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 …
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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …