The warnings provide critical and potentially life-saving information. NWS says if a snow squall warning is issued for your area, you should avoid or delay driving until the squall makes its way out.

A warning for a "dangerous" snow squall—a sudden, moderately heavy downfall of snow—has been issued for central Iowa by the National Weather Service (NWS). Residents of the state have been ...

States like Kentucky, along with several that stretch from Texas to Iowa, remain at risk of severe conditions.

A winter storm warning is issued "when a significant combination of hazardous winter weather is occurring or imminent." According to the NWS in Billings, Montana, "periods of heavy snow" will ...

and that wet snow will create slushy road conditions in some areas. According to the NWS, a winter storm warning means there is at least an 80 percent chance of "impactful" winter weather during ...