HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 514 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 700 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009

Expires:200912260100;;
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
456 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
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SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
456 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS...WILL BE
WIDESPREAD OVER THE REGION TODAY. SOME IMPROVEMENT IS POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON OVER SECTIONS OF WESTERN IOWA AND OVER MUCH OF THE
REGION TONIGHT AS WINDS DECREASE SOME. HOWEVER...CONSIDERABLE
DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER SNOWPLOWS
ABILITY TO KEEP ROADS OPEN. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO POOR VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTED ROADS...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO
20 BELOW ZERO WILL MAKE IT EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS IF YOU BECOME
STRANDED OUTSIDE.
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 16 INCHES...WITH THE
HEAVIEST AXIS ORIENTED ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER. TRAVEL WILL
CONTINUE TO BE VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THIS IS A
MAJOR LIFE THREATENING WINTER STORM.
.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.
$$

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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DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-
CASS-OTOE-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...COUNCIL BLUFFS...
GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...TEKAMAH...SCHUYLER...
FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...
SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...BEATRICE...
TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY
400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 6 TO 16
INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 6 TO 10 INCHES IS FORECAST FROM SEWARD
TOWARD LINCOLN...WITH 10 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY INTO WESTERN IOWA.
* 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 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: 403 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...POWERFUL STORM TO DEVELOP THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ...
.THE MAIN PORTION OF THE STORM SYSTEM IS OVER ARIZONA...HOWEVER
ONE PIECE OF THE STORM CAME OUT TODAY AND WILL LIFT NORTHWARD INTO
SOUTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA TONIGHT. AS THE STORM OVER ARIZONA
HEADS INTO TEXAS TONIGHT...ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO
MONTANA. THURSDAY...THESE TWO WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO COMBINE
INTO ONE LARGE POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM THROUGH FRIDAY AND FRIDAY
NIGHT. THE RESULT WILL BE A LULL IN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION
TONIGHT...AND INCREASING SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS FOR THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MIXED
UNTIL IT CHANGES OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY THURSDAY FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION TO
SOME ICING...HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP.
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POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-FREMONT-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE-JOHNSON-
NEMAHA-PAWNEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...SIDNEY...
OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH...
AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY
401 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN AND PATCHY FREEZING RAIN...WILL DIMINISH
  TONIGHT...WITH A LULL IN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION UNTIL
  THURSDAY. THURSDAY THE INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OF MIXED
  PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING. SNOW
  HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STRENGTHENING
  NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS
  THURSDAY AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
  INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FROM THIS STORM.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT SHOULD BE VERY
  LIGHT AND SPOTTY AS INITIAL TEMPERATURES WILL SUPPORT RAIN. SOME
  LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
  POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY.
* WINDS...THE WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG
  NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD
  CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
  AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
  THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
  STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS
  AND SNOW POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING 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: 1217 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009

...THE FIRST ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION IS MOVING
THROUGH...MORE TO COME THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...
.THE FIRST PART OF THE STORM IS MOVING ACROSS THE REGION TODAY
WITH SNOW...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET CONTINUING OVER NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA WITH RAIN TOWARD OMAHA...NEBRASKA CITY AND FALLS CITY.
TONIGHT...THE SYSTEM WILL AWAIT THE NEXT PIECE OF ENERGY...WITH A BIT
OF A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION UNTIL THURSDAY. DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY...SNOW WILL EXPAND FROM WEST TO EAST...AND A MIX IN THE
EAST CHANGING TO SNOW. THE STORM THEN PHASES WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM
DROPPING DOWN FROM CANADA. THIS SHOULD RESULT IN PERIODS OF HEAVY
SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT WITH THE VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS..
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...
PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH...PAWNEE CITY
1217 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT.
* TIMING...MIXED PRECIPITATION EARLY THURSDAY WILL CHANGE TO SNOW
DURING THE DAY AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND LAST THROUGH
FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES
OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE LIGHT TONIGHT.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY TO 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH HIGHER GUSTS...AND STRONG WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT LEADING TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING CONDITIONS AND NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE EXPECTED INTO FRIDAY
NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL
PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED
VISIBILITIES.
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.
$$