Iowans wake up to snow covered roads - KCCI Des Moines

AND MAYBE WHY YOU HAVEN’T HEARD FROM THOSE SCHOOLS IN THE METRO. HERE IS STARTING TO SEE SOME GREEN HERE SEASONAL ROADS IN DES MOINES BUT GO JUST WEST. WE SAW PARTIALLY COVERED ROADS THAT’S WHY DALLAS SENATOR YOU HAVE A TWO HOUR DELAY THIS MORNING SOUTHERN PART OF OUR STATE. LEMON I FIVE NORTH AND SOUTH THERE. YOU’RE STILL PARTIALLY COVERED AND WE’RE GETTING BETTER THE NORTHERN PART OF OUR STATE, BUT STILL 100% COVERED ROADS FROM FORT DODGE OUT TO IOWA FALLS IN UP TO MASON CITY AND UP NEAR THE MINNESOTA BORDER. THOSE PLOWS ARE WORKING HARD, ALMOST 400 OF THEM OUT RIGHT NOW. THIS IS ROUGH. AND YOU CAN SEE IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SIDE ROADS. SO WE SEE OUR MAIN ROADS STARTING CLEAR UP, BUT THOSE SIDE ROADS ARE STILL A MESS ACROSS THE STATE. A VIEW OF OUR CAMERAS ACROSS THE STATE, HIGHWAY 20 AT ROCKWELL CITY NORTHWEST OF OUR STATE. THAT’S HOW COVERED THE ROADS ARE. IT IS WHITE KNUCKLE DRIVING, BUT YOU CAN SEE IT GETS BETTER IN THE METRO, DOWN IN A TUMBLER OR U-SHAPED UP THE BEST, BUT STILL IT CAREFUL THERE COULD BE SOME SPOTS AND KCCI IS THE COLD. TAM IS LIVE IN OUR STORM CHASER THIS MORNING. NICOLE, WHERE ARE YOU? WHAT YOU SEE IT? HI, SCOTT. WE ARE ON I-35 FIVE JUST SOUTH OF ELSWORTH. CONDITIONS ARE IMPROVED A LITTLE BIT. ME TAKE YOU OUTSIDE. YOU CAN STILL DEFINITELY SEE SNOW ON THE GROUND. BUT AS YOU REMEMBER EARLIER, THERE WAS SNOW FLYING TOWARDS THE CAMERA RIGHT NOW. THAT’S NOT HAPPENING. BUT DEFINITELY YOU CAN STILL SEE SNOW ON THE GROUND. WE’RE STILL UNDER THE SPEED LIMIT AROUND 70 IN THIS AREA, BUT WE’RE DRIVING JUST OVER 40. SO DEFINITELY, IF YOU MUST BE ON THE ROADS THIS MORNING, TAKE IT A LITTLE SLOW. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GROUND AGAIN, THE SNOW IS REALLY COVERING THE ROADWAYS. WE DID SEE A SNOWPLOW AS WE’RE DRIVING. SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY CREWS OUT THROUGHOUT THE METRO AND BEYOND WORKING HARD TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR ROADS ARE SAFE. BUT OUR YARD DEFINITELY WILL BE KEEPING TRACK OF ALL THE CONDITIONS AS WE HEAD TOWARDS THE METRO TO BRING OUR LIVE IN THE STOR