WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 726 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1200 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009

...WINTER STORM WARNING STARTS TONIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE WEEK...
.AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. HEAVIER PRECIPITATION WILL
BEGIN TONIGHT AS A WINTRY MIX...PRIOR TO CHANGING TO ALL SNOW
BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE
SNOW WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...MAY LEAD TO
TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS EVE INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY.
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VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN
725 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING.
* A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH
  CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TONIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AS A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING
  RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY
  NIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY
  NIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON FRIDAY. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE
  WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH FRIDAY WITH WIND GUSTS
  IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY TOTAL 8 TO 14 INCHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL
  BE DEPENDENT UPON WHEN THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION CHANGES
  TO SNOW. SNOWFALL WILL BE HEAVIEST NORTH AND WEST OF GRAND
  ISLAND.
* WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE WEDNESDAY AND
  TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY DUE
  TO THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND VERY STRONG NORTH
  WINDS. WHITE OUT OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER
  MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO CHRISTMAS DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
&&
$$

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 447 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009

Expires:200912231200;;
FLUS43 KGID 221047
HWOGID
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
447 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-
231200-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
447 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE TODAY. TONIGHT THERE WILL BE
INCREASING CHANCES FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND
SNOW. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON
WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. WINDS WILL
INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
&&
MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)
$$

BLIZZARD WATCH
Issue Date: 349 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...WINTER WEATHER STARTS TUESDAY NIGHT WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE BY THE END OF THE WEEK...
.AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE CENTRAL PLAINS
TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING. PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN
TUESDAY NIGHT AND MAY START AS A WINTRY MIX PRIOR TO CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE
POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. THE
SNOW WHEN COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTH WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF
40 MPH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...MAY LEAD TO
TREACHEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL ESPECIALLY CHRISTMAS EVE INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY.
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VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN
349 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...BLIZZARD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR A COMBINATION OF ICE...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A BLIZZARD WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING.
* A WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS MORNING.
* PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN TUESDAY NIGHT AS A WINTRY MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN...SLEET OR SNOW BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL
SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE ENDING ON FRIDAY. NORTH WINDS
WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH FRIDAY
WITH WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH POSSIBLE.
* SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY TOTAL 8 TO 14 INCHES. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON ON WHEN THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
CHANGES TO SNOW. WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
DETERIORATE WEDNESDAY AND TRAVEL MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY
SNOWFALL AND VERY STRONG NORTH WINDS. WHITE OUT OR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO
CHRISTMAS DAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
A BLIZZARD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FALLING AND/OR
BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND EXTREMELY POOR VISIBILITIES.
THIS CAN LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL VERY
DANGEROUS.
$$