HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 640 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
Expiration: 600 PM CST TUE DEC 22 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
PATCHY LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD BY THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA.
LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...MAINLY AFFECTING AREAS
NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. MEANWHILE...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN
WILL LIKELY DEVELOP AND AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80
WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH POSSIBLE.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WILL
BRING A MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO THE OUTLOOK AREA STARTING WEDNESDAY
MORNING. PRECIPITATION OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL START OUT AS A
MIX OF SLEET AND SNOW BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL LIKELY OCCUR THURSDAY AND
THURSDAY NIGHT WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
MEANWHILE...ONSET OF PRECIPITATION WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHWEST
IOWA AS WELL AS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SHOULD BE
FREEZING RAIN...WITH RAIN THEN IN THE AFTERNOON. COME WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...RAIN OR FREEZING WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH A QUICK CHANGE OVER
ALL SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL ENSUE
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED.
WITH HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LIKELY THURSDAY AND THURSDAY
NIGHT OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA...IT`S RECOMMENDED
THAT PEOPLE CONSIDER DELAYING ANY TRAVEL PLANS DURING THIS
PERIOD.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
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