HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1252 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
Expiration: 300 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS AND TEENS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE COLD WINDCHILLS OF 10 TO
20 BELOW ZERO.
A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS TAKING AIM AT THE AREA...AND ALTHOUGH
THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MIXED AND LIGHT INITIALLY...AS THE STORM
STRENGTHENS AND MOVES INTO IOWA...WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA. LOOK FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS OVER
THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH WILL MAKE NEAR
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS PROBABLE MAINLY FROM FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL EARLY
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS OF NOW...IT APPEARS TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BY THEN SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE FROM 5 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE REGION.
THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA.
CAUTION...THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS OVER THE
ENTIRE MISSOURI VALLEY REGION. KEEP ABREAST OF FORECAST UPDATES...
ESPECIALLY THOSE PLANNING TO TRAVEL DURING THIS TIME.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA.
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