Coverage right now at noon. Roads across central iowa and beyond, very slick as snow mixes with freezing rain in some areas. Good afternoon, everyone. Thank you for joining us, i am mollie cooney. And well check out those latest Road Conditions in a live report straight ahead. We will also go live to the airport for an update on delays or cancellations, but we begin with frank for the latest on the storm and what to expect this afternoon. Frank we are seeing that snow of the metro. Moderate to at times heavy snow from west central iowa to northcentral iowa all the way back into eastern iowa. Down to the south and to the east, they have sleet. Notice as we widen this map out a little bit, we are going to catch a break in the action as north. That is the area of low pressure and that will continue to move off to the north and east. A winter storm watch, advisory, all over the area. A winter storm warning including the entire state of iowa. Kansas city right now, winter storm warning. Thi
How much well get. And how roads crews are getting ready. Safety measures. What you can and cannot bring into Kinnick Stadium this weekend. New security rules. And what promptthem. Iowa forums. Donald trump was in iowa talking jobs today. The one on one conversation with the republican president ial candidate. Plus reaction from the overflow crowd in newton. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 weve been blessed with a much warmer than average november. However, winter is coming, and that means snow is on its way. Good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us. Ready or not. Love it or hate it. The first snow fall of the season is heading our way. Meteorologist Brett Mcintyre has the very latest. Iowa dot tells they are ready for the storm. And bringing in some new technology to help them keep you story. Youre looking at the calm before the storm. Iowa department of transportation plows. Ready for the first significant snow of
For city snow plow drivers, its been an endless job of removing 564622 it takes a lot of people to get it done and not a lot of time des moines public works crews are targeting the major roads first. Then moving to the residential side streets. For the second time this season crews are putting a new snow plow tactic to the test. Its called the wing formation. Up to five plows clear the street at the same time in one pass. Last night the city laid down a salt brine solution to help improve road conditions. And the public works director says despite the colder temperatures, the salt is working exactly like it should. 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 last snow plow goes over the snow routes they will drop another layer of rock salt on top of that last little bit that can get scrapped off by tomorrow morning Jonathan Gano says most of the roads should be clear. Until then you can chec
Drivers should have a smoother thats because Road Conditions have improved over the past few hours. As you can see, much of the state is partially covered with snow and ice. But now some places across iowa are returning to their normal conditions. Here in the metro. Snow plows have been at work around the clock clearing snow. And theyre making noticeable progress. Des moines public works director Jonathan Gano has been overseeing operations. He joins us now by phone. Things are looking up for those as of right now, there are Just International airport. It was a much different story at many of the countrys major airports yesterday. This was the scene at chicago ohare. More than 13 hundred flights were canceled due to a storm moving across the us. Some passengers were forced to spend the night at the airport. Others wont be able to leave the city until at least wednesday. The storm left thousands of eastern iowans in the dark overnight. Dozens of trees snapped, bringing down power lines,
Luckily, no one seriously injured, but we do have injuries here. The homeowner is scared because she has six cats and she doesnt know where they are. She is very worried about that. We are going to be here tonight to find out a little bit more and will have the update coming up tonight at 6 00 and 10 00. Live in des moines, todd magel, kcci 8 news, iowas news leader. Stacey snow has been falling throughout the day. Mark it has been creating slick spots for drivers. The areas in green, that is normal driving conditions. Blue shows roads that are partially covered. The pink roads they see across much of central iowa, that means they are completely covered. So how much more snow can we expect . Lets check in with frank scaglione. Frank if youre farther off to the north and hes, you will expect more snow. Spinning through right now. East. Another band to the west that another hour or so. Dialogue a little bit out of the north and west. Look at lamoni. Ive the west at 21 miles per hour. We