The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Chill Advisory for the entire state of Iowa. It will be in effect from 6pm this evening until 10am Thursday morning for the following counties, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet, Franklin, Greene, Grundy, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Humboldt, Kossuth, …
Author: Jeff Wilcox
Road Conditions Improving Slowly
Roads are slowly improving across the state. At least the main travelled roads are, as for the county and secondary roads, many of them are still drifted shut and or closed. Many of those will “try” to be plowed later today and tonight (if they haven’t already). There are still numerous state and US Highways …
Early Morning Road Conditions
Much of the state is still experiencing horrible travel issues this morning with blizzard conditions still raging across the eastern half of the state. Many roads are impassable across the state due to the blowing and drifting of the snow. Here are the roads that are impassable and or closed as of 3am. US Hwy …
10pm Road Condition Report (2/1/11)
Numerous roads in SE Iowa and a few in SW Iowa have been closed or are impassable due to the blizzard conditions across the state. The eastern 3 quarters of the state, travel is not advised at this time. Road conditions will not improve until tomorrow morning at the earliest.
Travel Not Advised Becoming the Norm
Trave is becoming virtually impossible across the southeastern half of the state. More and more roads are becoming impassable and many counties have pulled their plows off the roads for the night or until conditions improve (which likely won’t happen until morning). NOTE: Purple indicated Travel Not Advised, Pink is completely covered roads and blue …
Drift of Things to Come
Even though this drift is only 9 inches high, the actual snowfall amount was only about 2″ so far with a lot more on the way. Snow drifts of 3-6 FEET will be possible when the storm wraps up Wednesday afternoon.
From NWS Quad Cities
This message from the NWS in the Quad Cities should be taken seriously! …LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD TAKING PLACE… HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS AND COLD TEMPERATURES TO BRING LIFE THREATENING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO THE ENTIRE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. VISIBILITY WILL FREQUENTLY BE NEAR ZERO IN OPEN AREAS…WHILE …
Mid-Afternoon Road Conditions (Feb 2011 Blizzard)
Here is the latest road conditions across the state. Travel is now not advised in the central counties of the state around Des Moines and Ames. I-80 near Altoona was recently closed westbound along with the westbound right lane in Poweshiek county due to traffic accidents in relation to the blizzard. Outside of the main …
Snow Pictures From Anamosa
Here are some pictures taken by the administrator of the blog from his apartment building in Anamosa. The first image taken just before 1pm shows visibility was still quite good and light snow was falling. An hour later, the wind was really picking up and visibility had dropped substantially. It’s bound to be not much …
Snow Overspreading State
Snow has nearly overspread the state early this afternoon. Moderate snow was already being reported in central and southern Iowa. The heaviest snow currently is over SE Iowa around Burlington, Keokuk and Fort Madison. More moderate to heavy snow is southwest of the state and will be moving in this direction later this afternoon and …