WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 401 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
SATURDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH
IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...RAIN AND PATCHY FREEZING RAIN...WILL DIMINISH
TONIGHT...WITH A LULL IN SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION UNTIL
THURSDAY. THURSDAY THE INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE OF MIXED
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE MORNING. SNOW
HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. STRENGTHENING
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DETERIORATING CONDITIONS
THURSDAY AND LAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12
INCHES OF SNOW MAY OCCUR FROM THIS STORM.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ICE ACCUMULATIONS TONIGHT SHOULD BE VERY
LIGHT AND SPOTTY AS INITIAL TEMPERATURES WILL SUPPORT RAIN. SOME
LIGHT ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY.
* WINDS...THE WINDS WILL BE INCREASING THURSDAY...AND STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS.
* IMPACTS...THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO TRAVEL
THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL
STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO
REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS
AND SNOW POWER OUTAGES WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DURING THE STORM.
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.
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