The first band of snow currently continues to move steadily east-to-southeast across the state, generally along and around a line from Spencer to Burlington. This has already dropped one-to-two inches across the state and will likely leave some light accumulations. Roads east of the Des Moines metropolitan area are already completely covered, around Newton and …
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Light-to-Moderate Snowfall Expected Tonight through Sunday
An upper level system over the Northern Plains will head southeast tonight and into tomorrow and will overspread snow over much of the state. Snow is expected to persist into Sunday afternoon and evening before finally drifting off during the overnight hours. The highest accumulations will likely be over northern and eastern Iowa, where four-to-six …
EARLY MORNING UPDATE: Impacts Continue across North Central Iowa
Not much change to note in regards to the road situation across Iowa. Interstate 35 remains closed from mile marker 111 in Ames to mile marker 194 in Clear Lake. I do expect this to re-open hopefully sometime early this morning as cameras show much improved conditions along the Interstate. However, numerous accidents occurred along …
LATE EVENING UPDATE: Dangerous Travel Continues across North Central Iowa
The photo above summarizes it all with the gates drawn at mile markers 194 and 128 on Interstate 35 due to whiteout conditions and numerous accidents. Traffic is being diverted onto Highway 18 in Clear Lake with trucks sprawled all across the area. The CBS affiliate in Mason City has captured the surreal scene in Clear Lake …
DAYBREAK UPDATE: Travel Not Advised across much of Northern Iowa
The latest look at road conditions this morning show that travel continues to not be advised across much of north central into northwestern Iowa. This includes Interstate 35 between mile marker 128 and the Iowa/Minnesota border. Several reports of whiteout conditions have been reported in this area and travel along these roads will be extremely …
EARLY MORNING UPDATE: Travel Not Advised across NC Iowa
An early look at the travel situation across the state shows continued deterioration of road conditions. Visibilities have been reduced to under a mile for many areas. Hazardous conditions has led to several accidents in west central and central Iowa and travel is not advised for much of north central Iowa, including Interstate 35 from …
OVERNIGHT UPDATE: Conditions Rapidly Deteriorating
Roads continue to rapidly deteriorate across the area at this early hour with numerous accidents across west central Iowa and travel not advised in north central Iowa. Light snow has overspread much of the state per airport weather observations, and with winds in the 25-35 MPH sustained range (gusts to 50 MPH), travel has become …
LATE EVENING UPDATE: Winds Picking Up, Impacts Expected Later Tonight
Things are beginning to pick up once again across the area with sustained winds at many airports across the state hanging out in the 20 to 30 MPH range with gusts to over 50 MPH at times. Several roadway stations have reported wind gusts over 50 MPH with the airport in Sioux City reporting a …
Blizzard Conditions Expected across Northwest Iowa Through Monday Night
Sunny skies will be the weather story for the morning and afternoon hours today as high temperatures reach the mid 30s north to nearly the upper 40s along the Iowa/Missouri border. This will unfortunately be the highest temperatures we’ll see for the rest of the week. A pair of low pressure troughs will swing through …
Final Snowfall Reports from Early February Blizzard
Boyden 16.00 Hawarden 15.00 Sioux City 14.50 Akron 13.60 Rock Valley 13.50 Sheldon 13.50 Otho 13.50 Sioux Center 13.00 Struble 13.00 Remsen 12.70 Sergeant Bluff 12.50 Fort Dodge 12.30 Kingsley 12.00 Webster City 12.00 Orange City 12.00 Stuart 12.00 Swea City 12.00 Manson 12.00 Bode 11.50 Cherokee 11.00 Washta 11.00 Spirit Lake 11.00 Sibley 11.00 …