HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 530 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 730 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
529 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
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529 PM CST THU DEC 24 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 THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT
SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINDS...WHICH
WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH
WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. STORM TOTAL
SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 16 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AXIS
ORIENTED ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN
ISSUED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. TRAVEL WILL CONTINUE TO BECOME
INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. THIS IS
A MAJOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM THAT MAY INDEED BE HISTORIC
AND ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL BE WINDING
DOWN WITH WINDS DECREASING DURING THIS TIME. THE SNOW SHOULD TAPER TO
FLURRIES BY EARLY SUNDAY BEFORE ENDING ALTOGETHER.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO OCCASIONALLY REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA.
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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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NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...
WEST POINT...COLUMBUS
400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE TO MODERATE SNOW...AND MAY BE
HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 6 TO 14
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 6 TO 10 INCHES IS FORECAST TOWARD
ALBION...WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES FORECAST TOWARD PENDER.
* 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 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.
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: 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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NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...
WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...DAVID CITY
430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 AM
CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
NOON CST TODAY.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF
PRECIPITATION. AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THIS
MORNING BEFORE MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION BEGINS BY LATE
MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL BE A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. SNOW IS THE MOST LIKELY PRECIPITATION
TYPE TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ALBION TO WAYNE WITH A MIX
TO THE SOUTH OF THAT. PRECIPITATION WILL TEND TO TAPER OFF THIS
EVENING..BUT ANOTHER ROUND WILL IMPACT THE REGION TONIGHT INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. THIS SECOND ROUND WILL THEN TAPER OFF THURSDAY
MORNING WITH A BREAK EXPECTED IN THE HEAVIER PRECIPITATION UNTIL
LATE THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE
SIGNIFICANT...AND WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES. SNOWFALL
TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...WITH
ADDITIONAL SNOW TONIGHT AND THEN AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT INTO
FRIDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SOME SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A
QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE TO THE SOUTH OF THE LINE FROM
ALBION TO WAYNE WITH THE MIXED PRECIPITATION.
* 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 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: 347 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER STORM POTENTIAL CONTINUES FOR MID TO LATE WEEK ACROSS
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...
.A VERY COMPLEX STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO POSSIBLY START AFFECTING
THE REGION ON WEDNESDAY...AND CONTINUING THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
SEVERAL WAVES OF PRECIPITATION LOOK LIKELY DURING THAT PERIOD
WHICH COULD ADD UP TO SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN FOR PARTS
OF THE AREA. THERE REMAINS AN ABOVE AVERAGE UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE
TRACK AND STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM. ANY DEVIATIONS IN TRACK OF THE
LOW PRESSURE WILL HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST
SNOW AND ICE FALL. PERSONS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
VERY LATEST ON THIS DEVELOPING WINTER STORM AS IT HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL.
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NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...
WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT
347 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD QUICKLY INTO NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA DURING WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE SNOW MAY MIX
WITH FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ALBION TO WAYNE. THE
SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO CHRISTMAS DAY BEFORE ENDING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: HEAVY SNOW OF 8 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA FROM WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY
IN THE ALBION...COLUMBUS...NORFOLK AND WAYNE AREAS AS THE SNOW
MIXES WITH FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
* WINDS: THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND
STRONG WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS: THIS SYSTEM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
IMPACTS TO TRAVEL FROM WEDNESDAY INTO FRIDAY. ALONG WITH
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND POSSIBLE ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG
WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
LEADING TO VERY LOW VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE
STRONG WINDS AND SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SCATTERED 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.
$$