Month: December 2010

All of Iowa, Road Conditions, Winter Weather

Travel Not Advised in Western Iowa

Road conditions are becoming very hazardous as snow continues falling across the state, with blizzard conditions already occurring in western Iowa. Travel is not advised in those locations, with I-29 closed from Sioux City to Council Bluffs along with several other roads. More roads are expected to close later this afternoon into this evening as …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

Almost all of Iowa in Blizzard Warning

Safe to say, if you’re in Iowa reading this, you’re under a Blizzard Warning through Sunday. Blizzard conditions will begin later this afternoon over the western counties and quickly engulf the rest of the state by the evening with it continuing through the day on Sunday. Temperatures will plummet through the day Sunday with readings …

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Blizzard Warning for Eastern Iowa

The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a BLIZZARD WARNING, beginning at 9pm this evening and lasting until 6pm Sunday evening for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren and Washington. Blizzard conditions will …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories as of 12/11/10 1am

Here are the latest Watches, Warnings and Advisories currently. From the last update last evening, the Blizzard Warning has been extended across the west of NW Iowa and across a number of counties in NC and NE Iowa that are served by the NWS Office in La Crosse. A Winter Weather Advisory was also issued …

All of Iowa, Winter Weather

Plethora of Warnings and Advisories

Just in!, The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a BLIZZARD WARNING, which goes into effect at 6am Saturday morning and will remain in effect until Midnight Sunday morning for the following counties, Franklin, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Wright, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago and Worth. These same …

Winter Weather

Blizzard Watch Extended into Eastern Counties

Just as the last post was posted, the National Weather Service has now issued a Blizzard Watch beginning at 9pm Saturday night and lasting until 6pm Sunday evening for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren and …

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Blizzard Watch for Northern Iowa

The National Weather Service upgraded the Winter Storm Watch to a Blizzard Watch this morning for all of the lime colored counties on the image in northern Iowa. This includes Osecola, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, O’Brien, Clay, Palo Alto, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler and Bremer. These areas …