WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 1159 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING: THE STORM SYSTEM IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. THE FIRST WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND WILL LIKELY BE IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN. THIS
WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO ALL RAIN BY AFTERNOON AS SURFACE
TEMPERATURES WARM FOR AREAS ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF OMAHA.
ANOTHER ROUND OF PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY EVENING
AND NIGHT...BUT MUCH OF THIS WILL BE IN THE FORM OF RAIN...AND
FREEZING RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE. THE LAST ROUND IS EXPECTED ON
THURSDAY WHICH WILL LIKELY BE RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO
SNOW...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS: SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 6 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS: ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
MORNING BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN. THE MOST
SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS LOOK TO BE FROM OMAHA AND TEKAMAH
TO ONAWA TO HARLAN WHERE MORE THAN A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN
INCH OR MORE OF ICE IS POSSIBLE.
* WINDS: THE WIND WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT
AND CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS
POSSIBLE DURING THAT TIME.
* IMPACTS: SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS
STORM SYSTEM. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND
SOME ICE ACCUMULATIONS...POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE
FROM THE STORM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THAT THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR
SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT
TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES.
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