HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1034 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1045 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

/934 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL SLOWLY WOBBLE OVER THE MID AND LOWER
MISSOURI VALLEY TODAY...AND AS IT DOES...WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL
CONTINUE IN MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND THIS SNOWFALL WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IN NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MOST SEVERE ALONG AND NORTH OF
STATE HIGHWAY 2 AND ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 WHERE SNOWFALL
RATES COULD BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES. IN THIS AREA...
SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. VISIBILITIES WILL BE
SEVERELY RESTRICTED...TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...AND MAY
PRODUCE SNOW DRIFTS DEEPER THAN FOUR FEET WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW
FALLS. OVER THE REST OF THE AREA ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE
HIGHWAY 80 AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 83...RESTRICTIONS TO VISIBILITY
WILL BE SEVERE...BUT WITH LESSER SNOW TOTALS...SNOW DRIFTS WILL
NOT BE AS DEEP.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH AND VISIBILITY WILL
IMPROVE SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORMS BEGINS TO MOVE EASTWARD
TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE WESTERN GREAT LAKES.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE
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BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 351 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS
NORTHERN NEBRASKA...
.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO STALL IN IOWA TODAY...
EVEN MOVING WESTWARD SOME. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW TO A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH WESTERN
NEBRASKA. COMBINED WITH WIND INCREASING AND BECOMING VERY
STRONG...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN MUCH OF THE AREA.
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LOGAN-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW
351 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE BROKEN BOW AND STAPLETON
AREAS THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES
CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN NORTHEAST
CUSTER COUNTY.
* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS
EXCEEDING 45 MPH POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE
EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING...AND WITH BLOWING SNOW...VISIBILITY IS
LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERELY RESTRICTED. IN ADDITION...DRIFTS MAY
BE DEEPER THAN THREE FEET IN PLACES.
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 WHITE-OUT
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.
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WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA...
.AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID
MISSOURI VALLEY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH
INTO WYOMING...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA. FURTHER
SOUTH...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE
EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 92. WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW
ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER
NORTHERN NEBRASKA. FURTHER SOUTH...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL
RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...UP TO 10
INCHES OVER HOLT AND BOYD COUNTIES. AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7
INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO SNOW AND
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE
EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
EVEN WITH THE RELATIVE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS THURSDAY...PERSONS OVER
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BLIZZARD
AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA...MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
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LOGAN-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW
340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM
FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN
EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...ONLY A DUSTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER LOGAN
AND CUSTER COUNTIES. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH
GUSTS TO 35 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH EXISTING SNOW COVER...TO
REDUCE VISIBILITIES TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ON FRIDAY
MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...TO PRODUCE NEAR
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN
NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY.
* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
* IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE EXISTING SNOW ON THE GROUND AND WITH THE
ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT ACCUMULATES...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY
DIFFICULT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL
DEVELOP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Issue Date: 444 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

...A POWERFUL AND VERY LARGE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL
PLAINS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY...
.AN INTENSE AND VERY LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL COME OUT OF EAST
TEXAS AND TRAVEL THROUGH ARKANSAS...MISSOURI AND IOWA BEFORE
TURNING BACK TO THE WEST TOWARD EASTERN NEBRASKA. AS IT MAKES ITS
WESTWARD TURN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD
INTO NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO INTENSE SNOW RATES...STRONG WIND
WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
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LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
444 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.
* TIMING...SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY
AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY AS WIND
INCREASES TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. WIDESPREAD
SNOW MAY RESUME LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN CUSTER AND
LOGAN COUNTIES.
* WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH.
* IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND
DRIFTING OF THE EXISTING SNOW ON THE GROUND AND WITH THE
ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT ACCUMULATES. IN THE AREAS WHERE HEAVIER
SNOW OCCURS...SOME SECONDARY AND COUNTRY ROADS COULD BECOME
BLOCKED WITH MODERATE SNOW DRIFTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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