WINTER STORM WATCH
Warning Issue Date: 347 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET
AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE...SLEET...SNOW...AND RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT
TONIGHT...WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY
WITH FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE
ENOUGH WARMING OF SURFACE TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF OMAHA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE 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 SOUTH OF SEWARD TO
TEKAMAH TO HARLAN IOWA 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 EXPECTED WITH 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.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
ZAPOTOCNY/DEWALD
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
Warning Issue Date: 347 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...FREEZING RAIN...AND SLEET
AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO MIDNIGHT CST
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* TIMING...THE STORM SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE SEVERAL WAVES OF
PRECIPITATION. A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE...SLEET...SNOW...AND RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. INITIALLY THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE LIGHT
TONIGHT...WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...THEN INCREASE IN INTENSITY
WITH FREEZING RAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. SOME AREAS WILL EXPERIENCE
ENOUGH WARMING OF SURFACE TEMPERATURES...ESPECIALLY FOR AREAS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF OMAHA TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN. WEDNESDAY NIGHT
THE WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.
* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE 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 SOUTH OF SEWARD TO
TEKAMAH TO HARLAN IOWA 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 EXPECTED WITH 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.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
$$
ZAPOTOCNY/DEWALD
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