Category: Winter Weather

All of Iowa, Forecast, Severe Weather, Winter Weather

A Plethora of Weather Concerns Today

No Video Today LOTS OF PRECIPITATION: A storm system will be moving through the state today bringing with it a plethora of precipitation to the area. We should see some rain and perhaps a few thunderstorms over the eastern and southeastern counties of the state. The western counties could see rain mixing with and changing …

All of Iowa, Road Conditions, Winter Weather

800am Update: Some Roads improving

Travel is still not advised at this hour around the Waterloo area, however other roads around the state continue to improve.  A majority of the snow has now moved off to the East, allowing plows to finally catch up.  A reminder, snow ordinances are in effect for virtually every city/community across the state. Skies will …

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Mid Day Update: Snow affecting roads in NW IA

Mid Day Update: Roads:   Roads have become 25 – 100% snow and ice covered in far NW Iowa as the well advertised storm moves into the state.  Conditions will continues to deteriorate this afternoon as the snow, which will be heavy at times, moves further across the area. Snowfall Reports: 8 inches in Sioux …

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Morning Look at System Later Tonight into Tuesday

It is still a very complex situation with regards to the system coming in later tonight into Tuesday. Precipitation should move in during the evening and late night hours mainly as snow with temperatures rising slowly toward the freezing mark. The precipitation will begin to change to freezing rain and sleet during the early morning …

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Snowfall Reports (2/25/2015 Storm) FINAL

Here are the FINAL totals from the storm on Wednesday that moved across the state. Updated 11:40AM Thursday Amana 7 Keokuk 7 New Boston 6.8 Independence 6.7 Spirit Lake 6.5 Keosauqua 6.5 Waterloo 6.4 New London 6.3 Cedar Rapids 6 Edgewood 6 Geneva 6 Mason City 6 Mederville 6 Muscatine 6 Vinton 6 Hudson 5.8 …

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Mid-Afternoon Road Condition Update

Road Conditions continue to be hazardous along and north of Interstate 80 this afternoon. Numerous counties are now under tow bans. Snow is beginning to taper off in the northwestern counties of the state where the warnings and advisories have expired, however road conditions there will still be hazardous through the evening hours. The rest …

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Early Afternoon Update: Road Conditions/ Changes to Warnings, Advisories

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has trimmed their warnings and advisories from the southwestern counties due to warmer air that is leading to more rain than snow in these areas. The Des Moines area is now under a Winter Weather Advisory instead of a Winter Storm Warning for snow amounts that will be …

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Midday Update: Road Conditions Continue to Worsen.

Light to Moderate snow continues to move across the state at this hour with the heaviest snow moving through the central counties of the state at this time. Road conditions in the northern half of the state have become partly to completely covered in snow and these will continue to deteriorate as we move into …

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Winter Storm Watch Wednesday in Central Iowa

The National Weather Service in Des Moines has issued a Winter Storm Watch that will go into effect at 9am Wednesday and last until 9pm Wednesday evening for Adair, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Clarke, Crawford, Dallas, Davis, Greene, Guthrie, Hamilton, Hardin, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Mahaska, Marion, Marshall, Monroe, Pocahontas, Polk, Poweshiek, Sac, Story, Tama, …