Means those roads are completely covered in those areas. Mostly blue in the des moines area, and beyond, roads partially covered. Normal. Stacey state troopers are out interstates. Steve trooper doug cutts joins us now to tell us what hes seeing. First of all, where are you and what you see . Doug i am in Jasper County right now. Over east here, we are merely wet still. But as you move to the west and north, theyre becoming slush and snowcovered. Story county right now, boone county. There is no towing in those counties. And as the night progresses. We assume more counties added to that ban. Stacey what is the traffic light right now . Doug we still have heavy traffic because it is rush hour, people trying to get home. If you do slow down and take your time, allow the extra space, watch out for the other driver. You will be good and make it home for the heavy stuff. Just take the time, allow that space. Steve thank you very much, doug from the iowa state patrol who always helps us trad
And we crews on up into the seveninch range by the time this ends early saturday morning. I want to show you another graphic. It is getting a good handle. Looks like someone did to the southeast, so i think the totals will be higher down in southeastern iowa from ottumwa on downgrade you can see that 7. 6 inches. You can see why they canceled the football in waterloo. I think totals will be anywhere from 710. We will look at more of those snowfall totals and what you can expect from your cold weekend, coming up. Kevin thank you very much. We will take a look at the traffic. This is a live look of i235 near 42nd street. Youre to take a look at the traffic computer right now, you can see that yellow and orange mean that things are slowing down. That is the good news out there. People are being careful. So far, no reports of any major accidents here in the metro. Especially along interstates and major thoroughfares. There are a few fendervendors. So be careful. Stacey kccis kim st onge jo
Getting worse. That second freezing rain hit just as people are heading home from work and returning home after the holiday. Lets get a check on the interstates now. Trooper doug cutts with the iowa state patrol joins us now by phone. Tropper cutts, where are you traffic is also moving slow on side streets Jodi Whitworth joins us live outside our who studios jodi how are the roads right now in the metro . Aid lib. Current conditon. November. It took city crews 19 hours to clear 7 inches of snow. This storm is dropping all that and then some. Crews have a lot of road to cover and it calls for a lot of man power enough to use. 540123 weve got a layer of salt brine down on all of the snow routes on dry pavement now there is layer of salt under the snow. So when the plow goes over the snow routes rock salt on top of that last little bit that can get scrapped off this is just the second time plow wing formation to the test. The plows at once only on the major roads and clears them in one pa
Heitshusen. Dan has the week off. Its a good day to just sit at home and relax. Maybe read a book. Or watch the news the snow is piling up. And its expected to reach nearly a foot in some areas. Meteorologist Brett Mcintyre joins us now with the latest. Brett . A winter storm warning is in place for all of central iowa all day monday. Along and south of i80, the winter storm warning until midnight. North of i80, the winter storm warning until 6 am tuesday. The snow will continue, heavy at times, this evening. Snowfall rates of 1 inch per hour are possible through 7 pm. Winds will be strong from the northeast at 20 to 25 mph and gusts up to 35 mph. This may lead to near whiteout and blizzard conditions at times. Widespread totals of 6 to 10 inches are likely, with the heaviest snow falling north of des moines from carroll and fort dodge, along highways 20 and 30 into eastern and ne iowa. The snow will begin to wind down monday evening after 8 pm, though wrap around bands of briefly mode
Can expect tonight. The storm has caused numerous road closures throughout the day. We go live now to trooper doug cutts. With the iowa state patrol. Thanks for taking time out of your busy day. Tell us about current Road Conditions. Any serious accidents with when do you anticipate the roads to begin to improve . Meanwhile crews in the metro are working around the clock to clear and maintain roads. Our channel 13s Jodi Whitworth is keeping an eye on Road Conditions. She joins us now live from outside our who studios in des moines. Aid lib Current Conditions it takes a lot of manpower to clear the roads during a major storm like this. But the citys new snow plowing techniques is proving to be 561500 it does allow us to put a lot more trucks on the most important streets so we can get it cleared from curb to curb with one pass this is just the second time public works has put its new plow wing formation to the test. The tactic uses up at five snow plows at once only on the major roads a