HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
Issue Date: 1240 PM CST MON DEC 7 2009
Expiration: 245 AM CST TUE DEC 08 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
ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE A FEW FLURRIES AROUND THIS AFTERNOON...THE SNOW
IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND
EXPAND ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA OVERNIGHT.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE MOST SIGNIFICANT OVERNIGHT OVER
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA WHERE 2 TO 4 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. MOST
OTHER LOCATIONS WILL RECEIVE AN INCH OR LESS THROUGH TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY
NIGHT. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON TUESDAY
WHILE INCREASING IN INTENSITY. THE SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL
CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY NIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 OR MORE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE
OVER NEARLY ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA WITH THIS
SYSTEM...WITH THE MOST SNOW LIKELY OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA WHERE UPWARDS OF 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE.
WINDS WILL INCREASE BY TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW MAY LEAD TO
BLIZZARD CONDITION...LEADING TO EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS
THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. ALSO...STRONG WINDS FROM TUESDAY
NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL COMBINE WITH TEMPERATURES
AROUND THE SINGLE DIGITS TO CREATE WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW
ZERO.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...HOWEVER SPOTTERS
ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES TO
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA.
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