Ice storm grips Iowa
Ice hangs from street signs, and everything else in Des Moines today.
(AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (Charlie Neibergall - AP)
A major ice storm is gripping the state of Iowa today. Up to an inch of ice is snapping tree limbs and downing power lines in the Hawkeye State. Widespread power outages are reported throughout the state. The hardest hit areas are in the western half of Iowa, where half an inch to 1 inch freezing rain reports are common.
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Up to an inch of ice covers parts of western Iowa today.
Here are some of the extensive list of storm reports today from the Des Moines NWS.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
341 PM CST WED JAN 20 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0433 AM FREEZING RAIN ATLANTIC 41.40N 95.01W
01/20/2010 M0.30 INCH CASS IA BROADCAST MEDIA
MEASURED AND REPORTED BY KJAN RADIO. SPORADIC POWER
OUTAGES REPORTED IN TOWN AS WELL.
0514 AM ICE STORM ATLANTIC 41.40N 95.01W
01/20/2010 CASS IA EMERGENCY MNGR
ONE QUARTER INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION. NUMEROUS POWER
LINES DOWN AROUND TOWN WITH POWER OUTAGES.
0516 AM ICE STORM ESE GRAY 41.84N 94.98W
01/20/2010 AUDUBON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
ONE QUARTER INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. FOUR INCH TREE LIMBS
DOWN...POWER LINES SAGGING ONTO HIGHWAYS WITH POWER
OUTAGES. POWERLINE SAGGING ONTO HIGHWAY 71.
0618 AM FREEZING RAIN ATLANTIC 41.40N 95.01W
01/20/2010 E0.40 INCH CASS IA BROADCAST MEDIA
NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES BEING REPORTED. MEASURED AND
REPORTED BY KJAN RADIO.
0636 AM FREEZING RAIN MURRAY 41.04N 93.95W
01/20/2010 E0.30 INCH CLARKE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SAGGING TREES. SOME LIGHTNING AND THUNDER REPORTED.
0700 AM FREEZING RAIN NNW AUDUBON AIRPORT 41.71N 94.92W
01/20/2010 E0.50 INCH AUDUBON IA CO-OP OBSERVER
0.5 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION FROM FREEZING RAIN...UP TO
1.5 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION ON TOP OF HOAR FROST
0929 AM ICE STORM BEACON 41.27N 92.68W
01/20/2010 MAHASKA IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
SEVERAL POWERLINES DOWN THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF BEACON.
0930 AM FREEZING RAIN OTTUMWA 41.02N 92.42W
01/20/2010 M0.25 INCH WAPELLO IA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
1/4 TO 1/2 INCHES OF SLEET ON TOP OF THE 1/4 INCH OF ICE
ACCRUAL
0938 AM ICE STORM KNOXVILLE 41.32N 93.10W
01/20/2010 MARION IA EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE 3 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN. SPORADIC
SMALLER CABLES TAKEN DOWN IN KNOXVILLE. PONDING OF WATER
ON STREETS DUE TO CLOGGED STORM DRAINS IN PELLA AND
KNOXVILLE.
0938 AM FREEZING RAIN TAMA 41.96N 92.57W
01/20/2010 E0.25 INCH TAMA IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TOWN OF LINCOLN WITHOUT POWER
1030 AM ICE STORM SAC CITY 42.42N 95.00W
01/20/2010 SAC IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT SAC COUNTY DUE TO
DOWNED POWERLINES AND TREE LIMBS.
1036 AM ICE STORM CARROLL 42.07N 94.86W
01/20/2010 CARROLL IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
TONS OF POWERLINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWN WITH THE LARGEST
TREE LIMBS BLOCKING MULTIPLE ROADS THROUGHOUT THE TOWN OF
CARROLL...AND ACROSS THE COUNTY.
1100 AM FREEZING RAIN 6 WNW MANILLA 41.91N 95.34W
01/20/2010 M1.00 INCH CRAWFORD IA TRAINED SPOTTER
ICE ACCUMULATION
1152 AM FREEZING RAIN CORNING 40.99N 94.74W
01/20/2010 M0.62 INCH ADAMS IA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
1/2 TO 5/8 INCHES OF ICE ACCRUAL
1155 AM FREEZING RAIN DES MOINES INT AIRPORT 41.53N 93.66W
01/20/2010 M0.30 INCH POLK IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1257 PM FREEZING RAIN 4 E AUDUBON AIRPORT 41.70N 94.84W
01/20/2010 M0.75 INCH AUDUBON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
1257 PM ICE STORM 4 E AUDUBON AIRPORT 41.70N 94.84W
01/20/2010 AUDUBON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE HUGE TREE LIMBS DOWN...GENERALLY 5 TO 6 INCHES
IN DIAMETER. ESTIMATED ABOUT 2 INCHES OF ICE/HOAR FROST
ACCUMULATED ON POWERLINES. 6 TO 7 POWER POLES DOWN ALONG
THE T-BONE HIGHWAY.
0100 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 SW OTTUMWA 41.01N 92.43W
01/20/2010 E1.00 INCH WAPELLO IA TRAINED SPOTTER
0125 PM ICE STORM 2 NE JEFFERSON 42.04N 94.34W
01/20/2010 GREENE IA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
SEVERAL 4 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN WITH MULTIPLE
MATURE TREES SAGGING OVER ACROSS THE COUNTY. POWERLINES
DOWN.
0158 PM ICE STORM 1 NNE SAC CITY 42.44N 94.98W
01/20/2010 SAC IA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TONS OF 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN ACROSS THE
COUNTY. WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES.
0245 PM HEAVY SLEET ELDORA 42.36N 93.10W
01/20/2010 E1.00 INCH HARDIN IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
0.75 TO 1.00 INCHES OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX
0252 PM HEAVY SLEET 2 ESE IOWA FALLS 42.50N 93.23W
01/20/2010 E1.00 INCH HARDIN IA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET MIX
0256 PM ICE STORM NNE WINDSOR HEIGHTS 41.60N 93.71W
01/20/2010 POLK IA NWS EMPLOYEE
0.30 INCHES OF ICE.
0259 PM FREEZING RAIN 1 WSW POCAHONTAS 42.73N 94.69W
01/20/2010 E0.38 INCH POCAHONTAS IA DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES OF ICE ACCRUAL
The wave repsonsible for the freezing rain is weakening as it moves north into Minnesota tonight. There still may be some patchy freezing drizzle through Thursday morning from the Twin Cities south and east.
PH