Expect Heavy Snowfall For Thanksgiving Holiday Travel

(Sioux Falls) — A Winter Storm Watch has been posted for northwest Iowa beginning on Tuesday morning and continuing through Wednesday evening. Todd Heitkamp, the chief meteorologist with the National Weather Services at
Sioux Falls says expect the first snowflakes to fall by Tuesday mid-morning.

Heitkamp says Le Mars and all of northwest Iowa probably can expect a heavy snowfall.

The National Weather Services official says we can expect to see some drifting because of the predicted heavy snowfall and strong winds. He says visibility will be greatly reduced throughout the area. Heitkamp says a second winter storm will move into the area on Thanksgiving.

Heitkamp says the heaviest snowfall will probably occur between 3:00 p.m. Tuesday afternoon through 11:00 p.m. Tuesday evening.