HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 411 AM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
354 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
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GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
354 AM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM WEDNESDAY. PLEASE
SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSSAGE FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY MORNING. WEDNESDAY MORNING
WIND CHILL READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS NEAR 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE
POSSIBLE AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS.
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MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 351 AM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...A MAJOR WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...
.SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES
ON TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF
TUESDAY NIGHT.  WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOWFALL OF AT LEAST 6
INCHES...AND EVEN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING. STRONG NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES TUESDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIND CHILLS WILL DROP TO THE
10 TO 20 DEGREE BELOW RANGE TUESDAY NIGHT. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL
PLANS THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED
FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS...AT TIMES RESULTING IN
IMPASSABLE ROADWAYS TUESDAY NIGHT.
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WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...ORD...FULLERTON...
LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...
KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...
MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...
FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
351 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AND BECOME WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT.
SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AND END LATE
TUESDAY NIGHT.
* WIDESPREAD SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
SNOW AMOUNTS MAY EXCEED 12 INCHES SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM YORK
NEBRASKA TO SMITH CENTER AND OSBORNE KANSAS.
* NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND
GUST NEAR 40 MPH. THE WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS
OF 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT.
* HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONDITIONS
WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. TRAVEL IS NOT
RECOMMENDED DURING THIS TIME FRAME. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS
MAY OCCUR DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING 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: 1147 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FOLLOWED
BY A MAJOR WINTER STORM TUESDAY...
.TWO WINTER WEATHER SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
AND NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE FIRST WILL BE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH A STEADY SNOW FALL SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA...AND
WRAPPING UP TONIGHT. IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AN AVERAGE OF
ABOUT 3 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED BY SUNRISE MONDAY
MORNING...ALTHOUGH A FEW SPOTS MAY MEASURE AROUND 4 INCHES OF
SNOW. IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...SNOWFALL WILL BE ON THE ORDER OF
1 TO 3 INCHES THROUGH THIS EVENING.
THE SECOND SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM...
LIKELY PRODUCING HEAVY SNOW IN EXCESS OF 6 INCHES...AND STRONG
NORTH WINDS RESULTING IN WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING
CONDITIONS BY TUESDAY NIGHT. ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS FROM LATE
MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS...AT TIMES
RESULTING IN IMPASSABLE ROAD CONDITIONS TUESDAY NIGHT. THE HEAVY
SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED UP BY FRIGID COLD TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY.
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FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...
RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
1147 AM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
* THE FIRST OF TWO STORM SYSTEMS WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON WITH SNOW...LASTING INTO THE EVENING. A
SECOND...MUCH STRONGER STORM WILL BRING SNOW INTO THE AREA AROUND
MIDNIGHT MONDAY NIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF TUESDAY
NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SECOND STORM ON
TUESDAY WILL DUMP MUCH HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS...LIKELY IN THE 6 TO
10 INCH RANGE.
* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW PROBLEMS WILL BE LIMITED TODAY...BUT
THAT WILL NOT BE THE CASE WITH THE SECOND STORM. NORTH WINDS
AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
* LOCALLY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AS ROADS BECOME SNOW PACKED AND
VISIBILITIES ARE REDUCED AT TIMES. THE SECOND STORM HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO RESULT IN DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS DUE TO
HEAVIER SNOW AMOUNTS AND MUCH STRONGER WINDS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THOSE DRIVING ACROSS SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR PERIODS OF SNOW THAT WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED. USE CAUTION AND SLOW DOWN.
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR
THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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