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Flash Flooding Likely into Tonight for Portions of Kansas and Missouri; Heat Wave Expands to the East Coast; Tropical Storm Krosa Forms Near the Marianas.

Flash flooding likely in northeast Kansas & Missouri into tonight. Widespread extreme heat will develop and persist across much of the Southeast this weekend & next week. Tropical Storm Krosa has formed and will continue to cause heavy rain across Guam & the CNMI through Saturday. Severe storms with flooding rains expected into tonight for portions of the Midwest. 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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