WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 401 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: THE SYSTEM COULD START CAUSING PROBLEMS ACROSS EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE
THROUGH THURSDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: HEAVY SNOW COULD OCCUR IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER
REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE TENTH TO OVER ONE
QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
* WINDS: THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND STRONG
WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.
* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...
ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES WITH BLOWING SNOW.
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.
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