A rapidly-intensifying storm is expected to bring heavy snow, blizzard conditions, and icing from the Upper Midwest through the Great Lakes and Northeast. Scattered severe thunderstorms may produce severe/damaging wind gusts and a couple of tornadoes across parts of the Midwest and lower Ohio Valley through the evening. Arctic air will expand across the central and southern U.S.. Read More >
Overview
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A quick moving intense band of snowfall tracked across Iowa Monday, bringing the first accumulating snow of the season to areas along and north of I-80. Snowfall amounts mainly between 2-4 inches fell in a line from Des Moines, to Belle Plaine, to Cedar Rapids, to Anamosa. Elevated surfaces received more snow than on the grass. Snow moved out of the area by 4:30 pm and started melting quickly. Official NWS Obs: Moline: 0.3" Davenport: 0.2" Dubuque: 0.3" |
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24 hour snow fall in inches, for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Reported between 6 AM and 9 AM, Tuesday October 20, 2020. ....IOWA.... NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 9.0 Cedar Rapids 2.5 WSW 3.5 Marengo 3.5 Marengo 2.6 SSW 3.3 Center Junction 2.6 W 3.0 North Liberty 0.7 SSW 3.0 Fairfax 4.0 NW 3.0 Anamosa 3 SSW 2.5 Calamus 2.0 NE 2.5 Solon 0.3 ESE 2.5 Ely 0.5 SE 2.2 Charlotte 1.9 WNW 2.0 Parnell 0.1 SSW 2.0 Newton 1 NE 1.8 Iowa City 1.5 Park View 0.2 WSW 1.2 Maquoketa 0.9 Muscatine 2.1 N 0.8 Boone 1 SSW 0.8 Oelwein 1E 0.5 Eldridge 0.7 SSW 0.4 Muscatine 2N 0.3 Dubuque #3 7 SW 0.3 Bettendorf 1.6 W 0.1 Vinton 0.1 Fayette 1 NW 0.1 Hampton 1 N 0.1 Manchester 0.0 Rickardsville 0.2 W 0.0 Wapello 5.4 SE 0.0 Riverdale 0.5 N 0.0 Tripoli 0 N 0.0 Perry 0 W 0.0 Strawberry Point 0.0 Waterloo ASOS 0.0 Sigourney 0.0 Ames US 30 2 SSE 0.0 Burlington 6.5 SSW 0.0 Mason City 1 NNE 0.0 New London 1.5 SW 0.0 Davenport Arpt 0.0 Oskaloosa 1 NNW 0.0 Dubuque Arpt 0.0 Guttenberg Dam 10 0.0 Keosauqua 0.0 Fairfield 0.0 ....ILLINOIS.... Mount Carroll 6.8 NNW 0.6 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 0.5 Geneseo 2.0 NW 0.5 Freeport 2.0 NW 0.3 Roscoe 2SE 0.3 Aledo 0.0 Rockford ASOS 0.0 Paw Paw 1 E 0.0 Davis 0.5 N 0.0 Steward 0.0 Freeport 0.0 Kewanee 1 E 0.0 Orangeville 2.8 NW 0.0 Freeport 1.7 NW 0.0 New Windsor 2.0 N 0.0 Quad City Arpt 0.0 Mundelein 0.0 Ottawa 4 SW 0.0 Romeoville 0.0 Augusta 0.0 Gladstone LD18 0.0 Mendota 2 SE 0.0 Colchester 3.5 NE 0.0 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 0.0 Macomb 0.0 St Anne 0.0 Elizabeth 0.0 ....MISSOURI.... Memphis 0.0 Columbia 0.0 ....WISCONSIN.... Brodhead 1 SW 0.0 La Crosse WFO 0.0 Steuben 4SE 3 NE 0.0 Monroe 1 W 0.0 Viroqua 0.0 Beloit-College 0.0 Delavan-1 W-WWTP 1 W 0.0 ....MINNESOTA.... Theilman 1SSW 0.0 Preston 0.0 |
Storm Reports
Storm Reports Map - Courtesy IEM
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
440 PM CDT MON OCT 19 2020
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM SNOW 3 E CEDAR RAPIDS 41.97N 91.61W
10/19/2020 M5.0 INCH LINN IA BROADCAST MEDIA
0245 PM SNOW 2 WSW HIAWATHA 42.03N 91.72W
10/19/2020 M4.7 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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0200 PM HEAVY SNOW 4 NNE FAIRFAX 41.97N 91.75W
10/19/2020 M4.5 INCH LINN IA BROADCAST MEDIA
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0300 PM SNOW 2 W CEDAR RAPIDS 41.98N 91.71W
10/19/2020 M4.4 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
FINAL STORM TOTAL. LIQUID EQUIVALENT 0.27
INCHES.
0125 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 W CEDAR RAPIDS 41.98N 91.71W
10/19/2020 E4.0 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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0115 PM SNOW 1 ENE FAIRFAX 41.93N 91.76W
10/19/2020 M4.0 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
UPDATES PREVIOUS SNOW REPORT FROM 1 ENE
FAIRFAX.
0347 PM SNOW 3 NE FAIRFAX 41.96N 91.74W
10/19/2020 M3.5 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0315 PM SNOW MARION 42.03N 91.59W
10/19/2020 M3.5 INCH LINN IA BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT RECEIVED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
0300 PM SNOW 2 NNE CEDAR RAPIDS 42.00N 91.66W
10/19/2020 E3.5 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOWFALL AMOUNT ESTIMATED FROM TOP OF
VEHICLE.
0256 PM SNOW 4 N FAIRFAX 41.98N 91.77W
10/19/2020 M3.5 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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0405 PM SNOW LOWDEN 41.86N 90.92W
10/19/2020 M3.5 INCH CEDAR IA CO-OP OBSERVER
STORM TOTAL - SNOW IS MELTING QUICKLY.
0100 PM SNOW 2 W CEDAR RAPIDS 41.98N 91.71W
10/19/2020 M3.3 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SO FAR. STILL SNOWING HEAVILY.
0153 PM SNOW AMANA 41.80N 91.88W
10/19/2020 M3.3 INCH IOWA IA TRAINED SPOTTER
3.3 INCHES WET SNOW IN AMANA, IA AT 1:30 PM.
FELL IN 1 HOUR!.
0350 PM SNOW BERTRAM 41.96N 91.54W
10/19/2020 E3.2 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
MEASURED ON AN ELEVATED SURFACE. STORM
TOTAL.
0249 PM SNOW 1 W COU FALLS 41.82N 91.69W
10/19/2020 M3.1 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
FINAL SNOWFALL DEPTH FROM TODAYS SNOW EVENT.
0300 PM SNOW 2 NNW MARION 42.06N 91.61W
10/19/2020 M3.0 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW, QUITE HEAVY WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY,
BEGAN AROUND 11:50AM. THIS IS THE AVERAGE
MEASUREMENT FROM SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
0400 PM SNOW WYOMING 42.06N 91.00W
10/19/2020 M3.0 INCH JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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0305 PM SNOW ANAMOSA 42.11N 91.28W
10/19/2020 M3.0 INCH JONES IA PUBLIC
LIGHT SNOW CONTINUES.
0226 PM HEAVY SNOW 2 WSW HIAWATHA 42.03N 91.72W
10/19/2020 M2.7 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW HAS ENDED.
0247 PM SNOW 3 SW CENTER JUNCTION 42.08N 91.11W
10/19/2020 M2.2 INCH JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER
HEAVY, WET SNOW TOTAL. A BAD JOKE IN A CRAZY
YEAR.
0315 PM SNOW HIAWATHA 42.05N 91.68W
10/19/2020 M2.0 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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0405 PM SNOW 1 ESE NORTH LIBERTY 41.74N 91.59W
10/19/2020 M2.0 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL. SNOW HAS ENDED.
0345 PM SNOW 1 W ELMIRA 41.72N 91.44W
10/19/2020 M2.0 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0300 PM SNOW 2 NNW NORTH LIBERTY 41.76N 91.62W
10/19/2020 M2.0 INCH JOHNSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
VERY LITTLE ACCUMULATION ON STREETS AND
SIDEWALKS.
0100 PM SNOW BELLE PLAINE 41.90N 92.28W
10/19/2020 M2.0 INCH BENTON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SO FAR.
0324 PM SNOW PARK VIEW 41.69N 90.54W
10/19/2020 M1.2 INCH SCOTT IA NWS EMPLOYEE
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0429 PM SNOW MOUNT CARROLL 42.09N 89.98W
10/19/2020 M1.0 INCH CARROLL IL TRAINED SPOTTER
SNOW BEGAN EARLY AFTERNOON AND PRODUCED A
LEGITIMATE, CAREFULLY MEASURED 1 INCH ON THE
GRASSY SURFACES! IT HAS TAPERED OFF TO
ALMOST NOTHING AS OF 1630 HRS.
0141 PM SNOW 1 NE WASHINGTON 41.31N 91.68W
10/19/2020 M0.5 INCH WASHINGTON IA PUBLIC
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THE REPORTS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.
SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT
INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME
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5.0 3 E CEDAR RAPIDS IA LINN 0245 PM
4.7 2 WSW HIAWATHA IA LINN 0245 PM
4.5 4 NNE FAIRFAX IA LINN 0200 PM
4.4 2 W CEDAR RAPIDS IA LINN 0300 PM
4.0 1 ENE FAIRFAX IA LINN 0115 PM
4.0 2 W CEDAR RAPIDS IA LINN 0125 PM
3.5 LOWDEN IA CEDAR 0405 PM
3.5 4 N FAIRFAX IA LINN 0256 PM
3.5 2 NNE CEDAR RAPIDS IA LINN 0300 PM
3.5 MARION IA LINN 0315 PM
3.5 3 NE FAIRFAX IA LINN 0347 PM
3.3 AMANA IA IOWA 0153 PM
3.3 2 W CEDAR RAPIDS IA LINN 0100 PM
3.2 BERTRAM IA LINN 0350 PM
3.1 1 W COU FALLS IA JOHNSON 0249 PM
3.0 ANAMOSA IA JONES 0305 PM
3.0 WYOMING IA JONES 0400 PM
3.0 2 NNW MARION IA LINN 0300 PM
2.7 2 WSW HIAWATHA IA LINN 0226 PM
2.2 3 SW CENTER JUNCTION IA JONES 0247 PM
2.0 BELLE PLAINE IA BENTON 0100 PM
2.0 2 NNW NORTH LIBERTY IA JOHNSON 0300 PM
2.0 1 W ELMIRA IA JOHNSON 0345 PM
2.0 1 ESE NORTH LIBERTY IA JOHNSON 0405 PM
2.0 HIAWATHA IA LINN 0315 PM
1.2 PARK VIEW IA SCOTT 0324 PM
1.0 MOUNT CARROLL IL CARROLL 0429 PM
0.5 1 NE WASHINGTON IA WASHINGTON 0141 PM
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