WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 415 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS MID WEEK...
.A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL
CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE STORM IS FORECAST
TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES TUESDAY NIGHT AND
WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL THEN CROSS THE ROCKIES AND MOVE ONTO
THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY.
NEZ022-056>058-221000-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0000Z-091225T0600Z/
GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...
OGALLALA...GRANT
415 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO
11 PM MST THURSDAY...
A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO
11 PM MST THURSDAY.
* TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP 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 7 TO 10 INCHES
ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WEST CENTRAL
NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME AMOUNTS APPROACHING
TWELVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* 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 THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH
WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT.
* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH
STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND
WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING
AND THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS
FORECAST TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING AS 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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