BLIZZARD WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1234 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY.
* TIMING...SNOW HAS GENERALLY ENDED OVR WESTERN IOWA AND FAR
EASTERN NEBRASKA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SCHUYLER TO NEBRASKA CITY. SNOW
WILL ONCE AGAIN OVER SPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT
SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL TODAY WEST OF THE LINE FROM
SCHUYLER TO NEBRASKA CITY WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.
SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL BE ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE
ENTIRE AREA.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
OF 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE WIND HAS
DECREASED ACROSS WESTERN IOWA INTO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO 10
TO 20 MPH.
* IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON
TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH
SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN
OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS HAVE DRIFTED SHUT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
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