Much of the state, including Ames, is under a winter storm warning, while a southwest-northeast swath extending from Council Bluffs to Dubuque and including the Des Moines metro is under a less severe winter weather advisory.
What winter weather warnings or advisories are in place for Iowa? Many rural school districts and some Des Moines' Catholic schools issued two hour delays for Thursday morning. Check with your local school district for exact details. A large number of districts canceled evening activities. Francis of Assisi in West Des Moines also closed early. In the metro, Ankeny and Urbandale schools, St. Some smaller districts dismissed students two hours early. Most central Iowa schools held classes as scheduled on Wednesday. How much snow did Des Moines and central Iowa get Wednesday? Top snow totals in the state Will Iowa schools close and give students a snow day? Further north, it warned that Mason City could get as much as 9 inches.Īn additional 1 to 2 inches of snow could fall through mid-day Thursday. Ames is forecast to get between 3 and 7 inches. Thursday in the region could range from 1-3 inches south of Interstate 80, with one-tenth of an inch of ice, to 2-4 inches north of the interstate, with a light glaze of ice. The National Weather Service in an updated forecast said total snowfall through 9 a.m. The storm is expected to wind down through the morning on Thursday. Later in the week it'll be cold, with temperature in the teens, but the sky should remain clear, according to the NWS.The storm started with rain in the Des Moines metro Wednesday afternoon as the temperature hovered above freezing, but by Wednesday evening, it turned to heavy, blowing snow.
The rest of the week will be mostly sunny, with high temperatures of 33 degrees on Martin Luther King Jr. It'll be windy throughout the night with gusts as high as 20 miles per hour. Looking ahead, Sunday will be mostly cloudy with a temperature high of 32 degrees and wind chill value of minus 5, according to the NWS. The sites near Hoover High School and the Kurtz Opportunity Center are expected to reopen on Monday. Road conditions and staff availability also closed two COVID-19 testing centers operated by Nomi Health and Des Moines Public Schools, according to a news release. Power outages: MidAmerican | Alliant | Co-op Iowa road conditions from DOT, which includes information on tow bans Important weather links for easy reference: "So definitely take it easier and just take your time." "I just want to stress that we are going to be seeing, you know, these roads impacting a lot of travel impacts for today," Bury said. Previously: Tow bans issued for 21 Iowa counties as spotters report more than 7 inches of snow in Des Moines metro Interstate 80, near Des Moines' east mixmaster, was closed for a few hours on Saturday due to a multi-vehicle crash but it's now open, according to the Iowa State Patrol. A few state highways remained completely covered. dC4JYV3ne6īy 5 p.m., most interstates and highways in central Iowa were reported as partially covered in snow. Our crews are out, but there is a lot of hard-packed snow that is very slick and there have been several crashes that have impeded our snowfighters' work. (1-15 12:45 pm) This view is why travel is still not advised around the Des Moines metro area. "Since we had that heavy wet snow throughout the beginning of the event and through much of the afternoon, it's going to take some time to get that off of the roads," NWS Meteorologist Ashley Bury said Saturday morning. The aftermath of the snowstorm left the roads covered, making Saturday a difficult day for travel. The group completed a round at Des Moines' Grandview Park on Saturday afternoon Iowa road conditions: Travel issues lingered well into Saturday The six friends get together each week for a round of disc golf, regardless of the weather conditions. Ringstad and Mystic reported a total of 11 inches of snow while Newton reported 11.5.Įastern and western parts of the state generally saw 2-5 inches of snow.Ī group of friends in Des Moines didn't let the snowy conditions stop them. on Saturday, according to an NWS interactive map, which tracks official and unofficial snowfall totals across the state. Polk City reported a total of 12.9 inches of snow while Ames reported a total of 12 inches around 6 a.m. Generally, cities within the metro reported snow totals ranging from 8 inches to 12 inches on Saturday.
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