breezy dayr ahead of us but we re calm weather-wise. no rain in place now that the cold front pushed through. cedar rapids and 50 in dubuque and 51 in waterloo and iowa city and we ll top out at 67 degrees but at least again we re dry. temperatures going to cool down again through the evening because of the clear skies so we got a decent dry stretch ahead of us here. we ll switch it over to ky to talk more about the riv absolutely. thanks a lot. we re still watching the cedar basin carefully as well as the wapsi and mississippi. the iowa river basin has been holding steady and will likely stay that way for the next week or so. here s what we have in vinton. it s in progress. the crest is in progress right now. the official gauge height is 21.74 feet. that s a lot of stream flow there in vinton and it just appears to be cresting now it s at. what thatto does is it raises confidence for what happens downstream. thee cedar river at cedar rapids which is around 18 feet cresting
sewer system. it is still a very dangerous situation. the ground is saturated. we are continuing to fight water that is seeping through the system and coming in from our storm sewers. we also want to note that while we hope everyone s first-floor elevations are dry, we will still have many people with water in their basements. the city is urging people to stay out of the flood zone so crews can work, especially as the water goes down. cedar rapids is trying to figure of sandbags throughout the city once they re not needed anymore. and the city says its bus system won t run through friday. school is off for the rest of the week in the cedar rapids district. the district says it s because of transportation issues and safety concerns. classes will resume next monday. the calendar for this school year listed no school on monday. but now classes will be in session that day. friday, two emergency shelters remain open in cedar rapids. those include saint paul s united methodist c
get back and clean up and reopen. the director of the district says the city believes that could happen by saturday. live in cedar rapids, dave franzman, kcrg t-v nine news. it s not over yet, but we re feeling good, we re feeling very, very confident that this temporary system that we ve built in less than two days will protect our city. the city says the temporary barriers a the worry is that water is putting too much pressure on the sewer system below ground. crews have been working all night, fighting dangerous conditions to makes sure everything is functional. law enforcement in cedar rapids are warning people to stay out of the evacuation zone. they say this will keep people safe and give them room to work. the city said it could announce conference tomorrow morning. linn county sheriff brian gardner says his department on mays island in cedar rapids has escaped major flood damage. the city set up hesco barriers and sandbags to protect it against at least seven feet
you re not kidding. speaking of valentine s day i did not wear red but we ll take care of that with first alert we had banners and red you see behind me. it is going to be a very cold valentine s day so you re going to have to figure out how to warm up with your loved ones, i think. looking live at the city skyline. okay. so 10 degrees in philadelphia, but really feel more like 8 degrees below zero. still a wind to contend with with windchill values factored in. it really is dangerously cold outside. we don t want to spend much time outside if you don t have to. the dangerous windchills will continue. got a windchill advisory affect until 9:00 a.m. guess what, tracking another system, winter snow system for tomorrow that could contain some snow and heavy rain. temperatures around the region, in atlantic city. it s only 3 degrees in allentown. look at the pocono mountains. we do have lot of folks skiing and snowboarding because of the holiday weekend. it s 10 below zero at t
afternoon, when it will begin to wind down this is lake effect andl we have a broad forecast but with lake effect snow, the heaviest amounts will be where is persists . as dick goddard says what comes to forecasting lake effect it is like putting socks on a roost or . orro nailing jelly to the wall it is hard to have specifics for every area you have we had to keep it somewhat general .v there will be more to the east and then more coming up. yesterday, jennifer jordan is in groundfox on i-90 that were they cleared a giant accident out east in the snowbelt. we are on vrooman road, i-90, a mobile command area has been set up in the parking loto of a gas station just off the highway , the on-ramp is shut down as a result,p taking a look at the pictures that were sent to us, those in traffic closest to that wreckage on i-90 between vrooman road and i-44 . cars trapped underneath semi trucks and they re trying to free the victims from the wreckage the sheriff says that there