WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 413 AM CST MON DEC 21 2009
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...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING OVER
WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY
SPREADING EAST OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WEDNESDAY
EVENING AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAY FRIDAY.
* PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY
WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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POWER
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