WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 347 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: THE STORM SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. THE FIRST WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. THIS
WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WARM. ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ON
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND NIGHT...BUT MUCH OF THIS WILL BE IN THE
FORM OF RAIN...ALTHOUGH SOME PATCHY FREEZING RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE LAST ROUND IS EXPECTED ON THURSDAY WHICH WILL
LIKELY BE RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH
FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS: MINOR ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE
WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN. THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO BE FROM TEKAMAH TO
ONAWA TO HARLAN WHERE MORE THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH OF ICE IS
POSSIBLE.
* WINDS: THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS
POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME.
* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM...ESPECIALLY ON THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY AS
PRECIPITATION SLOWLY CHANGES OVER TO 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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