The great snowmelt of 2010
January 14, 2010

Many parts of Iowa and Nebraska have received heaping helpings of snow this winter -- up to three feet cover some parts of Iowa. Today's temperatures, while not exactly balmy, have reached freezing or higher in many places, leading to at least some snowmelt. This creates a stormwater challenge for many communities. Sioux City, for instance, has undertaken a street clearing program to ensure that storm sewer inlets remain clear enough to allow the melting snow to be carried away from homes and businesses. Fortunately, most of our area appears to be safe from the imminent risk of flooding (though parts of eastern Iowa could be subject to floods over the next five days), but it only takes a brief spell of warm weather to cause a lot of potential snowmelt and trouble with ice jams.

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last revised January 2010