HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 354 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

Expires:200912261200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
348 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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348 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
A SEVERE WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT A LARGE PART OF THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES
IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER
CLEARING OF ROADWAYS. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH
TONIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...WILL BE WIDESPREAD OVER
THAT REGION TONIGHT. ELSEWHERE...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY.
TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE.
THIS REMAINS A MAJOR...LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...ALTHOUGH
THE SNOW AND WINDS WILL BE DIMINISHING. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO
FLURRIES ON SUNDAY=.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO OCCASIONALLY REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA.
$$

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA INTO SATURDAY MORNING...
.LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS IOWA TONIGHT. THIS
SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MUCH OF
TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. CONDITIONS HAVE
IMPROVED SOMEWHAT OVER WESTERN IOWA AND TO AREAS IN NEBRASKA EAST
OF HIGHWAY 77...HOWEVER CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST
AND MANY ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE IN PLACES.
TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITY
AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE
THREATENING SITUATION.
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326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE GENERALLY WEST OF
HIGHWAY 77.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE ANYWHERE
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
TO OVER 40 MPH.
* IMPACTS...THIS BLIZZARD WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL
AND ACTIVITIES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS. SOME ROADS HAVE ALREADY DRIFTED SHUT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
$$
MAYES/BOUSTEAD/KERN

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO IMPACT PARTS OF THE AREA
THROUGH SATURDAY...
.THE STORM SYSTEM IS MAKING THE TURN FROM TEXAS AND LIFTING INTO
ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS
CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY MORNING...SURFACE
LOW PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER IOWA AND WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT
INTO ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS SATURDAY...HOWEVER WILL BE ON THE WANE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY
NIGHT.
TRAVEL DURING THE WINTER STORM IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE
COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY
COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
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CASS-OTOE-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...COUNCIL BLUFFS...
GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...TEKAMAH...SCHUYLER...
FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...
SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...BEATRICE...
TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 6 TO 16
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 6 TO 10 INCHES IS FORECAST FROM SEWARD
TOWARD LINCOLN...WITH 10 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY INTO WESTERN IOWA.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH.
* IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON
TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG
WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 401 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...POWERFUL STORM TO DEVELOP THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ...
.THE MAIN PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS OVER ARIZONA...HOWEVER
ONE PIECE OF THE STORM CAME OUT TODAY AND WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO
SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA TONIGHT. AS THE STORM OVER ARIZONA
HEADS INTO TEXAS TONIGHT...ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
MONTANA. THURSDAY...THESE TWO WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO COMBINE
INTO ONE LARGE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM THROUGH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE A LULL IN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION
TONIGHT...AND INCREASING SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS FOR THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MIXED
UNTIL IT CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY THURSDAY FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION TO
SOME ICING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.
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401 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER
IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...A MIX OF VERY LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND
SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...HOWEVER ANY AMOUNTS SHOULD BE
LIGHT. THE INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE WILL INCREASE...WITH ALL
SNOW EXPECTED DURING THE MORNING WITH DETERIORATING CONDITIONS
DUE TO THE STRENGTHENING WINDS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES OF
SNOW MAY OCCUR FROM THIS STORM WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS TOWARD FAIRBURY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE VERY LIGHT.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS
AND ICE STILL ON TREES AND POWER LINES...POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO
BE POSSIBLE DURING THE STORM.
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.
$$

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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COUNCIL BLUFFS...TEKAMAH...BLAIR...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...
SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY
430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW
ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TEND TOWARD FREEZING
RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF
OMAHA. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING
MORE TOWARD SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES MAY
OCCUR FROM THIS STORM.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO
BE SOUTH OF SEWARD TO TEKAMAH TO HARLAN IOWA WHERE MORE THAN A
TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
FROM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE
TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
BOUSTEAD/DEE