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therepcould be a fewsnow showers and flurries on tuesday, but no accumulation expected. after another chance for snow showers wednesday, temperatures turn very cold as we enter the new year. the dangerous winter storm continues to bring snow, sleet our east, we will see cooler air wrap around the system changing any mixed precipitation over to snow later thisevening. snowfall will be moderate to heavy at times, and snowfall rates could be up to 1" an hour. there will also be gusty winds creating reduced visibility and causing the snow tt blow around on the roadways. if you have to head out, use extreme caution and allow plenty of time to get to your destination. the snow will continue into the first half of the overnight beforr winding down at midnight. winter storm warning continues until 6 am tuesday. total snow accumulations will be 1-4" in the southeastern part of the viewiwig area, 4-6" in the center part of the viewing area,
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elkader northwest there will be 6-10" with isolated areas `getting a foot there could be a few snow showers and flurries on tuesday, but no accumulation expected. after another chance for snow showers wednesday, team seven coverage now. we have reporters in waterloo, cedar rapids and dubuque getting the very latest about this snow storm. lets start with kwwl's lauren moss who isout in waterloo. and lauren what's it l lke where you're at? ron... it's that sleet/snow mix that's falling right ow..and as shnack's been saying the wind is only making things worse. take a look at this video- you can see the reflection off the sidewalk. take it slow out here...you never know how much ice is
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this snow. now, i spent the morning in a waterloo neighborhood...and look at the snow/ sleet mixture coming down.. it's a gorgous sight if yy're inside t for someone like jim "it's really really tough to get through and now there's a pass outsides where we drive, you know it really builds up which makes it tough to get through." jim told me, thh can't keep their cars running, no matter how cold it is....because the car needs to stay locked- to protect your mail...so a little help is aays nice- whenever you get the chance, pleaseeelp them oututy shoveling your sidewalks. waterloo police say there's been more than 25 accidents today...but now with the sun gone, things may get ven more slick...so take your time if you need to go out tonight. we've got you covered, lauren moss
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thanks lauren. as for the roads in cedar falls, the main ones are better than before--university avenue on the cedar falls side has gotten better although there's still compacted snow on the ground. plows are working diligently in parking lots to get them cleared. aaron klein - key west employee klein works at key west in cedar falls- he says lots of unhhppy people today although there's not much coming from the sky now, the conditions are still extremely unfavorable - don't go out unless you absolutely have to -
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state and some people heading home from wowo, here's a live look at the road conditions in the state of iowa courtesy of iowa dot. as you can see, snow is covering nearly everrsingle road iithe state. in eastern iowa, a majority of the roads south of highway 20 are completely covered. snow has also been oming down in cedar rapids, the c cty issuing a ssw ememegency startinggat noon today and going until noon tomorrow, that means you cannot park in snow emergency routes, we have a link to those routes on our website. kwwl's kristin rogers has been taking a closer look at the cedar rapids conditions, kristin what do we know? for awhile here it didnn look ke snow falling from the sky, i woulddescribe it asice pellets, ithey hurt when they hit your skinin and they were loud falling from
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sky, similar to rain, making for slick conditions. i spoke with the streets superintendent this afternoon, he said they are working the plows in three shifts with about 30 plows t at a time. but around 2 a-m it is expected to be all plows on deck with around 90 plows working to clear the streets in time for the morning commute. downtow) "it did make driving, make driving a bit c callenging and there arrjust a lot f and slippery streets." despite the conditions the linn county sherrifs ffice told me there have been some cars in the ditch throughout the day, but there have been no major accidents to report. the cedar rapis airport has had some flights cancelled both to and from chicago and dallas, they said the runways in cedar rapids are clear, however there are we've got you covered live in
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rogers...kwkwl news. certainly some slick conditions south of cedar rapids, the iowa city sheriff's office tells us they have pulled more than 20 vehicles from ditches there. the decorah eagles aren't immune to the snow. here's a live look at the decorah eagle cam. a fresh layer of snow tops the nest - it doesn't seem like there are any signs any birds have been in the nest since the snow has startedfalling. the winter storm is also hitting dubuque pretty hard. there are reports of semi's sliding off roads in the tri- states. kwwl's shirley descorbeth is live in dubuqe with the latest on connitions. shirley...how is it out t tere? well...there's still sleet coming down...!nd high winds out here. now if we take a look a some of the video i shot earlier...you'll see the roads are ice covered. city of dubuque street crew says they have all their plow trucks
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for the ne 24 hours -- taking care of primaryyand secondary strees. roads are very slick...and treacherous -- especially on hills -- which dubuque has a lot of. drivers dealing with the mess. "i couldn't make it to the top...i was spinning and trying to ke it to the top and finally a guy jumped out of his car...he was coming down the hill, i was going up." now according the dubuque police there's only been one accident so far -- but they anticipate more during the work rush hour. because of the storm -- there also have been several cancellations in the area. presidential candidate chris christie cancelled his campaign stop...he was due to be here in
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we've gotyou covered...shirley descorbeth.... ...kwwl news. this storm also impacting people trying to travel after the holidays. all flights out of dubuque's regional airport -- cancelled today. and if you want the latest news on weather, delays or just four days away fro the grand addy of them m ll... and some members of the hawkeyes defense speaking today -- ahead of the rose bowl. a little nicer weather out in pasadena, california -- and that's where kwwl's mark woodley joins us now live... yea-- it's a biicloudy -- butt i guess it's not so bad here -- the hawkeyes are certainly enjoying
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coming up in a bit as they're certainly going to get a challenge from a-p plaaer of the year christian mccaffrey -- it probably doesn't need to be said -- i'm hanging out here in pasadena -- brad hanson meanwhile -- just got in to town -- he's standing by live in santa monica -- and brad -- i've heard you already found a place that's going to be pretty friendly to hawkeye fans this week -- we're live tonight from thh world famous santa monica pier. qui the attraction on any day, with stunning views of both the ocean and the ccy. of course the ferris wheel and roller coaster are pretty popular attractions as well. even though the rose bowl isn't played until the end of the week, we were till able to ttck down (jeff lewis, souix city) "it's very exciting. i mean, we've been following the hawkeyes since the 2002 orange bowl game, rose bowl, so it's really
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just a smattering of hawkeye fans out here tday as many i'm sure are still making their way out west. but jeff wasn't the only fan we found---e came across a pretty pumped up group from iowa city. we'll hear from them tonight at ten. that'll do it from downtown santa monica...we'll send it back over to mark in pasadena. thanks brad -- well -- we're just 4 days away from stanford and iowa right here in the rose bowl on will beacing one ofthe most dynamic players in t te country -- record setting running back christian mccaffrey -- and coming up at 6 -- they'll let us know exactly we've got you covered live ...kwwl news. and we'll be hearing from mark
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throughout the week -- leading upupo the game on friday. also be sure to check out our road to the rose bowl show on wednesday at 6:30. we'll have morefrom mark coming up in sports. coming up on kwwl, iowa's defense will have its hands f%ll when they take on stanford and their heisman candidatt running backk chriritian mccaffrey. and here's a live look back out in waterloo. as you can see snow continues to fall and the wind is blowing it all over the roads. and... here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar.... chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg will have your full forecast, coming up. "now your storm track 7
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of freezing rain to the kwwl viewing areas. as the center of the storm tracks to our east, we will see cooler air wrap around the system changing any mixed precipitation ver to snow later this eeening. snowfall will be moderate to heavy at times, and snowfall rates could be up to 1" an hour. there will also be gusty winds causing the snow to bloo around on the roaaways. if you have to head out, use extreme caution and allow plenty of time to get to your destination. the snow will continue into the first half of the overnight before winding down at midnight. winter storm warning continues until 6 am tuesday. total snow accumulations will be 1-4" in the sotheastern part of theheviewing areaa4-6" in the center part of the viewing area, and from waterloo, oelwein and elkader northwest there will be 6-10" with isolated areas getting a foot. there could be a few snow showers and flurries on tuesday, but no accumulation expected. after another chane for snow showers wednesday,
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we enter the new year.. the dangerous winter storm continues to bring snow, sleet our `ast, we will ee cooler air wwp around the ssstem changing any mixed precipitation over to snow later this evening. snowfall will be moderate to heavy at times, and snowfall rates could be up to 1" an hour. there will l lso be gusty winds creating reduced visibility and causing the snow to blow around on the roadways. if you have to head out, use treme caution the snow will continue into the first half of the overnight before winding down at midnight. winter storm warning continues until 6 am tuesday. total snow accumulations will be 1-4" in the southeastern part of the viewing area, 4-6" in the center part of the viewing area, and from waterloo, oelwein and elkader northwest there will be 6-10" with isolatee areas getting a foot. there could be a few snow
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but no accumulation expected. after another chance for snow showers wednesday, temperatures turn very cold as we enter the new year.the dangerous winter storm cotinues to bring snow,sleet and areas of freezing rain to the kwwl viewing areas. as the center of the storm tracks to our east, we will see cooler air wrap around the system changing any mixed preciitation over to snow later this evening. snowfafal will be moddate to heavy at times, and snowfall rates could be up to 1" an hour. there will also be gusty winds creating reduced visibility and causing the snow to blow around on the roadways. if youu have to head out, use extreme caution and allow plenty of time to get to your destination. the snow will continue into the first half of the overnnght before winding own at midnight. winter storm warning continues until 6 am tuesday. total snow accumulations will be 1-4" in the southeastern part of the viewing area, 4-6" in the center part of the viewewng area, and from waterloo, oelwein and
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be 6-10" wih isolated ares getting a foot. there could be a few snow showers and flurries on tuesdsdy, but nooaccumulation expected. after another chance for snow showers wednesday, temperatures turn very cold as we enter the new year.the dangerous winter storm continues to bring snow, sleet and areas of freezing rain to the kwwl viewing areas. as the center of the storm tracks to our east, ww will see cooler air wrap aund the syssem changing ann mixed preciitation over to snow later this evening. snowfall will be moderate to heavy at times, and snowfall rates could be up to 1" an hour. there will also be gusty winds creating reduced visibility and causing the snow to blow around on the roadways. if you have to head out, use extreme caution and allow plenty of time
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stanford's all- american running back christian mccaffrey. and here's a live look back out at the lovely santa monica pier in santa monica, california. kwwl's mark woodley will join us live again from pasadena. stay tuned. the hawkeyes are going to have their h praised as one of america's best mayors who governed a aa pragmatist. bernie sanders pass more amendments in a republican congress than any other member. cracked the gridlock with john mccain to strengthen veterans' healthcare. bernie sders. a consistent, principled, and effective leader. building a future to believe in.
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woodley who's in the very warm pasadena california for the rose bowl. and mark, the hawkeyes know they've got a big test friday. the hawkeyes know they've e ot to prove theheselves once a aain -- iowa comes in to game week as nearly a toucdown underdog to 6th ranked stangford -- but you ow this team won'e be backing down -- even when facing one of the most explosive offensive weapons in the country -- all season long the iowa new challenge agaanst a stanffrd offense led by a-p layer of the year - running back christian certainly has the hawkeyes attention - "he just seems to run through arm tackles like it's no big deal. he's really dangerous in the pass." "it's hard to tackle him. it's hard to get your hands wrapped around him and make tackles. i think you've got to leverage
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sure you can connin him." which is sooething the iowa big battle appears to be up front - which is the way the when you're down in the trenches, big collisionon in the holes. i think that's like true football i guess." the respect the hawks have for mccaffrey seems to be mutual physical game. there's going to be plays made all over the place. iowa's a great football team and they're here for a reason. so, we know it's going stanford offense - the hawks say they've got to be mean - which apparently isnt a problem for jaleel johnson - "my family's full of mean people. it was handed down. my grandfather, he's a really mean person. my father's a mean
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so -- i thinnone of the bbgest take- aways there is don't mess with jaleel johnson -- and also don't mess with jaleeleljohnson's fafaily there's no doubt he's going to be ready to go when the hawks meet stanford here on friday afternoon -- we've got you covered live in pasadena -- i'm mark woodley -- ...kwwl news. thanks mark. thats it for sports, we'll be
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