HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 525 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 730 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...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
AREAS OF FOG AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA. A WEATHER DISTURBANCE INTO THE
AREA COULD GENERATE MEASURABLE LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT ALONG
AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH SOME SLEET POSSIBLY MIXING IN
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...THE
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD BECOME SNOW BY DAYBREAK AND CONTINUE
FOR MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. THUS...A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY IS IN
EFFECT TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT ELSEWHERE. UP TO ONE
QUARTER INCH ICE ACCUMULATION COULD OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80 THROUGH NOON WEDNESDAY.
BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS CENTRAL THROUGH NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITH A WINTRY MIXTURE
IN THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. ACROSS FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...IT
MAY BECOME WARM ENOUGH AGAIN FOR ALL RAIN. THUS...A WINTER STORM
WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA FOR
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND BEYOND...WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
CONTINUING FOR PORTIONS EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
REGION...AS ANOTHER REINFORCING SHOT OF ENERGY MOVES IN FROM THE
WEST. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA WHERE A WINTER STORM WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY. THE WINTRY MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND
SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW ALONG AND SOUTH AND INTERSTATE
80...MOSTLY BY DAYBREAK CHRISTMAS EVE. A WINTER STORM WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH CHRISTMAS...AND MAY
EVENTUALLY NEED TO BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING.
IN ADDITION TO ICE AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AND HEAVY SNOW...WINDS
WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
COULD CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME TOO.
A FOOT OR MORE OF SNOW IS FORECAST FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
NEBRASKA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES FORECAST FOR
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THESE AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST
FOR THE ENTIRE STORM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR LATER FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING WEATHER
SITUATION...ESPECIALLY IF TRAVELING. THIS IS A MAJOR WINTER STORM
THAT WILL HAVE A LASTING AND SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON A LARGE PORTION
FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BUT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL TOTALS OR ICING REPORTS.
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