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Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

Overview

A strong low pressure system brought widespread heavy snow to much of Iowa on Monday January 25 to Tuesday January 26, 2021. Several reports of 8 to 14 inches of snow occurred over central Iowa and with the strong northeast winds causing near whiteout conditions at times led to some treacherous driving conditions and many school closing on Tuesday.

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Snowfall totals from across Iowa on January 25-26, 2021
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Waterloo, Iowa. Photo courtesy of Kathy Adelmund Cedar Falls, Iowa. Photo courtesy of Doug Rathburn Iowa Falls, Iowa. Photo courtesy of Jim Cheaney
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