Elizabeth i am elizabeth klinge. Ottumwa metinka headed for near record highs, 63 in des moines. That is pretty close to the standing record set in 1890. We will have afternoon sunshine. Today will be the warmest temperatures we have seen for quite some time. Highs slipping back into the 40s with some chili rainfall, and next week week it will feel like december actually should with overnight lows falling back into the teens. Eric right now Des Moines Police still looking for the driver after a high speed chase. It ended here near the aib , college of business. Shaina humphries with the overnight developments. , that video. This is the lexus suv that police say refused to stop for them speeding off at 100 miles , per hour going the wrong way down city streets. The driver hit police stop sticks and finally stopped in a ditch off southwest 23rd. The driver running away before police got there. Officers took the passenger in for questioning. Police tell us they found drugs in the vehicle.
511ia. Org. Still very few normal conditions. The roads store the slowly never mind slowly returning to normal. Blue means, partially covered. Leftovers from the record breaking snow storm made for a second day of troublesome driving. An Early Morning crash blocked traffic turning onto 7th street off of i235 this morning. The crash happened just before 7 00 a. M. On and off ramps proved to be slick in most areas. Our crews saw several cars sliding into intersections, on off ramps, and side streets. Several cars were left in ditches as well. Lets check in the see if we expect more snow. Now we expect temperatures to fall. Frank we have a chance for flurries tomorrow. These temperatures are cold, 25 degrees is the air temperature. Wind out of the west and in the air. Cooler to the north with fort city. Mid20s across the state and with snow across the ground even chillier. Heaviest snow at six to 10 east of the metro. Yesterday evening and that created heavy snowfall. In the des moines at
Storm warning until 6 00 a. M. The snow has moved out. It is going to be a whole lot quieter today. Temps will stay cool. Make sure you bundle up. Make sure you keep those warm gloves handy. Elizabeth kccis alyx sacks is back watching the roads for you this morning. Alyx how are things looking so far . Alyx we are on 80 35 going north. I can to you that there are trouble areas are the on and off ramps. They are better than yesterday but one thing to note is the roads are still wet. Even though they are plowed, you want to watch out because of the potential for black ice. Another troublesome spot, under if you are traveling any of those, possibly some slick areas. The most troublesome so far seems to be the on and off ramps. Looking at iowa 511, there seems to be a lot of roadways still cover, 35 south of des moines. I 80 east of des moines, the roadway is completely covered. Either direction it seems you should still plan on giving yourself extra time before heading out the door. Do no
Jasper, boone, story and marshall. Travel is not advised on i80 east between mitchellville and grinnell. Kccis Laura Terrell starts our team 8 coverage from along i80. Laura a snow covered interstate. Is leaving several cars scattered in the ditch along i 80 east, like this fed ex truck near mitchellville. Things were going too slow and i just didnt want to cause an accident or be in an accident. Laura truck driver jacob benson decided to just park it for the night. I parked here just for my personal safety. I found a place where i could park so i figured i would stop for the night. Laura Michael Morton and his family are only stopping for a quick rest stop break on their trip from sioux city to ohio. Weve seen six semis jackknifed. Weve seen two of them tipped over. Weve seen about four or five cars in the banks. Laura even though travel is not advised theyve decided to keep going just at a slower pace. We are doing about 40. And then with the truckers around, we drop down to about 30
Our snow should be ending between 10 00 and midnight out there. Heaviest to the north. Seven to 11 inches. Already reports out of webster county, Marshall County, anywhere from five to seven inches of snow. 48 in central iowa. The icy conditions as you head over to east central iowa. Our winter storm warning in morning. Southern iowa has the system moves quickly to the north. Todd take a look at the iowa dots Road Conditions map. On a good day, the roads across the state will all be green. But tonight, it is filled with covered or pink, meaning , completely covered. Problems. Vanessa here in ames, the wind will not let up. It is hard to keep up with the snow, snow that can create huge problems for drivers out on the road. We start at 7 30, nonstop. Vanessa snowplow operators are working fast to keep up. We had a hard time getting it off. This one, the wind keeps piling vanessa that means be careful around areas that have windbreaks. Blowing snow really can be its own problem. We have i