HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 405 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

Expires:200912091200;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
346 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
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346 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.
TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE AS HEAVY
SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SNOW DRIFTS ALONG EAST AND WEST ROADS COULD
BE AS HIGH AS 4 TO 5 FEET OR MORE TONIGHT. ROAD CREWS MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO KEEP UP WITH THE HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...ESPECIALLY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. BE PREPARED FOR ROAD CLOSURES ACROSS
THE AREA.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE
REGION...WITH SOME HEAVIER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE KANSAS BORDER AND
LIGHTER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. NORTHEAST WINDS
WILL BECOME NORTHWEST AND INCREASE TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AS
HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH. HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES WILL HAVE TROUBLE ON
THE EAST AND WEST ROADS.
IN ADDITION TO THE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO
THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW TO SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE ZERO. THE
COMBINATION OF COLD TEMPERATURES AND STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. THE COMBINATION OF
HEAVY SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND COLD WIND CHILLS WILL CREATE
DEADLY OUTDOORS CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT. FROST BITE AND
HYPOTHERMIA ARE POSSIBLE TO THOSE WHO DO NOT TAKE PROPER
PRECAUTIONS IF CAUGHT OUTDOORS.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF AROUND SUNRISE ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING...HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AS STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS LINGER. ALSO...WIND CHILL READINGS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE DAY.
WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL TO 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO AGAIN ON
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS TEMPERATURES FALL BELOW ZERO...EVEN THOUGH WIND
SPEEDS WILL DECREASE TO 5 TO 15 MPH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...INCLUDING STORM
TOTAL SNOW AFTER SNOWFALL HAS ENDED...TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN OMAHA.
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 1255 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 900 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009

...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL HIT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS A
VERY POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE
HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS THE STORM
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE PLAINS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
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CLARINDA...SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
FALLS CITY
1255 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 14 INCHES IS
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO
THE KANSAS BORDER.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS
WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS HEAVY SNOW
COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LEADS TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THIS COMBINATION WILL
CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. HIGH SNOW DRIFTS ARE
POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES. THERE IS ALSO A
POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS. WIND
CHILL READINGS ON WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO.
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.
$$

BLIZZARD WARNING
Issue Date: 1255 PM CST TUE DEC 08 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM WILL HIT THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS EVENING AS A
VERY POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. MODERATE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH THE
HEAVIEST SNOW EXPECTED TO OCCUR THROUGH THIS EVENING. AS THE STORM
SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE PLAINS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
CREATING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
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CLARINDA...SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
FALLS CITY
1255 PM CST TUE DEC 8 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST
WEDNESDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING: MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 14 INCHES IS
EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS CLOSER TO
THE KANSAS BORDER.
* WINDS/VISIBILITY: NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 30 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 40 TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. THIS
WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY.
* IMPACTS: TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS HEAVY SNOW
COMBINED WITH VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS LEADS TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THIS COMBINATION WILL
CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. HIGH SNOW DRIFTS ARE
POSSIBLE WHICH COULD LEAD TO ROAD CLOSURES. THERE IS ALSO A
POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE VERY STRONG WINDS. WIND
CHILL READINGS ON WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO.
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.
$$

BLIZZARD WATCH
Issue Date: 345 PM CST MON DEC 07 2009
Expiration: 1200 PM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY...
.A STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER
TO THE REGION. SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTHWEST
LATE MONDAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH...WINDS WILL INCREASE
TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WITH BLUSTERY NORTHWEST WINDS CREATING
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY
WEDNESDAY.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEWARD...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...
TECUMSEH...PAWNEE CITY
345 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
...BLIZZARD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT
UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY.
* TIMING: LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING AHEAD OF
THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM. HEAVIER SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED ON TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY EVENING...BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE CLOSER
TO THE KANSAS BORDER.
* WINDS: STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN OPEN
AREAS.
* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
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 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.
$$
MAYES/SMITH

WINTER STORM WATCH
Issue Date: 420 AM CST SUN DEC 06 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST WED DEC 09 2009

...TWO WINTER WEATHER SYSTEMS HEADED FOR THE AREA...
.A QUICK MOVING WINTER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA TODAY.
THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW TO THE
REGION. THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY EXIT THE AREA THIS
EVENING WITH SNOW COMING TO AND END AFTER MIDNIGHT.
A SECOND...POTENTIALLY STRONGER WINTER STORM...WILL IMPACT THE
AREA STARTING ON MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA ON MONDAY NIGHT. THE
SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE
THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY. SNOW WILL COME TO AN END ON TUESDAY
NIGHT...BUT AS THE SYSTEM MOVES OUT OF THE AREA...STRONG NORTH AND
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING.
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MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-
RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...
FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
FALLS CITY
420 AM CST SUN DEC 6 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH
LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING: ALTHOUGH SNOW IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MINOR ACCUMULATIONS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED. MORE
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW MAY DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND
CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OF MORE ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THIS SYSTEM.
* WINDS: STRONG NORTH AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE
POSSIBLE. THIS WOULD LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW.
* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY
AND TUESDAY NIGHT DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL BY
TUESDAY NIGHT MAY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT AND LAST INTO THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY BEFORE IMPROVING.
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.
$$
BOUSTEAD