Since the last update about 20-30 minutes ago, more counties have gone under tow bans including Hardin, Black Hawk, Grundy, Bremer, Butler and Franklin counties. Travel is not advised in a portion of eastern Iowa around Cedar Rapids and Iowa City at this time, but it is advisable that travel should be restricted to emergencies …
Category: All of Iowa
Road Conditions Update Sunday Afternoon: Stay Home
Roads are in terrible shape across the state with white out conditions reported in some areas. The best advice is not to travel the rest of the day and into tonight as conditions will not improve until later tonight when the winds begin to subside. There are many counties that are under tow bans at …
8:30AM: Heavy snow continues, Winds increasing
Snowstorm Cumming, IA 2/1/15 Morning Update: Here in Cumming just SW of Des Moines we have gotten 8″ of wet heavy snow causing tree branches to break. Evergreens are getting the worst. Snowfall totals are ranging from 8-10″ so far in Central Iowa including the Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo and Davenport metro areas to …
8:00 PM: Roads Completely Covered for Western Two-Thirds of State
Snow has overspread most of the state at this time. The only exception is southeastern Iowa where roads are still in decent shape however the precipitation will be changing over to snow in those areas in the coming hours. The rest of the state is seeing partly to completely covered roads in snow, slush and …
Afternoon Road Condition Update: Snow Beginning in Western Iowa
The precipitation has changed over to snow in our western counties and some of the roads are starting to become partly to completely covered in snow and slush at this time. The rest of the state especially in the eastern counties are still dealing with some light rain and drizzle at this time. As temperatures …
Iowa Weather Report January 30th 2015: Happy Times for Snowmobilers
WEEKEND FUN: A storm system will be approaching from the southwest as we head into the weekend which will bring a plethora of precipitation to the state at that time. In the meantime today skies will be partly to mostly sunny across the state. Winds will be calmer than they were on Thursday but readings …
Iowa Weather Report January 28th 2015: Warmth Now. Weekend Snow?
ONE MORE WARM DAY: Another warm day across the state today with readings well into the 40s and 50s across the state. Some areas in the southwestern counties may hit the lower 60s. Some readings will be close to records. The eastern counties which haven’t been seeing a lot of this warm air that has …
Iowa Weather Report January 27th 2015: It Could Be Worse
TWO WARM DAYS: Some warm and dry days are ahead for the state with readings back into the 40s and 50s for most of the area. The only exception will be the far northeastern counties where upper 30s will be possible with a few more clouds. The rest of the state will see partly to …
Iowa Weather Report January 26th 2015: Somewhat Quiet
No Video Today THE WEEK AHEAD: It will be a divided state today with clouds and a few snowflakes possible in the far eastern counties of the state while the western counties will see partly to mostly sunny skies and readings well into the 50s and perhaps even a few 60s as well. The eastern …
Iowa Weather Report January 25th 2015: Cold or Warm
WIDE RANGING: A few more clippers are expected to move close to or through the state over the next couple of days. We will also be seeing some wide ranging temperatures at least through the middle of next week across the state. Today a system will move moving out of the state taking with it …