WINTER STORM WARNING
Warning Issue Date: 140 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY...
THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY.
THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* A COMBINATION SOME LIGHT FREEZING PRECIPITATION...PERIODS OF
SNOW...AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH WINDS WILL PRODUCE WINTER
STORM CONDITIONS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL
THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY.
* STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN PREVIOUSLY
FORECAST...BUT STILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 9 INCHES. SNOW WILL LINGER
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IN SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA TODAY WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. ACCUMULATING
SNOW IS POSSIBLE THURSDAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 281...AND
THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY. IN BOTH CASES...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3
INCHES IS GENERALLY EXPECTED.
* LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS
TONIGHT...AND LIGHT SETTLE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS
EVENING. THIS WILL ADD ANOTHER GLAZE OF ICE TO OUTDOOR SURFACES
AND ROADS.
* HIGH WINDS WILL RAMP UP LATE TONIGHT...AND CONTINUE THROUGH
FRIDAY. WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY. GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE.
* BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE A MAJOR PROBLEM...NOT JUST
FROM FALLING SNOW...BUT ALSO FROM THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW OF
TODAY. VISIBILITIES WILL BE GREATLY REDUCED AT TIMES...WITH NEAR
WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN SOME SNOW BANDS. IN SOME AREAS...IT IS
STILL LIKELY ROAD CREWS COULD STRUGGLE KEEPING DRIFT PRONE AREAS
CLEAR...AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE CONSIDERED VERY HAZARDOUS AT BEST
THROUGH AT LEAST CHRISTMAS DAY. TRAVEL COULD BECOME BECOME
DANGEROUS AT TIMES AS THE STRONG WINDS DEVELOP...AND
VISIBILITIES DROP.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE COMBINATION OF
SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...HIGH WINDS...AND OVERALL WINTER STORM
CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY. TRY TO LIMIT
YOUR TRAVEL TO ESSENTIAL SITUATIONS ONLY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...
KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
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