENT TOTAL.
0408 PM SNOW RICKARDSVILLE 42.58N 90.88W
03/15/2021 M3.0 INCH DUBUQUE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW HAS ENDED.
0357 PM SNOW 1 SSE DAVENPORT 41.54N 90.60W
03/15/2021 E1.2 INCH SCOTT IA NWS EMPLOYEE
EVENT TOTAL.
0351 PM SNOW DEWITT 41.82N 90.55W
03/15/2021 M4.5 INCH CLINTON IA NWS EMPLOYEE
EVENT TOTAL.
0340 PM SNOW MOUNT CARROLL 42.09N 89.98W
03/15/2021 M3.7 INCH CARROLL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0325 PM SNOW 3 ENE FAIRFAX 41.94N 91.72W
03/15/2021 M1.0 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0321 PM SNOW 1 NNE MOLINE 41.49N 90.48W
03/15/2021 M2.0 INCH ROCK ISLAND IL NWS EMPLOYEE
1 INCH OF SNOW, 1 INCH OF SLEET.
0321 PM SNOW 1 NW MAQUOKETA 42.07N 90.68W
03/15/2021 M3.5 INCH JACKSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
EVENT TOTAL.
0310 PM SNOW ELDRIDGE 41.64N 90.57W
03/15/2021 M1.5 INCH SCOTT IA PUBLIC
0309 PM SNOW FREEPORT 42.29N 89.64W
03/15/2021 M3.0 INCH STEPHENSON IL PUBLIC
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0304 PM SNOW 1 NW CENTER GROVE 42.49N 90.73W
03/15/2021 M4.3 INCH DUBUQUE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SINCE 905 AM.
0303 PM SNOW 2 ENE HAZLETON 42.63N 91.86W
03/15/2021 M4.2 INCH BUCHANAN IA CO-OP OBSERVER
UPDATED SNOWFALL TOTAL.
0245 PM SNOW GALENA TERRITORY 42.40N 90.33W
03/15/2021 M5.0 INCH JO DAVIESS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0239 PM SNOW PARK VIEW 41.70N 90.54W
03/15/2021 M4.0 INCH SCOTT IA NWS EMPLOYEE
0219 PM SNOW 2 SE GALENA TERRITORY 42.38N 90.31W
03/15/2021 M3.2 INCH JO DAVIESS IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW HAS ENDED.
0115 PM SNOW 3 SSW CENTER JUNCTION 42.08N 91.11W
03/15/2021 M2.8 INCH JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0115 PM SNOW WYOMING 42.06N 91.00W
03/15/2021 M2.5 INCH JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0115 PM SNOW STANWOOD 41.89N 91.15W
03/15/2021 M2.4 INCH CEDAR IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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