you can see that heavier patch of rain just making it through the metro at this point. i would settle in for more rain. we are going to be seeing it for quite some time. flood warnings are out for central parts of the state. much more rain than we should be saying. we are close to breaking today s record rainfall. pack on those ponchos as you head outside. the rain will continue into the morning hours tomorrow. anchor: as we ve seen, this is far from the typical weather at this time in december. marcus mcintosh is outside. when we get snow in time to have a white christmas? we went to the national weather service to get an answer. what a difference 20 degrees makes. it without much colder we would be talking about snow rather than rain. alan curtis, a meteorologist with the national weather service, said it is not typical to be able to play a round of golf in central iowa in december. for the most part we are in a prettily dish pretty typical el nio pattern. mark: with less
the record was set back in 1960 but we should break that. we have got rain all throughout the state at the moment. that total will continue to climb. you can see the areas where the heaviest rain has fallen at this point. plan on more rain as we head through the evening and into tomorrow morning. there is finally an end in sight. temperatures hold steady around 44 degrees. much colder air in the forecast. anchor: the greenbelt trail and parker are shut down because of flooding. it could get as high as 10 and a half feet. this is just one area of concern. the driver in this one vehicle accident on i 235 was able to walk away without any injuries. the driver hit a patch of water and hydroplaned. the theory vehicle ended up on its roof. it has shipped temporarily shut down the two left lanes. jolly holiday lights is shutting down for the rest of the season thanks to all the rain. the holiday light displayed close last night and they are hoping to reopen today but they were con
say nothing like this. the amount of rain we ve had down here, we have parking issues. things compound when dealing with electricity and water. snow is something we can overcome. unfortunately water is not. elizabeth: last year jolly holiday lights funded 40 wishes. with the shortened season this year they hope to fund 20 , wishes. this is far from your typical december weather. for the most part rain and warm weather have replaced snowy cold days. eric: kcci s marcus mcintosh went to find out if we will have snow before christmas. marcus: what a difference 20 degrees makes. if it were that much colder the rain we have received would be snow. we wouldn t be talking feet of snow necessarily but we would be talking multiple inches maybe a foot. above normal is going to be the red there. marcus: allan curtis a meteorologist with the national weather service in johnston says it is not typical to be able to play a round of golf in central what is typical is what to expect in
it is still raining pretty steadily. good news, the rain will be winding down this morning and ending around noon time. we will pick up .5 inch or so in central iowa. maybe another inch up north. this afternoon, it is just good to be cloudy. temperatures falling back into the low 40 s. eric: right now it s still raining. central iowa still pretty soggy this morning live super doppler hd still lit up with even more rain on the way. not good news with all the flooding already happening. elizabeth: kcci s alyx sacks is live now at water works park, and alyx, how bad is the flooding there right now? alyx: elizabeth, moderate flooding around raccoon river. right now, george flagg is now closed down. we are now near southeast 30th forecasters are expecting a pretty close eye on it. let s not forget flood damage has been caused all of this rain. jolly holiday lights was forced to close because of all of this rain. they had to shorten their season. it is closed for the year. the rain
in the break banded, shaded areas is where we probably have a few snow showers mixing in. further to the west, they have been dealing with the snow so we may be got the better end of things, although it was a record-breaking weekend. over three inches fell across much of central iowa. the rainfall will begin to move out of the area so it should be a dryer evening commute, but once the rain moves out, watch out for the wind. it will be very gusty from the northwest as the whole system leaves. eric: right now, it s still raining. central iowa still pretty soggy this morning. live super doppler hd still lit up with even more rain on the way. not good news, with all the flooding already happening. elizabeth: kcci s alyx sacks is live now at george flat parkway george flagg parkway and alyx, how bad is the flooding alyx: it is forecasted to go a little bit about 16 feet by wednesday morning. all this rain is causing some closures. george flag is closed right by southwest 30th st