WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 356 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY...
.A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA AND ONTO
THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO
SOUTHERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING AND MOVE NORTH INTO NORTHERN
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH FRIDAY.
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH
GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY BY THURSDAY. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH
SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY MORNING. BY FRIDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5
TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA.
LIMITED VISIBILITIES...DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS
MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-059-071-232200-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
356 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING...THEN SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND SPREAD
NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TODAY
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 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE
LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AND
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING TO 30 TO 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO
50 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.
* 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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