WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 340 PM CST SUN DEC 20 2009
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...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST
/5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH
THAT WAS IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY
EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON
THURSDAY.
* 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
APPROACHNING 18 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.
* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS FORECAST TO SUBSIDE LATE THURSDAY
NIGHT WHEN A CRUST FORMS ON THE SNOW.
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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SPRINGER
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