HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 629 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR WILL
LIKELY SEE A MIXED BAG OF PRECIPITATION CONSISTING OF RAIN...SLEET...
AND OR FREEZING RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT. WITH THE ONSET OF FREEZING RAIN
THIS MORNING OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA...LOCATIONS AT GREATEST RISK FOR
ACCUMULATING ICE WILL FALL WITHIN AREAS BETWEEN THE OMAHA METRO AND
NEBRASKA CITY...THEN SOUTHWESTWARD TO SEWARD AND FAIRBURY.
AS FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA...THE MAIN THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING ICE WILL
FALL WITHIN POTTAWATTAMIE...MILLS...FREMONT...AND MONTGOMERY
COUNTIES. OTHERWISE...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE
FOR AREAS MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 25 TO 35 MPH COUPLE WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE
TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH NEAR
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS OVER THE MAJORITY OF THE OUTLOOK AREA THURSDAY
AND CHRISTMAS EVE. SNOWFALL WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF LATE FRIDAY
NIGHT WITH POSSIBLE ACCUMULATION TOTALS AROUND A FOOT OVER NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...AND 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA... AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT SNOWFALL TOTALS OR ICING REPORTS.
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