WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 401 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY...
.A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL
CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TODAY. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO
THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL THEN
CROSS THE ROCKIES AND MOVE ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTENSIFY
THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY.
NEZ005>010-025>029-036>038-059-069>071-222245-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0600Z-091225T1200Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-
FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
401 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 /301 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009/
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY.
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY EVENING WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE
SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE
IN INTENSITY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND COME TO AN END FRIDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY.
SOME AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAY HAVE SNOWFALL TOTALS
APPROACHING 20 INCHES.
* WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME
NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING
TO 35 TO 45 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY.
* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY NIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW
ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STRONG
WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR
IMPOSSIBLE.
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POWER
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