WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 1136 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY
NIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY.
* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE FOLLOWED BY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW
WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND
INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER
CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT
AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES
ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY
FRIDAY. SOME AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAY HAVE SNOWFALL
TOTALS APPROACHING 18 INCHES.
* WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME
NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON
WEDNESDAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING
TO 35 TO 45 MPH.
* IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG
NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS 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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