BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 408 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW
COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL VARY
FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES FROM OMAHA INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA TO 2 TO 4
INCHES FROM LINCOLN SOUTHWEST TO BEATRICE AND FAIRBURY. THIS
WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO 6 TO 18 INCHES WITH
THE HIGHEST LIKELY JUST EAST THROUGH NORTH OF OMAHA.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS
OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. SOME DECREASE IN WINDS ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN IOWA AND OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST
WELL INTO TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON
TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS HAVE DRIFTED SHUT AND THERE HAVE BEEN
REPORTS OF STRANDED MOTORISTS.
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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