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Most of Iowa will be operating under a Winter Storm Warning early this week.

Conflicting forecasts for a potential blizzard in Iowa raise concerns and emphasize the importance of reliable weather sources.

We've been reporting about the blizzard that is expected to hit the Midwest at the tail end of this week, just in time for holiday travel...perfect, right?

In many states warming up your car or car idling is illegal. Iowa used to be very strict about this.

They are expecting up to 12 inches or more of snow with winds gusting over 100 mph.

In 1973, the worst April blizzard on record in Iowa pounded the state for three days, from April 8-10. (photos and videos below) Snow began in Iowa on the 8th coupled with wind gusts of 65 mph. Livestock and turkey losses approximated $20 million...

A Blizzard is defined as: Blowing and/or falling snow with winds of at least 35 mph, reducing visibilities to a quarter of a mile or less for at least three hours. But how often are these issued within the state of Iowa? The Iowa Environmental Mesonet has created a graph (below) showing the frequency of blizzard warnings in Iowa per year by county since 2007...

The Iowa DOT Tweeted at 1:50 PM that a multi-vehicle crash involving numerous semi-trucks occurred on I-80 west of Newton. About 40 vehicles were involved in the crash.      

One of the best feelings in the world is running out of the cold into a warm car, but is that actually illegal in the state of Iowa?

**Updated 5:30 am 2/4*** The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a BLIZZARD WARNING from 9 AM Thursday to 6 AM Friday for portions of Iowa including the cities of Waterloo, Marshalltown, Ames, Mason City, and Fort Dodge. Temperatures look to remain around 35* through the early morning hours of Thursday, but then drop to around 20 by late-Thursday afternoon, to the single digits by Fr