DES MOINES, Iowa — For the second time in less than a week, Iowa was hammered with heavy snow and wind.
The combination of both led to widespread whiteouts and blizzard conditions on Friday afternoon and evening, especially for locations outside of city limits.
Travel impacts will continue during the day on Saturday.
Some rural roads and highways are altogether impassable, so anyone who does not absolutely need to be on the roads should stay home until the storm passes, or they could become stranded.
As of 7 a.m. Saturday, the National Weather Service in Des Moines has collected the following snow totals from this week's second winter storm. Note: All of the reports listed below came after 9 AM.
- 13.0" — Chariton
- 12.5" — Derby
- 10.6" — Ottumwa
- 10.5" — Albia
- 10.5" — Windsor Heights
- 9.5" — Centerville
- 9.2" — Des Moines International Airport
- 9.2" — Johnston
- 9.0" — New Virginia
- 9.0" — Winterset
- 8.5" — Oskaloosa
- 8.1" — Ames
- 8.1" — Murray
- 8.0" — Ankeny
- 8.0" — Agency
- 7.5" — Indianola
- 7.0" — Pella
- 7.0" — Adel
- 7.0" — Gladbrook
- 7.0" — Oskaloosa
- 6.5" — Knoxville
- 6.2" — Fort Dodge
- 6.1" — Blakesburg
- 6.0" — Earlham
- 6.0" — Bussey
- 6.0" — Creston
- 6.0" — Saylorville
- 6.0" — Waukee
- 5.5" — Clive
- 5.5" — East Village
- 5.0" — Sully
- 4.1" — Pocahontas
This new snow comes on the heels of a big storm system earlier in the week on Monday and Tuesday, and a round of light snow on Wednesday evening, which prompted snow squall warnings in central Iowa.
Prior to this week, Des Moines International Airport had only measured a few inches of snow. The total for the entire season is now up to 25.23". 22.5" of that snow has fallen just since the start of January.
