amounts. the wind starts to increase late tonight into saturday reducing the visibility. wind gusts will be near 25 mph from the northwest. a cold weekend is ahead with highs in the 20s. after the snow ends, our next chance of precipitation will be rain. the storm forecast to bring that will be here wednesday and thursday. snow continues to move east across iowa through tonight. moderate to heavy snow at t mes can be expected before midnight. this will make travel difficult at times. the snow gradually tapers off from west to east after midnight. snow

totals: 3-9" isolated higher amounts. the wind starts to increase late tonight into a old weekend is ahead with highssn the 20s. after the snow ends, our next chance of precipitation will be rain. the storm forecast to bring that will be here wednesday and thursday. we've got team seven storm

storm track seven reporters are covering the storm in waterloo, cedar falls, dubuque, cedar rapids and iowa city..... right now, jessica hartman is in our ewsroom making calls to law enforcement and emergency responders. out in the elements - nikki newbrough is in waterloo, macleod hageman in cedar rapids and brad hanson in dubuque... we kick off our covege with nikki in downtown waterloo... the snow is coming down at a snow we're dealing with....it's a wet snow that's now starting to stick to the roads. let's take a look at some video my photographer took when we were driving. this was less than an hour ago driving eaat out of waterloo.

snow and driving is a little slick in areas. be careful, take your time when approaching an intersection. we also noticed a number of vehicles without their hehelights on. isiablity is low due to the blowing snow, so make sure those lights are on. we've got you covered, live in though the roadssaren't idealal-- some people are braving them to head home for the holidays... in cedar falls... students at the university of northern iowa headed out of toww for thanksgiving break... a little earlier than planned today to try and beat the storm. "but since i have an on campus job, they are really dad sent me a picture of my grgrndma in the ssow, but they are wanting me to get on the road to be safe." the parking lots at uni started to empty out pretty quick as snow began falling around noon on campus today.

you'll remember the snow actually led the iowa high school athletics association to postpone high school football championships... six teams are going to have to wait until monday before they play their championship games because the games that were originally scheduled for today were postponed. high school football isn't the only thing canceled today y - our cancelation system is full of closings across the kwwl viewing area... check up on what's closed and what's open on our website - kwwl dot com... also o we want to see your snow pictures... you can send them to us on twitter or on facebook, while you're there be sure to "like" our people are stocking up on essentials for the snow storm. some heading to the grocery store to buy food and other items...making sure they're prepared. at the hyvee on locust in

dubbque...shoppers making rounds a spot. once inside, people grabbing things like bread and milk for the days ahead. "you might want to have some meat on hand, butter...bread, all the things you need at the especially older people might not be able to get out of the house becuase we're really gonna gee dumped on etty rd." so on that manns list of essentials is gas for his snow blower. managers at hy-vee say it's been nonstop busy all day. meanwhile, snow has been coming down for about three hours in dubuque. that's where we find storm track seven's brad hanson live with yeah, the snow first started flying just a little before two here in dubuque. now three hours later, we're finally seeing some decent accumluation on the ground, and the roads are

startitig to get a little slick, too. this is video from dubuque this afternoon shortly after the flurries started flying. dubuque police say they've seen a couple of minor accidents, but they think those are related to friday afternoon traffic rather than the snow. but they're expecting a very busy night, as the snow will start to stick to the roads soon. i've also been told the jule busses will end their routes early tonight cause of the snow, annthe mystique community ice center is also closing it's doors tonight. we've got you covered, live in dubuquqe. brad hanson, kwwl news.. thanks brad. you may remember last year dubuque was in the middle of a sledding controversy.... the city banned sledding in some public parks because of liability fears; however, in may the city lifted the ban on sledding in part because a bill signed into law by governor branstad back in april rids a city of liability if someone's

injured d while ssedding on public property. the decorah eagles aren't immune to the snow. here's a live look at the nnt - it doesn't seem like there are any signs any birds have been in the nest since the snow has started falling. cedar rapids seems to be one of the last areas to gege snow -- but it's coming down. kwwl's macleod hageman joins us live in linn county tonight. mac -- how are people reactiti to the snow? cedar rapids a little over an hour ago -- and it seee like people are embracing the winter weather. i stopped by a local grocery store where several customers could be seen scurrying -- and from their vehicles -- mostly with bread and milk. i asked several people whether they're ready for winter -- or wishing

the fall-like weather was stickkg around for a a hile longer -- and most people say they are actually kind of excited about the change. although -- a lot of for tomorrow's football game at kinnick stadium. but coming up at six -- i'll shshre what a few m mre folks are until then --n we've got you covered, live in cedar rapids -- macleod hageman -- kwwl news. thanks macleod. remember you can find ouuwhere the plows are on the road, with the dot plow tracker... the orange and blue circles indite plows while the little camera icons give you access the plow cam for a look - like this - at conditions in the area. so you can get the perspective of a plow driver... and get a better look at the road before you hit the streets. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberhas your full forecast nextt "you're wwtching kwwl. . e've got you covered. with ron

to east after midnight. snow totals: 3-9" isolated higher amounts. the wind starts to increase late tonight into saturday reducing the visibility. wind gusts will be near 25 mph from the northwest. a cold weekend is ahead with highs in the 200 after the snow ends, our next chance of precipitation will be rain. the storm forecast to bring that t ill be here wednesday and thursday. snow continues to move east across iowa thrugh tonight. moderate to heavy snow at times can be expected before

difficult at times. the snow gradually tapers off from west to east after midnight. snow totals: 3-9" isolated higher amounts. the wind starts to increase late tonight into saturday reducing the visibility. wind gusts will be near 25 mph from the northest. a cold weekekd is ahead with highs in the 20s. after the snow ends, our next chance of precipitation will be rain. the storm forecast to bring that will be here wednesday and thursday. snow continues to move east across iowa through tonight.

times can be expected before midnight. this will make travel difficult at times. the snow gradually tapers off from west to east aftee midnight. snow totals: -9" isolated higher amounts. the wind starts to increase late tonight into saturday reducing the visibility. wind gusts will be near 25 mph from the northwest. a cold weekend is ahead with highs in the 20s. after the snow ends, our next chance of precipitation will be rain. the storm forecast to bring that will be here

snow continues to move east across iowa through tonight. moderate to heavy snow at times can be xpected befooe midnighgh. this will make travel difficult at times. the snow gradually tapers off from west to east after midnight. snow totals: 3-9" isolated higher amounts. the wind starts to increase late tonight into saturday reducing the visibility. wind gusts will be near 25 mph from the northwest. a cold weekend is ahead with highs in the 20ss after the snnw ends, our next chance of precipitation will be rain. the storm forecast

to bring that will be here wednesday and thursday. snow continues to move east chance of precipitation will be checking in in cedar falls... storm track sevenns olivia mancinin is live near the intersection of viking road and highway 58 -- normally a very busy and occassionaly dangerous intersection. olivia? out re on vikings plaza in cedar falls parking lots very slippery here's some video on the roads at the intersection of viking and 58... roads are slick out there... this intersection here at viking and 58 is already known to be very

dangerous are taking it easy on the roads we haven't heard of any accidents yet make sure to take it easy out there, there's no signs of this snow stopping any time soon so stay off the roads as much as possible we've got you covered, live in cedar falls -- olivia mancino, here's a live look at downtown waterloo -- the snow is falling down... a lovely christmasy scene... live updates about driving conditions across easttrn iowa coming up after the breakk you're watching kwwl. we've got --------- ---------

snow coming down.. that snow can lead to dangerous driving conditions for people out on the roads. kwwl's jessica hartman is live in our newsroom... she's been calling sherrf's departmeets through out our viewing area to see how people are handling the conditions on the roads. jessica?

they tell me roads are getting slick throuuh out the coverage area. in downtown waterloo - - streets are quickly becoming snow packed. several other counties - including tama and buchanan are reporting multiply minor accidents. cars sliding off the road and into ditches. here in waterloo there is an suvv several other counties told me they were too busy handling calls to answer my questions. likely witit weather related emergencies. we've got you covered live in the newsroom ...jessica hartman kwwl news. we will be checking in with the various departments through out the night to keep you updated. we'll be right back. here's a live look at iowa city. no snow is falling down. an update from iowa city on what's going on there coming up.

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into our area.. the snow's been falling across eastern iowa throughout the afternoon... however not in iowa city... continuing our team seven coverage of the first snow in the season, we head south. snow flurries are just starting to fall here in iowa city... but people in the area are preparing for what's to come. iowa city is gearing up for the first snow storm of the season tonight. temperatures are dropping and wind is

starting to pick up... even though the storm has barely started. people in the city are bundling up in their scarves and winter coats... getting groceries for the weekend... d even buying shovels to combat the snow that's on its way. some people i talked to are more worried about tomorrow than tonight... i'm working on that for 6 we've got you covered, live in iowa city - hillary maglin, kwwl news... thanks hillary. we'll be right back with a final --------- --------- ---------

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