HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 346 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 345 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

/234 PM MST WED DEC 23 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE OVER PLAINS TONIGHT
AND IMPACT ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTHWEST ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING.
BEFORE CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OCCURS...MAINLY OVER NORTHWEST
NEBRASKA...FOG AND PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE.
OVERNIGHT PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED WITH
VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 1 MILE. WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING
TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. THESE STRONG WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES AND CAUSING
DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...THEN TAPER OFF
FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 TO 45
MPH THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY CREATING NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WINTER STORM
WARNINGS ARE OUT FOR ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF A FOOT IS POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY
MORNING...OVER PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WITH LESSER
AMOUNTS TO THE SOUTHWEST.
ANYONE PLANNING TRAVEL OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS TRAVEL
CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY SNOWFALL REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 353 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY...
.AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL LIFT EAST ACROSS THE DESERT
SOUTHWEST...APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA EARLY ON
WEDNESDAY...THEN SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATER WEDNESDAY...WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY BY THURSDAY. THE WINDS WILL
COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BY FRIDAY...SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST
ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AREAS.
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR
DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY...THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY
MORNING. ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-059-071-231000-
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EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
353 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST FRIDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WITH LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING
AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME
WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND COME TO AN END FRIDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE
LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY.
* WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AND
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS
EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 30 TO 40
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
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. STRONG
WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.
$$

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 413 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS MID WEEK...
.A STORM SYSTEM OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO
ORGANIZE AND MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THROUGH
TUESDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL CROSS THE ROCKIES AND MOVE ONTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY EVENING AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY.
NEZ005>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-212230-
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EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-
THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-
DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...
THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...
TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...
OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
413 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009 /313 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009/
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING OVER
WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY
SPREADING EAST OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY
EVENING AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY FRIDAY.
* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
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.
$$
POWER