HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK Issue Date: 535 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009 Expiration: 545 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009 Expires:200912231245;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY
533 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
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DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
533 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING WITH
ADDITIONAL MODERATE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY. AN ARCTIC COLD
FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT RESULTING IN VERY
COLD TEMPERATURES AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 45 MPH. BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY WITH WIND CHILL VALUES APPROACHING 30 BELOW ZERO AT
TIMES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE URGED TO REPORT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND WIND
SPEEDS.
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THIS PRODUCT...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...HYDROLOGIC...AND
CLIMATE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEB AT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/CHEYENNE
$$ WINTER STORM WARNING Issue Date: 423 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009 Expiration: 600 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009 ...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING
AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
TONIGHT AND OUT ONTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS ON WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING
SNOW WILL RETURN TO SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA
PANHANDLE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS FAR EASTERN WYOMING AND THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT CAUSING CONSIDERABLE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
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DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE
422 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
MST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 AM MST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL THIS EVENING AND INTENSIFY LATE
TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY
ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY EARLY
THURSDAY.
* WINDS/VISIBILITIES...SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH INITIALLY
THIS EVENING WILL GRADUALLY TURN NORTHERLY BY WEDNESDAY. NORTH
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT CREATING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
ACROSS THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE ADVERSELY IMPACTED IN FALLING
SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL STRENGTHEN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT REDUCING VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA
FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN
EMERGENCY.
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$$ WINTER STORM WATCH Issue Date: 928 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009 Expiration: 1100 PM MST WED DEC 23 2009 ...A WINTER STORM WILL BRING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF THE WYOMING
PLAINS AND NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
EVENING.
.AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE FROM THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES
OUT ONTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS LATE TUESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL
RETURN TO SOUTHEAST WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
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DAWES-BOX BUTTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-BANNER-MORRILL-KIMBALL-CHEYENNE-
NORTH SIOUX-SOUTH SIOUX-NIOBRARA COUNTY-
CENTRAL LARAMIE RANGE AND SOUTHWEST PLATTE COUNTY-
EAST PLATTE COUNTY-GOSHEN COUNTY-SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE-
SOUTH LARAMIE RANGE FOOTHILLS-CENTRAL LARAMIE COUNTY-
EAST LARAMIE COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHADRON...ALLIANCE...SCOTTSBLUFF...
GERING...HARRISBURG...BRIDGEPORT...BAYARD...KIMBALL...SIDNEY...
HARRISON...AGATE...LUSK...BORDEAUX...GLENDO...WHEATLAND...
CHUGWATER...GUERNSEY...TORRINGTON...VEDAUWOO...BUFORD...
PUMPKIN VINE...HORSE CREEK...HARRIMAN...WHITAKER...CHEYENNE...
BURNS...CARPENTER...ALBIN...PINE BLUFFS
928 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL TUESDAY EVENING AND INTENSIFY
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 7
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE LARAMIE RANGE BY LATE
WEDNESDAY. HIGHER AMOUNTS WILL OCCUR IN THE SOUTHERN LARAMIE
RANGE...WHERE 5 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IS LIKELY.
* WINDS/VISIBILITIES...EAST WINDS OF 5 TO 15 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT
WILL TURN NORTH DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED TO BECOME
ADVERSELY IMPACTED IN FALLING SNOW LATE TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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