blizzard

In 1973, the worst April blizzard on record in Iowa pounded the state for three days, from April 8-10. (photos and videos below) Snow began in Iowa on the 8th coupled with wind gusts of 65 mph. Livestock and turkey losses approximated $20 million...

A Blizzard is defined as: Blowing and/or falling snow with winds of at least 35 mph, reducing visibilities to a quarter of a mile or less for at least three hours. But how often are these issued within the state of Iowa? The Iowa Environmental Mesonet has created a graph (below) showing the frequency of blizzard warnings in Iowa per year by county since 2007...

The Iowa DOT Tweeted at 1:50 PM that a multi-vehicle crash involving numerous semi-trucks occurred on I-80 west of Newton. About 40 vehicles were involved in the crash.      

**Updated 5:30 am 2/4*** The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a BLIZZARD WARNING from 9 AM Thursday to 6 AM Friday for portions of Iowa including the cities of Waterloo, Marshalltown, Ames, Mason City, and Fort Dodge. Temperatures look to remain around 35* through the early morning hours of Thursday, but then drop to around 20 by late-Thursday afternoon, to the single digits by Fr

The western half of the state is in a BLIZZARD WARNING. The areas included in the Blizzard Warning can expect a total of 4-10" of snow and winds gusting as high as 50 MPH. The Blizzard Warning will go into effect at 6 PM Thursday through 6 PM Friday...

The Northeastern U.S. is getting pummeled by Mother Nature this week. According to the National Weather Service Eastern Region: Snowfall reports received as of 8:30 am. An intense snow band set up overnight around the Binghamton NY area, producing snowfall rates of 4-5" per hour...

There were a lot of people who came to the aid of others over the weekend, including those who rescued others on their snowmobiles.