BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 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.
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