Heavy Snow, Crawford
- When
- March 26, 4:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.037, -95.382 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Iowa, March 26, 2023
A quick moving shortwave lifted across the central plains and into Iowa on the morning of March 26th. Strong frontogenesis on the leading edge allowed for a banded snow scenario with strong lift within the dendritic growth zone.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
A quick moving shortwave lifted across the central plains and into Iowa on the morning of March 26th. Strong frontogenesis on the leading edge allowed for a banded snow scenario with strong lift within the dendritic growth zone. This brought a narrow band, generally 35 miles wide, of snow across central Iowa with five to nine inches of snow from Crawford to Black Hawk County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Carroll
- When
- March 26, 4:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.036, -94.861 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Greene
- When
- March 26, 5:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greene forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.036, -94.397 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Boone
- When
- March 26, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.037, -93.932 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Webster
- When
- March 26, 7:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.428, -94.182 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Butler
- When
- March 26, 8:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.732, -92.790 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Bremer
- When
- March 26, 9:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Bremer forecast zone
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 42.775, -92.318 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, March 26 to 28, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, March 26, 2023
- Avalanche and Heavy Snow in Utah, March 26 to 27, 2023
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Alabama, March 26 to 27, 2023
- Hail in Louisiana, March 26, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 26, 2023
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Carolina, March 26 to 27, 2023
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Alabama, March 26, 2023
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 26, 2023
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, March 26 to 27, 2023
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 26, 2023
- Hail in Illinois, March 26, 2023
More
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Sources
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: 1084370, 1084371, 1084374, 1084375, 1084376, 1084377, 1084378.