Roads are now becoming impacted by the snow across the northern and western counties of the state. Snow will continue into the evening and overnight hours with roads mainly north and west of a Clarinda to Des Moines to Waterloo to PDC line being the most impacted. Southeast of that line should see little if …
Category: Road Conditions
Snowy Roads in Central Iowa
Snow has been falling heavily enough across central into southern Iowa that roadways have become snow covered. Several cameras including many in the Des Moines area have roadways partially or completely covered in snow and slush. Many secondary roads and less traveled upon roads will likely be slippery for morning commute, so take your time …
Interstate 29 Reopens After Flood
AMES, Iowa – Sept. 23, 2011 – The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) is announcing that it plans to reopen Interstate 29 from milepost 55 in Council Bluffs to milepost 71 near Loveland (I-680 interchange) at 7 p.m. today. The 16-mile stretch of interstate has been closed since June 9 due to the Missouri River …
2011 Missouri River Flooding Update #4
Here is the latest on the long duration flood on the Missouri River as of July 2nd. At Sioux City, the river stage was 34.5ft at 2pm. The river is expected to remain at this level (which is moderate flood) through the weekend into next week. It is down a foot from a few days …
Road Conditions Improving Slowly
Roads are slowly improving across the state. At least the main travelled roads are, as for the county and secondary roads, many of them are still drifted shut and or closed. Many of those will “try” to be plowed later today and tonight (if they haven’t already). There are still numerous state and US Highways …
Early Morning Road Conditions
Much of the state is still experiencing horrible travel issues this morning with blizzard conditions still raging across the eastern half of the state. Many roads are impassable across the state due to the blowing and drifting of the snow. Here are the roads that are impassable and or closed as of 3am. US Hwy …
10pm Road Condition Report (2/1/11)
Numerous roads in SE Iowa and a few in SW Iowa have been closed or are impassable due to the blizzard conditions across the state. The eastern 3 quarters of the state, travel is not advised at this time. Road conditions will not improve until tomorrow morning at the earliest.
Travel Not Advised Becoming the Norm
Trave is becoming virtually impossible across the southeastern half of the state. More and more roads are becoming impassable and many counties have pulled their plows off the roads for the night or until conditions improve (which likely won’t happen until morning). NOTE: Purple indicated Travel Not Advised, Pink is completely covered roads and blue …
Mid-Afternoon Road Conditions (Feb 2011 Blizzard)
Here is the latest road conditions across the state. Travel is now not advised in the central counties of the state around Des Moines and Ames. I-80 near Altoona was recently closed westbound along with the westbound right lane in Poweshiek county due to traffic accidents in relation to the blizzard. Outside of the main …
Snow Covered Roads Tonight
Currently roads are mainly partally to completely covered in snow and ice across the state. Road Conditions will become much worse 24 hours from now, with travel likely not advised across a large portion of the state.