Heavy snow moved into northeast Iowa on the evening of January 18th lingering into the morning of January 19th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 10 inches across northeast Iowa.
Every event with a place to put it; 5 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 ARX wrote it up.
Heavy snow moved into northeast Iowa on the evening of January 18th lingering into the morning of January 19th. Snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 10 inches across northeast Iowa. The highest reported total was 10.2 inches in Nora Springs (Floyd County).
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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 18, 5:57 PM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Volunteer snow observers and local law enforcement reported that 7 to 9 inches of snow fell across Floyd County. The highest reported total was 10.2 inches in Nora Springs.
Volunteer snow observers reported that 5 to 6 inches of snow fell across Chickasaw County. The highest reported total was 6.5 inches near New Hampton.
Volunteer snow observers reported that 6 to 7 inches of snow fell across Mitchell County. The highest reported total was 7.3 inches in Osage.
Volunteer snow observers reported that 5 to 6 inches of snow fell in Winneshiek County. The highest reported total was 6.6 inches near Decorah.
A volunteer snow observer reported that 5.6 inches of snow fell in Cresco.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2023Every state in 2023This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, January 2023
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: 1076350, 1076348, 1076352, 1076353, 1076351.