A significant winter storm system brought accumulating snow and hazardous travel conditions to the region Friday afternoon (Jan. 18) through much of the day Saturday (Jan.
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The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
A significant winter storm system brought accumulating snow and hazardous travel conditions to the region Friday afternoon (Jan. 18) through much of the day Saturday (Jan. 19). Total snowfall accumulations of 6 to 8 inches fell across northeast Missouri. In addition, strong winds resulted in some blowing and drifting snow and hazardous travel conditions.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 18, 2:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 354 AM CST Fri Jan 18 2019 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-191000- Buchanan-Delaware-Dubuque-Benton-Linn-Jones-Jackson-Iowa-Johnson- Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Keokuk-Washington-Louisa-Jefferson- Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee-Jo Daviess-Stephenson-Carroll- Whiteside-Rock Island-Henry IL-Bureau-Putnam-Mercer-Henderson- Warren-Hancock-McDonough-Scotland-Clark- 354 AM CST Fri Jan 18 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northwest Illinois...west central Illinois...east central Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT Winter Storm Warnings are in effect for the outlook area from this afternoon through midday on Saturday. Please refer to the latest winter weather statements for details. A fast moving winter storm will track through the area from this afternoon through Saturday morning bringing accumulating snow and strong gusty winds. Considerable blowing and drifting snow is expected. Wind chill readings will also drop into the single digits above and below zero late tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY Very cold temperatures and wind chills are expected to follow behind the departing storm system Saturday night through Monday. Wind chill readings will drop to the single digits to teens below zero both Sunday and Monday mornings. There is a chance for light snow on Sunday. Minor accumulations are possible. Another winter system may produce accumulating snow in or near the outlook area Monday night and Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Snowfall reports of an inch or more would be greatly appreciated. McClure/Uttech
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Trained spotter reports ranged from 6.5 inches at 4 miles south of Crawford to 8.0 inches 1 mile west southwest of Memphis. Wind gusts between 20 to 30 MPH led to widespread blowing and drifting snow.
Trained spotter reports in neighboring counties ranged from 6 to 8 inches of snow. Wind gusts of 20 to 30 MPH led to widespread blowing and drifting of snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Missouri in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, January 2019
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 804739, 804742.