Deep tropical moisture will lead to widespread showers and thunderstorms capable of producing flash flooding through early next week over the Southwest and Four Corners. A coastal storm is expected to develop off the southeast U.S. coast tonight and is expected to strengthen and bring flooding, dangerous rip currents, gusty winds and heavy rain up much of the East Coast through early next week. Read More >
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An upper level storm system tracked east across the Plains and Iowa on Monday, Feb. 5, 2018, bringing widespread snow to eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Dry snow fell and covered the ground during the afternoon and evening. Snowfall totals between 2 and 6 inches were common, with light winds. Locally higher amounts between 6 and 11 inches fell in a narrow line from Sigourney, IA, to just northeast of Galesburg, IL. |
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| Interactive Map Link | Iowa Snow Analysis Courtesy Iowa Environmental Mesonet |
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THE REPORTS BELOW ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION. SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT INCHES LOCATION ST COUNTY TIME ------ ----------------------- -- -------------- ------- 10.5 GRANDVIEW IA LOUISA 0830 PM 9.7 FREDONIA IA LOUISA 0823 PM 9.4 NEW BOSTON IL MERCER 0823 PM 9.0 GALVA IL HENRY 0914 PM 9.0 ESE JOY IL MERCER 0805 PM 8.2 WASHINGTON IA WASHINGTON 0759 PM 7.7 2 NE NEW WINDSOR IL HENRY 0757 PM 7.3 1 E COLONA IL HENRY 1007 PM 7.0 ALEDO IL MERCER 0841 PM 6.6 3 WSW IOWA CITY IA JOHNSON 0811 PM 6.0 2 SE IOWA CITY IA JOHNSON 0747 PM 5.8 1 SSW KEWANEE IL HENRY 0652 AM 5.8 2 S BLUE GRASS IA SCOTT 0839 PM 5.7 2 WSW IOWA CITY IA JOHNSON 0738 PM 5.5 SSE REYNOLDS IL ROCK ISLAND 0959 PM 5.5 SW MUSCATINE IA MUSCATINE 0810 PM 5.3 1 W CAMBRIDGE IL HENRY 0900 AM 5.0 1 W CAMBRIDGE IL HENRY 0759 PM 4.8 2 NNW NORTH LIBERTY IA JOHNSON 0759 PM 4.8 E SOLON IA JOHNSON 0743 PM 4.7 MOLINE QUAD-CITY AIRPOR IL ROCK ISLAND 1200 AM 4.6 MONMOUTH IL WARREN 0841 PM 4.6 2 ENE PALO IA LINN 0811 PM 4.5 1 SSE CEDAR RAPIDS IA LINN 0844 PM 4.5 4 N MARENGO IA IOWA 0802 PM 4.4 2 W CEDAR RAPIDS IA LINN 0750 PM 4.3 ESE ERIE IL WHITESIDE 0811 PM 4.3 SW DAVENPORT IA SCOTT 0750 PM 4.2 PARK VIEW IA SCOTT 0907 PM 4.1 4 NNW DAVENPORT IA SCOTT 0757 PM 4.1 NNW SPRINGVILLE IA LINN 0750 PM 4.0 WASHINGTON IA WASHINGTON 0900 AM 4.0 1 NW DAVENPORT IA SCOTT 0900 AM 4.0 4 E GENESEO IL HENRY 0857 PM 4.0 LOWDEN IA CEDAR 0811 PM 4.0 4 NE CLINTON IA CLINTON 0811 PM 4.0 ELDRIDGE IA SCOTT 0750 PM 4.0 1 SE VINTON IA BENTON 0750 PM 4.0 BETTENDORF IA SCOTT 0750 PM 4.0 2 NW MARION IA LINN 0747 PM 4.0 1 NNW MAQUOKETA IA JACKSON 0743 PM 3.9 DAVENPORT MUNICIPAL AIR IA SCOTT 0945 PM 3.6 NNW MILLEDGEVILLE IL CARROLL 1030 PM 3.6 1 E FREEPORT IL STEPHENSON 0959 PM 3.5 1 N GENESEO IL HENRY 0410 AM 3.5 1 WNW MORRISON IL WHITESIDE 0803 PM 3.2 2 N ELY IA LINN 0720 PM 3.1 1 ESE NEW LONDON IA HENRY 0742 PM 3.0 1 NE FORT MADISON IA LEE 0900 AM 3.0 2 WNW BURLINGTON IA DES MOINES 0908 PM 3.0 2 SSE BURLINGTON IA DES MOINES 0808 PM 2.8 2 WNW FREEPORT IL STEPHENSON 0841 PM 2.8 1 NE FORT MADISON IA LEE 0800 PM 2.7 E WYOMING IA JONES 0805 PM 2.7 SE STANWOOD IA CEDAR 0729 PM 2.6 SSE SHANNON IL CARROLL 0900 AM 2.6 SSE SHANNON IL CARROLL 0817 AM 2.1 DUBUQUE REGIONAL AIRPOR IA DUBUQUE 0945 PM 2.0 INDUSTRY IL MCDONOUGH 0948 PM 2.0 ESE CARTHAGE IL HANCOCK 0927 PM 2.0 1 ESE NORA IL JO DAVIESS 0832 PM 1.8 2 WSW INDUSTRY IL MCDONOUGH 0900 AM 1.5 W KEOSAUQUA IA VAN BUREN 0842 PM 1.0 5 E CANTRIL IA VAN BUREN 0900 AM 1.0 5 E CANTRIL IA VAN BUREN 0736 AM 1.0 INDUSTRY IL MCDONOUGH 0743 PM 24 hour snow fall in inches, for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM, Tuesday February 06, 2018. ....IOWA.... Washington 7.5 Oskaloosa 6.0 NWS Johnston* 6.0 Kalona 7.3 NNW 6.0 Boone 5.8 Parnell 0.1 SSW 5.8 Sigourney 1.1 W 5.6 Sigourney 5.6 Pella 5.5 Ainsworth 7.4 N 5.5 Monticello 5.0 Toledo 5.0 Perry 5.0 Bettendorf 2.2 SE 4.8 Solon 0.3 ESE 4.8 Muscatine 2N 4.6 Davenport 0.9 SSW 4.3 Park View 0.2 WSW 4.2 Lowden 4.1 Cedar Rapids 2.2 WSW 4.0 Marshalltown 4.0 Central City 6.7 W 4.0 Eldridge 0.7 SSW 4.0 Davenport Arpt 3.9 Anamosa 3 SSW 3.7 Vinton 3.6 Cedar Rapids 2.7 NE 3.5 Dubuque LD11 3.5 Amana 4.7 W 3.5 Davenport 0.9 WNW 3.5 Coggon 3.4 Ely 0.5 SE 3.2 Waterloo ASOS 3.0 Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW 3.0 Hampton 3.0 Guttenberg Dam 10 3.0 Maquoketa 4W 2.9 Fayette 2.7 Bellevue LD12 2.5 Burlington 6.5 SSW 2.5 Cascade 2.5 Manchester 2.4 Stanley 2.3 Dubuque Arpt 2.1 Salem 1S 2.0 Tripoli 2.0 Donnellson 2.0 Mason City 2.0 Bloomfield 1.7 Cresco 1.7 Rathbun Reservoir 1.6 Elkader 6SSW 1.2 Centerville 1.0 Beaconsfield 0.2 ....ILLINOIS.... Altona 9.4 New Windsor 2.0 N 7.9 Aledo 7.0 Kewanee 6.8 Ill. City LD16 6.5 Galesburg 5.8 Tiskilwa 2.1 N 5.0 Quad City Arpt 4.7 Princeton 1.1 SE 4.6 Princeton 4.6 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 4.5 St Anne 4.5 Moline 0.7 NNE 4.3 Geneseo 2.0 NW 4.1 Gladstone LD18 4.0 Minonk 4.0 Paw Paw 4.0 Rock Falls 3.8 Ottawa 3.5 Mendota 3.4 Fulton 0.8 SSW 3.4 Coleta 1.4 SSW 3.0 Chadwick 2.7 WSW 3.0 Prairie City 2S 3.0 Rochelle 3.0 Steward 2.9 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 2.9 Romeoville 2.8 Elizabeth 2.8 Freeport 2.7 Shannon 0.2 S 2.6 Rockford ASOS 2.4 Freeport 2.0 NW 2.3 Mundelein 2.3 Winslow 4.3 ESE 2.3 Warsaw 5.8 SE 2.2 Roscoe 2SE 2.1 Galena 2.0 Augusta 2.0 Colchester 3.5 NE 2.0 Macomb 2.0 Ogden 1.6 Tuscola 0.8 Windsor 0.4 ....MISSOURI.... Memphis 2.0 Columbia 0.0 ....WISCONSIN.... Darlington 3.5 Beloit-College 2.5 Brodhead 2.1 Steuben 4SE 1.6 Delavan-1 W-WWTP 1.5 Lancaster 4WSW 1.5 Madison-ASOS 1.3 Viroqua 1.0 La Crosse WFO 0.8 Allenton-WWTP 0.2 ....MINNESOTA.... Byron 4N 0.8 Preston 0.5 Theilman 1SSW 0.0
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