WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW
ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TEND TOWARD FREEZING
RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF
OMAHA. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING
MORE TOWARD SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES MAY
OCCUR FROM THIS STORM.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO
BE SOUTH OF SEWARD TO TEKAMAH TO HARLAN IOWA WHERE MORE THAN A
TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
FROM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE
TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS...POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE
STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
BOUSTEAD/DEE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 430 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW
ARE EXPECTED TODAY. THE PRECIPITATION WILL TEND TOWARD FREEZING
RAIN AND RAIN THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST OF
OMAHA. THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING
MORE TOWARD SLEET AND SNOW WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES MAY
OCCUR FROM THIS STORM.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO
BE SOUTH OF SEWARD TO TEKAMAH TO HARLAN IOWA WHERE MORE THAN A
TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS...THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
FROM TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE
TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND ICE
ACCUMULATIONS...POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FROM THE
STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
BOUSTEAD/DEE
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