Winter Storm and Cold for the Weekend

A prolonged period of moderate snow affects the region from Friday night through early Sunday morning, potentially resulting in hazardous road conditions. Portions of northeast Iowa into southwest Wisconsin could see snowfall amounts of 9-12+". Colder air arrives for Sunday through Tuesday with overnight wind chills in the single digits to teens below zero. Read More >

Overview

A Winter Storm that tracked just south of the area still managed to drop a band of heavy snow into parts of northeast Iowa and southern Wisconsin during the overnight hours of January 25-26th, 2021. While impacts were higher to the south, a heavy snow band of 4-8" fell near the Iowa-Wisconsin border between Prairie du Chien, WI and Dubuque, IA.

There was a tight gradient in the snowfall, with very little accumulation closer to Interstate 90.

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
154 PM CST TUE JAN 26 2021

...JANUARY 25-26 SNOWFALL REPORTS...

LOCATION                     AMOUNT

...IOWA...

...ALLAMAKEE COUNTY...
WAUKON                       1.0 IN

...CHICKASAW COUNTY...
NEW HAMPTON                  5.0 IN

...CLAYTON COUNTY...
GUTTENBERG                   8.0 IN
ELKADER                      7.2 IN
OSBORNE                      7.0 IN
VOLGA                        7.0 IN

...FAYETTE COUNTY...
WADENA                       6.0 IN
FAYETTE                      5.0 IN
WEST UNION                   4.0 IN
WAUCOMA                      4.0 IN

...FLOYD COUNTY...
MARBLE ROCK                  5.0 IN

...HOWARD COUNTY...
ELMA                         0.8 IN

...MITCHELL COUNTY...
OSAGE                        1.2 IN
ST ANSGAR                    0.2 IN

...WINNESHIEK COUNTY...
DECORAH                      2.0 IN
CALMAR                       1.5 IN

...WISCONSIN...

...ADAMS COUNTY...
FRIENDSHIP                   0.1 IN

...CRAWFORD COUNTY...
PRAIRIE DU CHIEN             5.7 IN
STEUBEN                      4.5 IN
LYNXVILLE                    3.5 IN

...GRANT COUNTY...
3 NNW BURTON                 9.0 IN
PLATTEVILLE                  8.0 IN
SINSINAWA                    7.0 IN
WOODMAN                      7.0 IN
LANCASTER                    6.8 IN
MOUNT HOPE                   6.0 IN

...LA CROSSE COUNTY...
NWS LA CROSSE                0.1 IN
HOLMEN 2 S                   0.1 IN
LA CROSSE AIRPORT            TRACE

...VERNON COUNTY...
LA FARGE                     0.5 IN
DE SOTO                      0.5 IN
HILLSBORO                    0.3 IN
VIROQUA 0.8 ESE              0.1 IN

OBSERVATIONS ARE COLLECTED FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES WITH VARYING
EQUIPMENT AND EXPOSURES. WE THANK ALL VOLUNTEER WEATHER OBSERVERS 
FOR THEIR DEDICATION. NOT ALL DATA LISTED ARE CONSIDERED OFFICIAL.

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