WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 347 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 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. 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...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO
A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE FREEZING
RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN.
* 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 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.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 347 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE AND FREEZING RAIN...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY. 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. 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...SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH TO
A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY BEFORE THE FREEZING
RAIN BECOMES ALL RAIN.
* 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 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.
A FREEZING RAIN ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN OR
FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS. SLOW DOWN AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.
$$
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