HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 630 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
629 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
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629 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR WILL
LIKELY SEE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION CONSISTING OF RAIN...SLEET...
AND OR FREEZING RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH THE ONSET OF FREEZING RAIN
THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA...LOCATIONS AT GREATEST RISK FOR
ACCUMULATING ICE WILL FALL WITHIN AREAS BETWEEN THE OMAHA METRO AND
NEBRASKA CITY...THEN SOUTHWESTWARD TO SEWARD AND FAIRBURY.
AS FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA...THE MAIN THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING ICE WILL
FALL WITHIN POTTAWATTAMIE...MILLS...FREMONT...AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH COUPLE WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY
AND CHRISTMAS EVE. SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT WITH POSSIBLE ACCUMULATION TOTALS AROUND A FOOT OVER NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL TOTALS OR ICING REPORTS.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 431 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...MESSY LONG DURATION WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK FOR EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...
.A LARGE AND INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL START TO AFFECT THE AREA
TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON CHRISTMAS. THE STORM SYSTEM
WILL SPREAD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE
PERIOD LEADING TO POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR
THE CHRISTMAS WEEK. THE FIRST BATCH OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TODAY...WITH THE SECOND TONIGHT AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL FROM
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES ALL SNOW WITH
TIME...WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL START TO IMPROVE BY THE
WEEKEND.
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NEMAHA-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...FALLS CITY
430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE
  THROUGH THE MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
  THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LEADING TO JUST RAIN AFTER THE
  NOON HOUR. HEAVIER SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE STARTING ON THURSDAY
  AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM...MAINLY FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE
  POSSIBLE TODAY BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY TO 20 TO 30 MPH
  WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND STRONG WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
  NIGHT LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEW SNOW.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
  STORM SYSTEM. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND
  SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS...POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
  FROM THE STORM. MUCH OF THE IMPACTS WILL COME THURSDAY THROUGH
  FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
&&
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.
&&
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...MESSY LONG DURATION WINTER STORM STILL ON TRACK FOR EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...
.A LARGE AND INTENSE STORM SYSTEM WILL START TO AFFECT THE AREA
TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON CHRISTMAS. THE STORM SYSTEM
WILL SPREAD SEVERAL ROUNDS OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE
PERIOD LEADING TO POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR
THE CHRISTMAS WEEK. THE FIRST BATCH OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TODAY...WITH THE SECOND TONIGHT AND THEN THE THIRD AND FINAL FROM
THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. AS THE PRECIPITATION BECOMES ALL SNOW WITH
TIME...WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. CONDITIONS WILL START TO IMPROVE BY THE
WEEKEND.
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NEMAHA-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...FALLS CITY
430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY. THE FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE
FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE MORNING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT LEADING TO JUST RAIN AFTER THE
NOON HOUR. HEAVIER SNOW IS THEN POSSIBLE STARTING ON THURSDAY
AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM...MAINLY FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE TODAY BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY TO 20 TO 30 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND STRONG WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF NEW SNOW.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND
SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS...POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
FROM THE STORM. MUCH OF THE IMPACTS WILL COME THURSDAY THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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.
$$

FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY
Issue Date: 954 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009

...HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE AFFECTED BY A MAJOR WINTER STORM THIS
WEEK...
.A LARGE STORM SYSTEM ORGANIZING OVER THE WEST COAST...WILL MOVE
INTO THE ROCKIES AND THEN PLAINS STATES THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS
SYSTEM WILL PHASE WITH ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WEDNESDAY...RESULTING
IN A VERY COMPLEX WEATHER SITUATION THIS WEEK. A VARIETY OF
WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH HEAVY SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND
RAIN. THEN AS THE SYSTEM PULLS IN COLD AIR FROM THE NORTH...
THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW. BLOWING SNOW IS
ALSO LIKELY AS WINDS INCREASE. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND
ICE ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS SYSTEM WITH A HIGH IMPACT TO TRAVEL.
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NEMAHA-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...FALLS CITY
954 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY
MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. FREEZING DRIZZLE OR FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED
THROUGH TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN ARE BOTH POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY. SURFACE TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE AROUND OR BELOW
FREEZING FOR AT LEAST PART OF THE DAY WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ROUND
OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PRECIPITATION
COULD MIX WITH SLEET LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE LAST ROUND IS
EXPECTED FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...WHEN FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET
WILL CHANGE TO SNOW. SNOW MAY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO NEAR 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM...MAINLY FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO
A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE FREEZING
RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN. MORE ICE MAY OCCUR WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY
NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND
SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS...POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
FROM THE STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$