“No Travel” advisory extended to midnight tonight
Posted on: December 20, 2012
AMES, Iowa – Dec. 20, 2012: 10:30 a.m. – Due to life-threatening blizzard conditions, the Iowa Department of Transportation's “No Travel” advisory remains in effect until midnight for the following counties.
- DOT District 1 (Central Iowa) – Webster, Hamilton, Hardin, Grundy, Green, Boone, Story, Marshall, Tama, Polk, Jasper and Poweshiek counties
- DOT District 2 (Northern Iowa) – Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth, Mitchell, Howard, Winneshiek, Allamakee, Hancock, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Chickasaw, Fayette, Clayton, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Bremer, and Black Hawk counties
- DOT District 3 (Northwest Iowa) - Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Calhoun, Sac, and Ida Counties. (Note: Sac, Ida and Monona Counties are expected to be near winter normal by shortly after noon today and visibility is above 1/2 mile in those counties already.)
- DOT District 4 (Southwest Iowa) – Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas, Pottawattamie, Cass, Adair, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Adams, Union, Fremont, Page, Taylor and Ringgold counties
- DOT District 5 (Southeast Iowa) – Warren, Marion, Mahaska, Keokuk, Washington, Muscatine, Louisa, Clarke, Lucas, Monroe, Wapello, Jefferson, Henry, Des Moines, Decatur, Wayne, Appanoose, Davis, Van Buren, and Lee counties
- DOT District 6 (Eastern Iowa)– Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Benton, Linn, Jones, Jackson, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Clinton counties
If you absolutely must travel, bring your mobile phone and winter survival supplies. If you become stranded, STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE and call 911.
For the latest travel information, use Iowa's 511. 511 information is available in several convenient formats, select the one that best meets your needs.
- By phone (call 511 within Iowa or 800-288-1047 toll-free nationwide).
- On Facebook and Twitter (visit www.iowadot.com/511/socialmedia.html for details).
- On the Internet at www.511ia.org.
- In a mobile device-compatible format (visit www.511ia.org).
- Email and/or text message (Get personalized “My Reports” alerts via email and/or text message. Alerts keep travelers informed about traffic incidents, road closures and other restrictions that affect the highway routes users have preselected. It’s easy to subscribe to My Reports and sign up to receive the email/text alerts. Visit http://www.iowadot.gov/511/MyReportsAlerts.html for simple, step-by-step instructions.)
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