DRIVERS HEADING INTO UPPER NORTHWEST IOWA AND MINNESOTA EARLY THURSDAY MORNING ENCOUNTERED A SURPRISE SNOWFALL BLANKETING PARTS OF THE AREA FOR HALLOWEEN. A PHOTO BY AN IOWA D-O-T SNOWPLOW CAMERA AROUND 7 A.M. SHOWED FLURRIES FLYING AND SNOW ON THE GROUND.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST ROD DONAVON SAYS THEY’RE THE STATE’S FIRST FLAKES OF THE SEASON, AND OCTOBER 31ST IS A LITTLE EARLY FOR THE FIRST SNOWFALL, BUT IT’S NOT UNPRECEDENTED.
SNOW OC….”OFF THE ROADWAY” :17
FORECASTERS HAD EXPECTED OVERNIGHT RAIN, BUT THERE WAS NO MENTION OF POSSIBLE SNOW.
Radio Iowa/Iowa DOT photo
