HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 254 PM MST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 245 PM MST WED DEC 09 2009

/238 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PROGRESS EASTWARD ACROSS
THE PLAINS THIS EVENING...REACHING THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES BY
TOMORROW MORNING. PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ARE STILL
EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
THROUGH THE LATE EVENING HOURS...BRINGING SNOW TOTALS OF 3 TO 6
INCHES NORTH OF A LINE FROM IMPERIAL TO NORTH PLATTE TO ONEILL.
SOUTH OF THIS LINE SNOW TOTALS LOOK TO BE IN THE 6 TO 10 INCH
RANGE...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE CLOSER TO KANSAS BORDER. IN
THE HEAVIER SNOW BANDS VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO A QUARTER
TO A HALF OF A MILE AT TIMES...ASSOCIATED WITH SNOW RATES OF 1 TO
2 INCHES PER HOUR.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35
MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. THIS
COMBINATION WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
LASTLY BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS HIGH
PRESSURE BUILDS INTO THE HIGH PLAINS AND CLEARING BEGINS. LOWS IN
THE DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND SPEEDS OF
10 TO 20 MPH TO CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE
MINUS 20 TO MINUS 30 DEGREE RANGE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID WEEK WITH
HIGHS
IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOWS 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO EXPECTED.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS REQUESTED TUESDAY FOR REPORTS OR SNOWFALL
RATES OF ONE INCH PER HOUR OR GREATER...ALSO FOR SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AND VISIBILITY REPORTS OF 1/4 MILE OR LESS.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE
$$

WIND CHILL ADVISORY
Issue Date: 247 PM MST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 900 AM MST WED DEC 09 2009

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL EXIT THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT.
WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN HAZARDOUS TONIGHT DUE TO LOW
VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN AREAS. POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS WILL
OCCUR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
NEZ004-005-022>025-035>037-056>058-094-090930-
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/O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-091209T0000Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-
MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
347 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009 /247 PM MST TUE DEC 8 2009/
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM
MST/ THIS EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM MST/
WEDNESDAY...
THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST /9 AM
MST/ WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING.
* TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPPER OF TO FLURRIES BY
EARLY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: LESS THAN AN INCH OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION
IS EXPECTED. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
* WIND: NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH.
* IMPACTS: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY
EARLY EVENING. WIND CHILL READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 35 BELOW
TONIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 222 AM MST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 1100 PM MST TUE DEC 08 2009

.A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS POISED TO TRACK THROUGH KANSAS AND
NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY.
NEZ010-027>029-038-058-059-069>071-072115-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.A.0011.091208T0000Z-091209T0600Z/
HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-
FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONEILL...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...
BROKEN BOW...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
322 AM CST MON DEC 7 2009 /222 AM MST MON DEC 7 2009/
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING.
* TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE MONDAY EVENING
AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA. THIS HEAVY SNOW COULD SPREAD NORTH INTO PARTS OF NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS NORTH.
* WIND: EAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING
WILL BECOME NORTH AT 20 TO 25 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
* IMPACTS: SNOW COULD FALL AT THE RATE OF AN INCH AN HOUR AND
VISIBILITY COULD FALL BELOW 1/4 MILE TUESDAY MORNING. HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW TUESDAY
AFTERNOON COULD BLOCK ROADS. WIND CHILL READINGS COULD FALL TO
NEAR ZERO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TO MINUS 20 OR LOWER TUESDAY
EVENING.
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. YOUR CAR SHOULD
CONTAIN A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT. THIS WOULD INCLUDE EXTRA
CLOTHES...BLANKETS...FOOD AND WATER IN THE EVENT YOU BECOME
STRANDED.
$$