HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 538 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
Expiration: 745 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY
PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FOG MAY RE DEVELOP TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
NORTH OF A LINE FROM COLUMBUS TO RED OAK IOWA...THEN ACROSS THE
OUTLOOK AREA TUESDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. WINTER STORM WATCHES ARE
POSTED FOR PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA BEGINNING TUESDAY NIGHT AND
LASTING THROUGH FRIDAY.
THE STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH IN WAVES. THE FIRST WAVE OF
PRECIPITATION WILL EXPAND OVER THE REGION TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. THIS WAVE OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BRING A
WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...FREEZING RAIN AND RAIN TO PARTS OF
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SHOULD SWITCH OVER TO ALL
RAIN WITH THE MIX CONTINUING FARTHER NORTH. ANOTHER WAVE OF
PRECIPITATION MOVES THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH A CONTINUED MIX
OF PRECIPITATION AND THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ICING IN THE
BAND BETWEEN THE SNOW TO THE NORTH AND THE RAIN TO THE SOUTH OVER
PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA. THE MAIN PORTION
OF THE STORM MOVES THROUGH THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. AS THE
STORMS DEEPENS THURSDAY...THE AREA RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...AND
SLEET WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AND EXPAND FARTHER SOUTHEAST ALONG
WITH STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST WINDS. HEAVY SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN
EXCESS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS MAY BE REALIZED THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING
DUE TO THE SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW ACCOMPANIED BY NORTHWEST WINDS
20 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTY.
THIS STORM WILL AFFECT A LARGE PORTION OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
DURING THE TIME WHEN HOLIDAY TRAVEL WILL BE AT A MAXIMUM. PLEASE
TAKE PRECAUTIONARY ACTIONS TO EITHER GET TO YOUR DESTINATION
EARLY...OR AVOID TRAVEL ALTOGETHER DURING THE BRUNT OF THIS WINTER
STORM.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR TUESDAY.
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