HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1221 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 230 AM CST WED DEC 23 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
AREAS OF FOG...MOSTLY WITH VISIBILITIES BETWEEN 1 AND 4 MILES WILL
CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. SOME LOWER VISIBILITIES AND
ALONG WITH PATCHY FREEZING MIST WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THOSE
LOCATIONS THAT ARE AT OR BELOW FREEZING.
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE AND AREAS OF FOG WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT...MAINLY AFFECTING AREAS NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR. MEANWHILE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND
AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY
A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL
BRING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE OUTLOOK AREA STARTING WEDNESDAY
MORNING. PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL START OUT AS A
MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
MEANWHILE...ONSET OF PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHWEST
IOWA AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SHOULD BE
FREEZING RAIN...WITH FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN THEN IN THE AFTERNOON.
COME WEDNESDAY NIGHT...RAIN OR FREEZING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A
QUICK CHANGE OVER ALL SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WILL ENSUE THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH NEAR WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LIKELY WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
NIGHT OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...IT`S RECOMMENDED
THAT PEOPLE CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS...WEATHER
CONDITIONS...AND WEATHER FORECASTS AND ALTER TRAVEL PLANS TO
REMAIN SAFE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
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