UNI Delayed, Cedar Falls, Waterloo Schools Closed Friday; Cedar Falls, Waterloo Declare Snow Emergency: Winter Storm Q Updates

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Updated 7:44 a.m. Friday:

From UNI:

UNI classes and normal business operations delayed Friday, Feb. 22.

UNI classes and normal business operations will begin at 10 am. today, Friday, Feb. 22, due to severe weather. Other weather-related announcements will be posed on the university's website.

Updated 10:25 p.m.:

Cedar Falls Schools are closed Friday.

Other closures include Waterloo Schools, Valley Lutheran, St. Patrick School and Waterloo Christian Schools.

Updated 5 p.m.:

From the Eastern Iowa Airport:

United has canceled its LAST arriving flights of the day (10 pm and after) and therefore its FIRST departing flights of the morning tomorrow (they are the same plane). Delta has also canceled its LAST flight from Atlanta tonight (8:16 pm) and FIRST Atlanta departure in the morning. We anticipate this being the trend with United, Delta, and American. Note that Allegiant tends to indefinately delay flights since they do not offer daily service.
For up to date information on arrivals and departures, go to our Website (www.eiairport.org) and check the Arrivals and Departures from our home page.

Updated 4:30 p.m.:

Hawkeye Community College will close at 5 p.m.

Waverly-SR vs. Iowa Falls-Alden Boys Basketball game at Cedar Falls High School has been postponed.

Waterloo has issued a snow emergency from 6 p.m. Thur. to 6 a.m. Sat.

Updated 1:15 p.m.:

The City of Cedar Falls has declared a snow emergency. The snow emergency will go into effect beginning at 7 p.m. Thursday and will continue until 5 p.m. Friday.

Residents are asked to move their vehicles off of snow emergency routes until after the snow emergency has been lifted.  Vehicles in violation will be ticketed and possibly towed.

Refuse collection will be as normal for Friday.

Updated 1 p.m.:

UNI classes are canceled as of 5 p.m. today due to severe weather.  See www.uni.edu for more information.  Other cancellation notices will be posted on the university's website.

Original story: 7 a.m. Thursday:

As Winter Storm Q prepares to dump several inches of snow across the Midwest in a wide swath from Kansas to Ohio, the National Weather Service has upgraded a winter storm watch to a warning for Black Hawk County and much of the rest of Iowa.

The warning begins at 6 p.m. Thursday and lasts until noon Friday.

Read more:

Watch Winter Storm Q Roll Into Cedar Falls (Weather Radar)

Upload Your Snow Pictures to Cedar Falls Patch

Accumulation of five to eight inches of snow is expected, with higher amounts possible in some areas. The heaviest snowfall is likely to occur along and west of Interstate 35.

In addition to the snow, the Weather Service said strong winds of 15 to 35 mph late Thursday could restrict visibility to less than 1/4 mile or less at times.

This story will be updated with snowfall totals, road conditions and other information as the storm progresses.