WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1036 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...FREEZING DRIZZLE FOLLOWED BY 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 WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
* 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 12 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
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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