WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 353 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
NOON CST FRIDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO NOON CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WITH LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING
AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME
WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH PERIODS OF
MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW
WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND COME TO AN END FRIDAY EVENING.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE
LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY.
* WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AND
INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS
EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 30 TO 40
MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY.
* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE
LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT 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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