January 25-26, 2021 Major Winter Storm over Iowa

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.

Snowfall totals from across Iowa on January 25-26, 2021


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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Radar
Storm Reports
Environment

Photos & Video


Halbur, Iowa. Photo courtesy of Dave DeYoung	Nevada, Iowa. Photo courtesy of Emma Quinn	Waukee, Iowa. Photo courtesy of Jen Christie	Grimes, Iowa. Photo courtesy of Kenny Podrazik

Radar

Loop of the entire event from Monday morning into Tuesday morning. The heavy snow band developed late Monday morning and continued through the afternoon and evening. The pivot point for the snow band was basically the Des Moines Metro area where many reports of over a foot occurred.

Storm Reports

For a list of the many snow reports: Local Storm Reports

Environment

UNDER CONSTRUCTION!!!


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Near-storm environment summary.


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Additional environmental data.


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