UPDATE: 20 Car Accidents in Cedar Falls Today As Winter Weather Finally Descends

Black Hawk County is under a winter weather advisory until 6 p.m. Earlier this week the weather was in the 50s. Welcome to Iowa.

The said there were 20 reported motor vehicle accidents in town over the last 24 hours, as of 3:30 p.m. They couldn't say how many of those were directly related to the weather, but in the previous 24 hour period, there were only seven reported accidents. None of today's accidents resulted in serious injury or fatality, police said.

According to the National Weather Service, light to moderate snow fall will continue throughout the afternoon, tapering off this evening. The snow is accompanied by northwest winds of 25 to 35 miles per hour, with gusts of up to 45 miles per hour.

The combination of wind and loose and falling snow could cause reduced visibility, at times to below one mile. Slick roads conditions are expected as blowing snow freezes on some road surfaces. Three to five inches of snow are expected to fall, and the wind chill could reach minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit.

In downtown Cedar Falls today, snow drifted across the roads, leaving some lanes covered. Snow plows cleared sections, but the wind quickly blew snow back over the roads.

"We did a full plow today, but unfortunately with the blowing snow, it’s covered up again already. We’ll go out and do it all again tomorrow," Supervisor Randy Bennett said. "Everybody would like to have their street done right away, but it just takes time."

The Iowa Department of Transportation's website listed Highways 63, 218 and 27 around Cedar Falls as partially or mostly covered this afternoon.

Today is the first time this winter the snow plows have been called out. Bennett said the abnormally warm winter hasn't kept the department dormant, however.

"It’s actually given us an opportunity before the snow came to get a lot of ditch and park maintenance done," he said. "We were really getting more summer projects done."

The National Weather Service predicts sunny skies tomorrow, with a high of 18 degrees Fahrenheit and wind chills as low as minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit. They predict a 40 percent chance of snow on Saturday, with a high near 30 degrees Fahrenheit.

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