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East Coast Storm; Heavy Rain and Flooding in the Southwest U.S.; Typhoon Remnants Impacting Alaska

A coastal storm continues to bring heavy rain, coastal flooding, high surf, dangerous rip currents, and gusty winds to the East Coast into early Tuesday. A heavy rain and flash flood risk continues for the Southwest/Four Corners region with lingering tropical moisture through Monday. Typhoon remnants are causing strong winds, heavy rain, and coastal flooding across western Alaska through Monday. Read More >

Storm Overview

A passing storm system that developed over the central Great Plains brought widespread light to moderate snow to all of southeastern Iowa, west central Illinois and northeast Missouri on Dec 15-16, 2019. Snow began during the midday on December 15th, and lasted to around midnight on December 16th before tapering off from west to east.

Snowfall totals were highest generally along and south of the Highway 34 corridor. To the north, amounts of 1-3 inches were common up to the I-80 corridor. To the south, reports were around 3-4 inches. A report of 5 inches was received from an NWS Cooperative Observing Station in Augusta, IL.

 

Official National Weather Service Observations

Moline: 1.7" 

Davenport: 0.8"

Dubuque: N/A

 

***Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and Burlington do not measure snow as part of their climate records. Please see the Snowfall Amounts and Storm Reports sections for reported snow amounts in these locations.***

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