Freezing rain during the early and mid morning of January 19th caused icy roads and walking surfaces in part of northwest Iowa. Ice accumulations were light.
Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Freezing rain during the early and mid morning of January 19th caused icy roads and walking surfaces in part of northwest Iowa. Ice accumulations were light.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
9 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Freezing rain coated roads and other surfaces with a thin layer of ice which lasted until the temperature rose above freezing in the late morning. A few vehicles slid off roads.
Freezing rain coated roads and other surfaces with a thin layer of ice which lasted until the temperature rose above freezing in the late morning. A few vehicles slid off roads.
Freezing rain coated roads and other surfaces with a thin layer of ice which lasted until the temperature rose above freezing in the late morning. A few vehicles slid off roads.
Freezing rain coated roads and other surfaces with a thin layer of ice which lasted until the temperature rose above freezing in the late morning. A few vehicles slid off roads.
Freezing rain coated roads and other surfaces with a thin layer of ice which lasted until the temperature rose above freezing in the late morning. A few vehicles slid off roads.
Freezing rain coated roads and other surfaces with a thin layer of ice which lasted until the temperature rose above freezing in the late morning. A few vehicles slid off roads.
Freezing rain coated roads and other surfaces with a thin layer of ice which lasted until the temperature rose above freezing in the late morning. Several vehicles slid off roads and into ditches, including one which rolled on its side northwest of Le Mars, requiring extrication of the driver. There were no reported injuries.
Freezing rain coated roads and other surfaces with a thin layer of ice which lasted until the temperature rose above freezing in the late morning. A few vehicles slid off roads.
Freezing rain coated roads and other surfaces with a thin layer of ice which lasted until the temperature rose above freezing in the late morning. A few vehicles slid off roads.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, January 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 556966, 556967, 556968, 556969, 556970, 556971, 556972, 556973, 556974.