Most of our winter storm systems this season have been on the weak side with limited moisture to work with. Thursday's storm was much more powerful and had plenty of moisture to work with. Besides the significant snowfall totals dumped over northcentral Iowa, this system also brought rain and measurable accumulations of sleet / small hail. Winds increased Thursday evening creating blizzard conditions over northern Iowa, but impacts were a bit lower than feared due to sightly above freezing temperatures that lowered snowfall totals (due to very high water content), which also helped to decrease the ability of the snow to blow around. The situation over northcentral Iowa is a mess this morning.

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