HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 306 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 300 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

/300 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL SLOWLY WOBBLE OVER THE MID MISSOURI
VALLEY THROUGH LATE EVENING...BEFORE HEADING TO THE GREAT LAKES ON
SATURDAY. AS A RESULT WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE SNOW
MAY BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS
OF NORTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH THE NORTHERN SANDHILLS INTO NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE IN THE 4
TO 8 INCH RANGE.
IN ADDITION TO THE SNOWFALL...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH
GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL CREATE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
THESE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THE MOST SEVERE
ALONG AND NORTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 AND ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY
83 WHERE THE MORE PERSISTENT MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES
COULD BE REALIZED. 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 THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING AS THE STORM BEGINS TO MOVE
EASTWARD TOWARD THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY AND THE WESTERN GREAT
LAKES. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAY BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE MORNING HOURS...ALONG WITH WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 15
BELOW...CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL OR OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CONDITIONS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
&&
THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE
$$

WINTER STORM WARNING
Issue Date: 303 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
Expiration: 1100 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009

...BLIZZARD CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL...
.A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WOBBLE ACROSS THE
MID AND LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY UNTIL SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL
CONTINUE TO ROTATE WIDESPREAD SNOW THROUGH A LARGE PART OF THE
PLAINS INCLUDING ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
WIND DRIVEN SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE...BLIZZARD TO NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH NOON SATURDAY.
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SHERIDAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE
302 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
SATURDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST
SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW...LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES IN THE NORTHERN
  SHERIDAN COUNTY...WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE PANHANDLE
  UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. SOME DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
  IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY
  2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH NOON SATURDAY.
* WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS
  APPROACHING 50 MPH WILL MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE WITH WIDESPREAD
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
* IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY
  SNOWFALL RATES WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY
  SIGNIFICANTLY...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL
  CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND
  OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE MINUS
  10 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
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