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12/16/2024

12/16/2024

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12/15/2024

Here is a little recap of yesterdays chase in Iowa with Kryptonite Weather:

We left around 12am on 12/14/24 and made our way to Cedar Rapids, IA to do LIVE ground coverage of the ongoing ice storm that was threating the area with bad driving conditions and power outages.
As we arrived, Cedar Rapids did not look to bad, however conditions quickly worsened as sleet begin precipitating. Sleet built up about 1/3 inch on all surfaces within about 40 minutes to a hour, but highways were well maintained by strong presence of plows.
About 10:30am we made our way down to Interstate I-80 in Iowa City, IA. As we made our way down we began to see cars in ditches, and when we reached Iowa City that's when the nightmare unfolded. One car was about 70-100 feet off the roadway but they appeared ok to us then the other car down the road . The car down the road had slid into the median between the eastbound and westbound lanes of I-80 and the airbags inside the vehicle had deployed. We quickly made a U-turn to assist the driver who had the car blocking the fast lane. I quickly went to go check on the couple and their cat. They were ok but shaken up. I quickly called 911 and got them on the scene and we let them handle it from there. We then drove farther east down I-80 to see if any other drivers might need any assistance before turning back to Iowa City.
We made a pit stop at a nice little park to get some photography (one of my shots is the picture you see below) before we headed to meet up with Midwest Weather.
After our quick little meet up with Midwest Weather we started to make our way back to Minnesota after a quick pit stop in Walker, Iowa. As we were in Walker, heavy snow started to fall with some flakes being around 4 inches! The ground was quickly covered in a thick layer of wet and sloppy snow. We followed the snow precipitation north on highway 63 toward Rochester, Minnesota. Upon arrival in Rochester we ended our chase as the precipitation was no longer falling.

We were LIVE for about 24 hours minus a little bit of stream downtime. I thank each of you who popped in to the LIVE and reshared it. It really helps us to stay on the road chasing all things weather, getting those warnings out there, saving lives and property, and bringing you all the weather content you all deserve!

Thank you!

12/15/2024

~Powerful Clipper Thursday-Saturday~

A powerful clipper is expected to move through a large portion of the region during the day Thursday, but especially Friday. There is going to be a piece of energy from the northern Mountain West that'll phase together creating a rather vigorous clipper. Impactful snow, including several inches, is increasingly likely, but not everyone in the blue area will see several inches.

Clippers tend to shift around and I have a rule to not talk about the amounts and more exact track until 72 hours. That's tomorrow so look for a more detailed post on this tomorrow.

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12/15/2024

Look who we found in the ice storm earlier today!! Midwest Weather

This trio will be WRANGLING the skies next season! 🌪️

Team Interceptor

12/15/2024

12/15/2024

12/14/2024

Significant ice has been reported, as high as six-tenths of an inch in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Icing around a quarter of an inch for many other areas in eastern IA. Eastern Nebraska and central IA had their fair share of icing but it is mostly done now. Precipitation will hang out east of I35 with a transition to snow expected this evening as it continues to move east.

12/14/2024

On are way back to Minnesota chasing the snow and ice system moving through the area

12/14/2024

Some winter shots tonight while chasing in Iowa! What do you guys think?❄️❄️

12/14/2024

WOW!

12/14/2024

Ice covered trees on I-80 in Iowa!

12/14/2024

Door to this McDonalds in West Bridge, Iowa is completely iced over!

12/14/2024

2 accidents so far going southbound out of Cedar Rapids, IA on I-380!

12/14/2024

LIVE in Cedar Rapids, Iowa!