Overview
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A potent spring storm system moved through the Central Plains on Wednesday March 19th, 2025. After initial light rain showers, a heavy band of snow developed across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa with 7-10+ inches of snow or more near Ida Grove, Storm Lake, and locations southeastward. On the northwest side of the band, there was a sharp cutoff in snowfall with Spirit Lake, Orange City, and Newcastle receiving an inch or less of snow. This heavy snowfall, coupled with widespread northwest winds gusting 40 to 65 mph, resulted in blizzard conditions for much of Wednesday across northwest Iowa while snow was falling. Travel was not advised in the blizzard area with numerous power outages and school closures. I-29 was closed from the South Dakota border (North Sioux City) to Missouri Valley, IA, and it took through the following day for roads to be opened and power to be restored. |
 Winter Weather Headlines on March 19th, 2025 |
Wind
Northwest winds increased Tuesday night with gusts exceeding 40 mph common on Wednesday. Peak gusts were 45 to 65 mph, causing whiteout conditions while snow was falling.
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| Wind Advisory and High Wind Warning for Wednesday 03/19/2025 |
...HIGHEST WIND REPORTS FROM MARCH 19 2025 ... Location Speed Time/Date Provider ...Iowa... ...Buena Vista County... Storm Lake Airport 63 MPH 0115 PM 03/19 AWOS Storm Lake 46 MPH 1110 AM 03/19 MESOWEST ...Clay County... Webb 61 MPH 1115 AM 03/19 Mesonet Spencer Municipal Airport 56 MPH 1144 AM 03/19 ASOS ...Dickinson County... Lake Park 59 MPH 0235 PM 03/19 Mesonet 1 NNE Wahpeton 58 MPH 0854 AM 03/19 Mesonet ...OBrien County... Sheldon Airport 49 MPH 0915 AM 03/19 AWOS ...Osceola County... MAY CITY 49 MPH 0850 AM 03/19 CWOP Sibley 48 MPH 0755 AM 03/19 MESOWEST ...Plymouth County... Le Mars Airport 47 MPH 0835 AM 03/19 AWOS Loess Hills Tnc Broken 45 MPH 0411 AM 03/19 RAWS ...Sioux County... 1 NE Maurice 52 MPH 0915 AM 03/19 AWOS Alton 49 MPH 0245 PM 03/19 MESOWEST Hawarden 46 MPH 0930 AM 03/19 CWOP ...Woodbury County... Sioux Gateway Airport 55 MPH 1113 AM 03/19 ASOS Sioux City 47 MPH 0225 AM 03/19 CWOP ...Minnesota... ...Cottonwood County... T.h.60 - Mountain Lake - Mp 47 MPH 0140 PM 03/19 MESOWEST ...Jackson County... I-90 - Lakefield - Mp 67 46 MPH 1255 PM 03/19 MESOWEST Jackson Airport 45 MPH 0335 PM 03/19 AWOS ...Lincoln County... U.s.14 - Lake Benton - Mp 7 50 MPH 0845 AM 03/19 MESOWEST T.h.19 - Hendricks - Mp 2 48 MPH 0810 AM 03/19 MESOWEST ...Lyon County... U.s.14 - Florence - Mp 21.2 56 MPH 1110 AM 03/19 MESOWEST ...Murray County... T.h.30 - Dovray - Mp 49 48 MPH 0405 PM 03/19 MESOWEST ...Nobles County... I-90 - Rushmore - Mp 35 54 MPH 1040 AM 03/19 MESOWEST Worthington Airport 46 MPH 1108 AM 03/19 AWOS ...Pipestone County... U.s.75 - Trosky - Mp 30.3 54 MPH 1000 AM 03/19 MESOWEST ...Rock County... I-90 - Beaver Creek Mp 4 57 MPH 0940 AM 03/19 MESOWEST I-90 - Magnolia - Mp 21.6 50 MPH 0945 AM 03/19 MESOWEST ...Nebraska... ...Dixon County... 2 WNW Ponca 59 MPH 0235 PM 03/19 Trained Spotter Concord 2E 45 MPH 1205 PM 03/19 NE-MESO ...South Dakota... ...Aurora County... SD RWIS Plankinton 54 MPH 0929 AM 03/19 SDDOT ...Beadle County... Huron Regional Airport 48 MPH 1255 PM 03/19 ASOS ...Bon Homme County... SD RWIS Tyndall 50 MPH 1100 AM 03/19 SDDOT ...Brule County... SD RWIS Kimball 46 MPH 1214 PM 03/19 SDDOT ...Charles Mix County... SD RWIS WAGNER 50 MPH 0844 AM 03/19 SDDOT SD RWIS Platte-Winner Bridge 50 MPH 1150 AM 03/19 SDDOT Lake Andes RAWS 49 MPH 0241 AM 03/19 RAWS ...Clay County... Beresford 7 WSW (SD Mesonet) 52 MPH 0700 AM 03/19 SDSMESO ...Davison County... Mount Vernon 50 MPH 0815 AM 03/19 SDSMESO Mitchell Municipal Airport 48 MPH 1050 AM 03/19 ASOS ...Douglas County... SD RWIS Corsica 53 MPH 0829 AM 03/19 SDDOT ...Gregory County... SD RWIS Ft. Randall Dam 53 MPH 0900 AM 03/19 SDDOT Gregory 16N 49 MPH 1250 PM 03/19 SDSMESO SD RWIS Dixon 47 MPH 0130 PM 03/19 SDDOT SD RWIS Dallas 46 MPH 0333 PM 03/19 SDDOT ...Hanson County... SD RWIS Alexandria 51 MPH 1209 PM 03/19 SDDOT ...Hutchinson County... SD RWIS Tripp 52 MPH 1119 AM 03/19 SDDOT Menno 7ESE 50 MPH 0210 PM 03/19 SDSMESO SD RWIS Freeman 47 MPH 0615 AM 03/19 SDDOT ...Jerauld County... SD RWIS Lane 47 MPH 0734 AM 03/19 SDDOT ...Lincoln County... SD RWIS Davis 53 MPH 0634 AM 03/19 SDDOT ...McCook County... SD RWIS Montrose 50 MPH 0924 AM 03/19 SDDOT SD RWIS STANLEY CORNER 48 MPH 0424 PM 03/19 SDDOT ...Minnehaha County... Sioux Falls Airport 47 MPH 0638 AM 03/19 ASOS ...Moody County... Flandreau 3 NNE (SD Mesonet) 52 MPH 0800 AM 03/19 SDSMESO SD RWIS Ward 49 MPH 0358 PM 03/19 SDDOT ...Sanborn County... SD RWIS Forestburg 46 MPH 0915 AM 03/19 SDDOT Woonsocket 4NNW 45 MPH 0645 AM 03/19 SDSMESO ...Turner County... SD RWIS IRENE 49 MPH 0603 AM 03/19 SDDOT SD RWIS Parker 49 MPH 1222 PM 03/19 SDDOT Parker 7NNE 46 MPH 0755 AM 03/19 SDSMESO ...Union County... SD RWIS North Sioux City 57 MPH 0539 AM 03/19 SDDOT SD RWIS Beresford 50 MPH 0726 AM 03/19 SDDOT ...Yankton County... SD RWIS Gayville 53 MPH 0559 AM 03/19 SDDOT Yankton Municipal Airport 45 MPH 1244 PM 03/19 AWOS 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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