Most of the roads in the state except in the extreme east and SE Iowa, are either impassable, or travel is not advised on them. Within a few hours, almost if not all highways in the state will be in one of those two conditions. It is best that if you don’t need to travel …
Month: December 2010
Very Strong Winds Today
Here are a few wind gusts that were measured today on various mesonet, RWIS or other stations across the state Algona 60mph Polk City 65mph Farnhamville 66mph Anita 64mph Carroll 64mph Creston 61mph Audubon 70mph
Blizzard Conditions Moving East
The latest radar image shows a swath of snow, some of it heavy across the northern counties extending into the central and SW sections of the state. Along with this snow, are the strong gusty winds creating the blizzard conditions across the state. This will continue moving into the eastern counties over the next few …
Latest Road Conditions as of 7:45 Saturday
Many roads in the western half of the state are now either impassable or travel isn’t advised on them. This will also be likely for the roads and highways in the eastern half of the state over the next few hours as blizzard conditions move in. If you aren’t experiencing blizzard conditions at this time, …
Road Conditions as of 5pm 12/11/10
Here is the current road conditions across the state. The roads that are labeled in red are impassable or closed. Purple indicated travel not advised (some of these roads have been closed off and on all afternoon and will likely close this evening), pink indicates completely or mostly covered roads, blue indicates partly covered roads. …
Plows Being Pulled Off Roads
THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE DICKINSON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. ABSOLUTELY NO TRAVEL IN DICKINSON COUNTY TONIGHT. THE IOWA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION IS PULLING ALL REMAINING PLOWS AT 5 PM FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. ALL RURAL ROADS ARE OR SOON WILL BE IMPASSIBLE. CITY STREETS ARE ALSO IMPASSIBLE. VISIBILITY IS …
Latest Radar Image of Blizzard
The image above is of the NWS Doppler Radar about ten minutes ago. It shows a large swath of heavy wet snow across the eastern and northern counties, with lighter fluffy snow to the north and NW, which is blowing around. The low pressure center is north of Ames currently and continues to deepen (under …
Iowa DOT Travel Update
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 11, 2010; 2 p.m. update – A major winter storm is continuing to affect travel in the state. A winter weather warning remains in effect for all parts of Iowa, except the far southwest corner. The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is closely monitoring travel conditions and issuing the following updated …
Latest Wind Gusts
Here are the latest wind gusts and wind chills. Most of the locations in western Iowa have winds gusting well over 40mph, with Sheldon approaching 60. Wind Chills have already fallen below zero there as well. Actual temperatures across western into central Iowa are in the teens, with 20s and 30s confined to the eastern …
Good Reason to Stay Home
This is the camera located at I-29 and US Hwy 30 near Missouri Valley. As you can and can’t see, the roadway isn’t visible. This is why the plows have been pulled off the roads and roads being shut down.