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, …
Category: Winter Weather
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 …
Good Reason to Stay Home
This is the camera located at I-29 and US Hwy 30 near Missouri Valley. As you can and can’t see, the roadway isn’t visible. This is why the plows have been pulled off the roads and roads being shut down.
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 …
Blizzard Warning for Eastern Iowa
The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a BLIZZARD WARNING, beginning at 9pm this evening and lasting until 6pm Sunday evening for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren and Washington. Blizzard conditions will …