The Iowa DOT reports Highway 6 in Pottawattamie County is blocked due to numerous crashes, between County Road L52 (near McClelland) and US 59 (near Oakland). The road is blocked due to numerous crashes. Traffic is being detoured down Highway 59 from Oakland, south to Highway 92, and from L52 (Near Quick) to Highway 92.
The Iowa Department of Transportation reports Interstate 29 in Woodbury Coujnty, near Salix, is blocked this morning due to numerous accidents caused by icy roads. The incidents have occurred between Exit 127: IA 141; County Road K42 and Exit 134: County Road K25 (Salix).
The area’s top news at 7:06-a.m., w/KJAN News Director Ric Hanson
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Area Counties: Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas–
705 AM CST Tue Jan 10 2017
…Roads will remain slick in spots this morning…
Air and most road temperatures were above freezing from the Interstate 80 corridor toward Waterloo, but some roads were slow to warm from the prolonged cold and were struggling to rise above freezing. This may result in some roads remaining slick and icy through 9am or 10am.
Motorists and pedestrians are encouraged to watch for slick spots through the morning commute as road and sidewalk conditions may vary from location to location.
Today: Cloudy w/a chance of light rain or drizzle becoming mixed w/and changing to light snow before diminishing this afternoon. Little or no snow accumulation. High early around 39, w/temps slipping into the upper 20’s this afternoon. NW @ 15-30.
Tonight: Mostly Cloudy. Low 24. W winds becoming SE after midnight at 10-20.
Tomorrow: Mo. Cldy. High 34. S winds becoming N @ 10-20mph.
Thursday: Mo. Cldy & colder, w/flurries possible. High 18.
Friday: Mo. Cldy. High 22.
Our 24-hour High in Atlantic (ending at 7-a.m. today) was 39. We received .03“ of an inch of rain this morning (Through 7-a.m.) Our 24-Hour Low was 14. Last year on this date, our High in Atlantic was 14 and the low was -8. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 59 in 1928. The Record Low was -27 in 1982.
The head of the Governor’s Traffic Safety Bureau says efforts to reduce fatal crashes in Iowa this year will range for a boost in public awareness campaigns to possible legislation. G-T-S-B chief Patrick Hoye says he was surprised by the 402 traffic deaths recorded in the state in 2016.
“We saw a significant jump from a year ago, about a 26-percent increase,” Hoye says, “2013, ’14, ’15 — we saw some very good progress and we thought Iowa was on the right path. Unfortunately, 2016 turned out to be just a horrific year for traffic safety.”
Two years ago, in 2015, traffic crashes claimed 316 lives, the lowest in 70 years. Hoye says bad weather wasn’t much of a factor in 2016, but the warmer-than-normal year may have had an impact. “Preliminary numbers are showing there were 60 motorcycle fatalities, so the nice weather may have impacted motorcycle fatalities in our state,” Hoye says.
But, Hoye says the primary factors for the spike in traffic fatalities last year include alcohol, speeding, and drivers paying more attention to their cell phone than the road. “We’re looking at about 30-percent of the fatalities being impaired driving related,” Hoye says. “And although the data is tough to collect, we certainly believe that distracted driving is one of the causes driving the number of fatalities up.”
According to Hoye, over 40-percent of the people killed in Iowa traffic crashes last year were NOT wearing seat belts. The last time Iowa’s yearly highway traffic fatalities surpassed 400 was in 2008 (412 deaths).
(Radio Iowa)
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTIES IN WESTERN IOWA:
611 AM CST TUE JAN 10 2017
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING RAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST TODAY.
* TIMING…RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 9 OR 10 AM.
* MAIN IMPACT…UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS WILL BECOME VERY
SLICK. RAISED SURFACES MAY ACCUMULATE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE
WHERE SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE BELOW FREEZING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN
WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS
AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES… AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
SOME SLICK SPOTS MAY DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING… ALTHOUGH AIR TEMPERATURES WERE AT OR ABOVE FREEZING ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. ROAD TEMPERATURES FROM OVERNIGHT COOLING WERE STILL HOVERING AROUND THE FREEZING MARK.
THIS MAY LEAD TO SCATTERED SLICK SPOTS…ESPECIALLY ON LESS Traveled OR UNTREATED AND ELEVATED SURFACES THROUGH 7-AM. MOTORISTS AND PEDESTRIANS ARE ENCOURAGED TO DRIVE DEFENSIVELY INTO THE EARLY MORNING COMMUTE AS TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY CHANGE FROM LOCATION TO LOCATION.
MONONA COUNTY: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN UNTIL 10-A.M. TODAY.
SAC-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE COUNTIES: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR A WINTERY MIX OF SNOW…SLEET & FREEZING RAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM TODAY.
* TIMING…A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY DEVELOP ACROSS THE ADVISORY AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE SWITCHING TO ALL SNOW BY MIDDAY AND ENDING ALTOGETHER BY 3PM OR 4PM.
Winter Weather Advisory for counties shaded in purple.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW/ICE ACCUMULATIONS…SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. VERY MINOR SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS MAY OCCUR IN THE SAME AREA. ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE NO MORE THAN SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY…WINDS WILL SHARPLY INCREASE WEST TO EAST BETWEEN 10AM AND 2PM. SUSTAINED SPEEDS MAY REACH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. THESE WINDS MAY BRIEFLY COINCIDE WITH SNOW PRODUCING LOW VISIBILITIES AND DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
* IMPACTS…ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT…ROAD TEMPERATURES REMAIN BELOW FREEZING AND LIGHT FREEZING RAIN…SLEET OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS. BLOWING SNOW MAY ALSO COMPOUND THE SITUATION WITH LIMITED VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS… A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET, OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
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