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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE

November 27, 200512 counties in Nebraska

NWS Omaha, NE issued this blizzard warning at Nov 27, 2005, 4:17 PM CST for 12 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Nov 28, 2005, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 17 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2005, 4:17 PM CST (22:17 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 28, 2005, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Nov 28, 2005, 11:16 PM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

Counties Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Knox County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Nov 28, 8:11 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Bloomfield, NEICE 1/4 INCH THICK WITH LIMBS DOWN. SNOWING NOW WITH 4 INCHES ON THE GROUND.
Nov 28, 10:29 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Pierce, NEFREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS HAS KNOCKED THE POWER OUT IN TOWN. SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING SNOW WITH POOR VISIBILITIES REPORTED BY LATE MORNING.
Nov 28, 10:29 AM CSTBLIZZARDHartington, NEWIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AND SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW HAS CAUSED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES OVER MUCH OF CEDAR COUNTY. IT WAS STILL SNOWING AS OF LATE MORNING.
Nov 28, 3:47 PM CSTBLIZZARDVerdigre, NEBLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE...ESTIMATED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN. POWER LINES AND TREE LIMBS DOWNED AROUND TOWN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 118 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-11-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-11-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS43 KOAX 272217
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE OVER THE PLAINS...

.A MIX OF SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND BECOME
HEAVY TONIGHT OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE MIX OF
FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH THE CHANGE TO SNOW WILL SPREAD
SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA LATER TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. VERY STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY
...SO EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.
BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA MONDAY.

THIS STORM IS THE RESULT OF VERY INTENSE LOW PRESSURE THAT IS
FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING...
AND ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA ON MONDAY.

NEZ011-016-030-280630-
/O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0002.051128T0300Z-051129T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T0300Z-051128T1200Z/
KNOX-ANTELOPE-BOONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...NELIGH...ALBION
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST MONDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS
BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD
OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. SIGNIFICANT GLAZING COULD DEVELOP ON
UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS BY MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY AND HEAVY SNOW IS
EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED ON MONDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY EVENING.  

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES IN KNOX COUNTY TO
3 TO 6 INCHES OVER BOONE COUNTY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NEZ017-031-042-280630-
/O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0002.051128T0300Z-051129T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T0300Z-051129T0600Z/
PIERCE-MADISON-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PIERCE...NORFOLK...COLUMBUS
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

A MIX OF RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN THIS
EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY
MONDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD CAUSE GLAZING PROBLEMS
LATER TONIGHT AND THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY BY EARLY MONDAY. IN
ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH ON
MONDAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL
CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 5
TO 8 INCHES AROUND NORFOLK TO 2 TO 4 INCHES AROUND COLUMBUS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ012-018-280630-
/O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T0300Z-051129T0600Z/
CEDAR-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS EVENING COULD CHANGE TO
SNOW LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
COULD CAUSE GLAZING PROBLEMS LATER TONIGHT AND THE SNOW COULD
BECOME HEAVY BY EARLY MONDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH ON MONDAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL
SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ032-033-043-280630-
/O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
STANTON-CUMING-COLFAX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANTON...WEST POINT...SCHUYLER
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND THEN CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE TONIGHT OR
EARLY MONDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD CAUSE GLAZING
PROBLEMS BY EARLY MONDAY AND THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY MONDAY 
MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 55
MPH ON MONDAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH
WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ015-280630-
/O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
THURSTON-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PENDER
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND THEN CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW MONDAY.
THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD CAUSE GLAZING PROBLEMS BY EARLY
MONDAY AND THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY LATER MONDAY MORNING. IN
ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH ON MONDAY
CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL CONTINUE
INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 4
INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ034-045-280630-
/O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
BURT-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEKAMAH...BLAIR
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND THEN CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN LATER TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW
MONDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD CAUSE GLAZING PROBLEMS
EARLY MONDAY AND THE SNOW COULD OCCASIONALLY BE HEAVY LATER
MONDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 55
MPH ON MONDAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW
WHICH DOES FALL. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING.
TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.


A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ044-280630-
/O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
DODGE-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...FREMONT
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND THEN CHANGE
TO FREEZING RAIN LATER TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW
MONDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD CAUSE GLAZING PROBLEMS
EARLY MONDAY AND THE SNOW COULD OCCASIONALLY BE HEAVY LATER
MONDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 50 MPH
ON MONDAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW
WHICH DOES FALL. THE BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY
EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ043-055-056-280630-
/O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT. 

RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO FREEZING
RAIN OR SLEET LATE TONIGHT...THEN TO SNOW BY MONDAY AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO MONDAY EVENING. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. IN ADDITION...
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE
MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY MONDAY MORNING
AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL
PERSIST INTO MONDAY EVENING.

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.

$$

NEZ050-051-065-066-078-088-089-280630-
/O.NEW.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0000Z/
BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE
417 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO
6 PM CST MONDAY. 

RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING WILL
LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET OR SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO
ALL SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO
POSSIBLE AFTER MIDNIGHT. OCCASIONAL SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY
AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE
EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.

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.

$$

CHERMOK
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KOAX 280359
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
959 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM TAKING SHAPE OVER THE PLAINS...

.A MIX OF RAIN SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AND
BECOME HEAVY AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE
MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET ALONG WITH THE CHANGE TO SNOW WILL
SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS MUCH OF THE REST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA LATE TONIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING. VERY STRONG
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THIS STORM...ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY
...SO EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED.
BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY OVER PARTS OF
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA ON MONDAY.

THIS STORM IS THE RESULT OF VERY INTENSE LOW PRESSURE THAT IS
FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS LATE THIS EVENING...
AND ACROSS WESTERN IOWA ON MONDAY.

NEZ011-016-030-281200-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051128T1200Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
KNOX-ANTELOPE-BOONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...NELIGH...ALBION
959 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. A
BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD
OVER THE AREA TONIGHT. SIGNIFICANT GLAZING COULD DEVELOP ON
UNTREATED ROADS AND SIDEWALKS BY MIDNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL
CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATER TONIGHT AND HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED. IN
ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY
WHICH WILL CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS INTO MONDAY EVENING.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES IN KNOX COUNTY
TO 3 TO 6 INCHES OVER BOONE COUNTY.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NEZ012-017-018-031-042-281200-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
CEDAR-PIERCE-WAYNE-MADISON-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...PIERCE...WAYNE...NORFOLK...
COLUMBUS
959 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW LATE
TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD CAUSE GLAZING PROBLEMS
LATER TONIGHT AND THE SNOW COULD BECOME HEAVY BY EARLY MONDAY. IN
ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH ON MONDAY
CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL CONTINUE
INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 5 TO 8
INCHES AROUND NORFOLK TO 2 TO 4 INCHES AROUND COLUMBUS.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.  THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ015-032-033-043-281200-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T0600Z-051129T0600Z/
THURSTON-STANTON-CUMING-COLFAX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...STANTON...WEST POINT...
SCHUYLER
959 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
MONDAY NIGHT. 

LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY MONDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET COULD
CAUSE GLAZING PROBLEMS BY EARLY MONDAY AND THE SNOW COULD BECOME
HEAVY MONDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE
TO 35 TO 55 MPH ON MONDAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ034-044-045-281200-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEKAMAH...FREMONT...BLAIR
959 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN WILL CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET LATE
TONIGHT BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO ALL SNOW MONDAY. THE FREEZING
RAIN AND SLEET COULD CAUSE GLAZING PROBLEMS EARLY MONDAY AND THE
SNOW COULD OCCASIONALLY BE HEAVY LATER MONDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH ON MONDAY CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF ANY SNOW WHICH DOES FALL. THE BLOWING SNOW
WILL CONTINUE INTO MONDAY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE
FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ050-051-065-066-078-088-089-281200-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.051128T0600Z-051129T0000Z/
BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE
959 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
MONDAY. 

OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN WILL LIKELY MIX WITH SLEET OR SNOW AFTER
MIDNIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING. A PERIOD
OF FREEZING RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT. OCCASIONAL SNOW
CAN BE EXPECTED ON MONDAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 35
MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 1 TO 3
INCHES.

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.

$$

IAZ043-055-056-281200-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN
959 PM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM MONDAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST MONDAY NIGHT. 

OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY
CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET TOWARD MORNING...THEN TO SNOW BY
MONDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO MONDAY
EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. IN
ADDITION... NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE
EXPECTED BY LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET BY
MONDAY MORNING AND SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON WILL
CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. STRONG WINDS AND SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO MONDAY EVENING.

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.

$$

FOBERT
000 
WWUS43 KOAX 281142
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
542 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...

.A MIX OF RAIN SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF FAR
EASTERN NEBRASKA WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY MID MORNING AS
TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL. PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA MAY ALSO
SEE A LITTLE SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN BEFORE NOON...BUT THE MIX WILL
QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE NEAR THE SOUTH
DAKOTA BORDER...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS SOUTHWARD. STRONG NORTHWEST
WINDS FROM 25 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 55 MPH IN PARTS
OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW AND
AREAS OF POOR VISIBILITY EVEN IN PLACES THAT RECEIVE ONLY AN INCH
OR TWO OF SNOW. THOSE PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA RECEIVING 4
INCHES OR MORE WILL EXPERIENCE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF DURING THE EVENING...BUT WINDS
WILL REMAIN STRONG FOR MUCH OF THE NIGHT. HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO THE EARLY PART OF TONIGHT. 

THIS STORM IS THE RESULT OF VERY INTENSE LOW PRESSURE
THAT IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS WESTERN IOWA THIS MORNING AND
INTO MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NEZ034-044-045-281945-
/O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0001.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEKAMAH...FREMONT...BLAIR
542 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

THE PREVIOUSLY ISSUED WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN DOWNGRADED TO
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. AN EARLY MORNING MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING 
RAIN...AND SNOW...WILL CHANGE ENTIRELY TO SNOW BY MID MORNING AS
TEMPERATURES FALL RAPIDLY INTO THE UPPER 20S. SNOW WILL CONTINUE
ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST
TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 35
TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING.

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.

$$

NEZ011-016-030-281245-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051128T1200Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
KNOX-ANTELOPE-BOONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...NELIGH...ALBION
542 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY
THIS MORNING...
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS REPLACED BY A BLIZZARD WARNING AT 6 AM
CST THIS MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE ENTIRELY TO SNOW EARLY
THIS MORNING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES
TODAY...TAPERING OFF EARLY TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS
OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES INTO
THIS EVENING.

TOTAL SNOWFALL OF WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES IN KNOX COUNTY TO
3 TO 5 INCHES OVER BOONE COUNTY.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NEZ012-017-018-031-042-281945-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
CEDAR-PIERCE-WAYNE-MADISON-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...PIERCE...WAYNE...NORFOLK...
COLUMBUS
542 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW
EARLY THIS MORNING. THE FREEZING RAIN HAS CAUSED SOME GLAZING PROBLEMS.
IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH CAUSING
SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND POSSIBLY SOME TREE AND
POWER LINE DAMAGE IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED THE MOST ICE.  TOTAL
SNOWFALL SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 6 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ015-032-033-043-281945-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
THURSTON-STANTON-CUMING-COLFAX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...STANTON...WEST POINT...
SCHUYLER
542 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

LIGHT RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS MORNING.
THE FREEZING RAIN COULD CAUSE GLAZING PROBLEMS. SNOW COULD BE HEAVY
AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 35 TO 55 MPH CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL
SHOULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

$$

IAZ069-NEZ052-053-281945-
/O.NEW.KOAX.SB.Y.0001.051128T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
POTTAWATTAMIE-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...OMAHA...BELLEVUE
542 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. AN INCH OR TWO OF
SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL
INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH SOME STRONGER GUSTS THIS
AFTERNOON...AND CONTINUE EARLY TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW
AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN ICY ROADS...REDUCED VISIBILITY AT 
TIMES...AND SLIPPERY ROADS.  THE EVENING RUSH HOUR MAY BECOME
QUITE HAZARDOUS.

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE
LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ043-055-056-281945-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.051128T1200Z-051129T0600Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN
542 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN MAY MIX WITH SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN AS
TEMPERATURES FALL THIS MORNING...THEN CHANGE TO SNOW BY AFTERNOON.
SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA INTO THE EVENING. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST TO BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. IN ADDITION...
NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE
AFTERNOON. THE FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THIS MORNING...AND THE 
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS WINTER
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST INTO
THE EVENING.

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.

$$

NEZ050-051-065-066-078-088-089-281945-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0000Z/
BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE
542 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.

PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS. TOTAL
SNOWFALL WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.

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.

$$

POLLACK
000 
WWUS43 KOAX 281514
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
914 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...

.A LARGE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SEVERE WINTER
CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND ADJACENT STATES TODAY AS IT
LIFTS FROM IOWA INTO WISCONSIN. SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH PARTS OF
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND INTO SOUTH DAKOTA. AREAS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW SHOULD INCREASE OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TODAY AS STRONG WINDS OVERSPEAD THE REGION.

NEZ011-016-030-282315-
/O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
KNOX-ANTELOPE-BOONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...NELIGH...ALBION
914 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION INTO EARLY TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6
TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMEND AND IN FACT MAY
BE IMPOSSIBLE ON SOME ROADS.

IN ADDITION...ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THE STRONG
WINDS COULD DOWN MORE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

$$

NEZ012-017-018-031-042-282315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
CEDAR-PIERCE-WAYNE-MADISON-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...PIERCE...WAYNE...NORFOLK...
COLUMBUS
914 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION INTO
TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 2 TO 6 INCHES. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 30 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
IN ADDITION...SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND ICE
MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES OVER THE AREA.

TRAVEL IS OR WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT
RECOMMENDED TODAY.

$$

NEZ015-032-033-043-282315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
THURSTON-STANTON-CUMING-COLFAX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...STANTON...WEST POINT...
SCHUYLER
914 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA
INTO EARLY TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF ONLY 2 TO 4 INCHES
IS EXPECTED...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH COULD CREATE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 

TRAVEL MAY BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT OVER THE AREA...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY.

$$

IAZ069-NEZ052-053-282315-
/O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0001.051128T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
POTTAWATTAMIE-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...OMAHA...BELLEVUE
914 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE REGION INTO
THIS AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 
MPH...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CAUSE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ043-055-056-282315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN
914 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

LIGHT RAIN SHOULD MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3
INCHES IS EXPECTED. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
MPH...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES COULD
DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

NEZ050-051-065-066-078-088-089-282315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0000Z/
BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE
914 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

NEZ034-044-045-282315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEKAMAH...FREMONT...BLAIR
914 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER
THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO
40 MPH...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES COULD
DEVELOP. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS FORECAST.

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$


CHERMOK
000 
WWUS43 KOAX 281527 CCA
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
923 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...

.A LARGE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SEVERE WINTER
CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND ADJACENT STATES TODAY AS IT
LIFTS FROM IOWA INTO WISCONSIN. SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH PARTS OF
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND INTO SOUTH DAKOTA. AREAS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW SHOULD INCREASE OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TODAY AS STRONG WINDS OVERSPREAD THE REGION.

NEZ011-016-030-282345-
/O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
KNOX-ANTELOPE-BOONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...NELIGH...ALBION
923 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION INTO EARLY TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6
TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WHITE-OUT
CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMEND AND IN FACT MAY
BE IMPOSSIBLE ON SOME ROADS.

IN ADDITION...ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THE STRONG
WINDS COULD DOWN MORE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

$$

NEZ012-017-018-031-042-282345-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
CEDAR-PIERCE-WAYNE-MADISON-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...PIERCE...WAYNE...NORFOLK...
COLUMBUS
923 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST OVER THE REGION INTO
TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 2 TO 6 INCHES. HOWEVER...NORTHWEST
WINDS OF 30 TO 55 MPH WILL CREATE SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.
IN ADDITION...SOME LOCATIONS MAY HAVE EXPERIENCED A PERIOD OF
FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND ICE
MAY ALSO DOWN SOME TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES OVER THE AREA.

TRAVEL IS OR WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE AND IS NOT
RECOMMENDED TODAY.

$$

NEZ015-032-033-043-282345-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
THURSTON-STANTON-CUMING-COLFAX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...STANTON...WEST POINT...
SCHUYLER
923 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA
INTO EARLY TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF ONLY 2 TO 4 INCHES
IS EXPECTED...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH COULD CREATE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 

TRAVEL MAY BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT OVER THE AREA...ESPECIALLY LATER TODAY.

$$

IAZ069-NEZ052-053-282345-
/O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0001.051128T1800Z-051129T0600Z/
POTTAWATTAMIE-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...OMAHA...BELLEVUE
923 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON
TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE REGION INTO
THIS AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 
MPH...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CAUSE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS
DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ043-055-056-282345-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN
923 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

LIGHT RAIN SHOULD MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3
INCHES IS EXPECTED. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
MPH...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES COULD
DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

NEZ050-051-065-066-078-088-089-282345-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0000Z/
BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE
923 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

NEZ034-044-045-282345-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TEKAMAH...FREMONT...BLAIR
923 AM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER
THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO
40 MPH...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES COULD
DEVELOP. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS FORECAST.

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$


CHERMOK
000 
WWUS43 KOAX 282039
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE AREA...

.A LARGE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SEVERE WINTER
CONDITIONS TO PARTS OF NEBRASKA AND ADJACENT STATES TODAY AS IT
LIFTS FROM IOWA INTO WISCONSIN. SNOW...BLOWING SNOW AND BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FROM CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH PARTS OF
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND INTO SOUTH DAKOTA. AREAS OF SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW SHOULD INCREASE OVER MUCH OF THE REST OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TODAY AS STRONG WINDS OVERSPREAD THE
REGION.

NEZ012-017-031-290300-
/O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
CEDAR-PIERCE-MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...PIERCE...NORFOLK
239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES NEAR ZERO WILL CONTINUE 
OVER THE AREA INTO EARLY TONIGHT AS NORTHWEST WINDS GUST OVER 50 MPH. 
OCCASIONAL SNOW CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 
INCHES EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...MANY LOCATIONS EXPERIENCED FREEZING 
RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THE STRONG WINDS AND ICING WILL CAUSE POWER 
OUTAGES AND SOME DOWNED TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 

TRAVEL IS NOT ONLY NOT ADVISED BUT IT IS POTENTIALLY LIFE 
THREATENING. 

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

NEZ011-016-030-290300-
/O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
KNOX-ANTELOPE-BOONE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...NELIGH...ALBION
239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 TO 60 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS OVER THE REGION INTO EARLY TONIGHT. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF
6 TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY AND THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE WHITE-
OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMEND AND IN FACT
MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE ON SOME ROADS.

IN ADDITION...ICING FROM FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT AND THE STRONG
WINDS COULD DOWN MORE TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

$$

NEZ015-018-032-033-042-043-290300-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
THURSTON-WAYNE-STANTON-CUMING-PLATTE-COLFAX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...WAYNE...STANTON...WEST POINT...
COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER
239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA
INTO EARLY TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH TOTAL SNOWFALL OF ONLY 2 TO 4 INCHES
IS EXPECTED...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 35 TO 55 MPH COULD CREATE NEAR
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

TRAVEL MAY BECOME QUITE DIFFICULT OVER THE AREA...ESPECIALLY
LATER TODAY.

$$

IAZ069-NEZ052-053-290300-
/O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
POTTAWATTAMIE-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...OMAHA...BELLEVUE
239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT
CST TONIGHT. 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE REGION INTO
THIS AFTERNOON. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 25 TO 40 MPH...
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CAUSE LOCALLY HAZARDOUS DRIVING
CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ043-055-056-NEZ034-044-045-290300-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
TEKAMAH...FREMONT...BLAIR
239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT. 

LIGHT RAIN SHOULD MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL
SNOW BY LATE MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO
4 INCHES IS EXPECTED. AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE TO 20 TO 35
MPH...AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND POOR VISIBILITIES COULD
DEVELOP...ESPECIALLY BY THE EVENING RUSH HOUR.

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

NEZ050-051-065-066-078-088-089-290000-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0000Z/
BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE
239 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

PERIODS OF SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY AS NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE
TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL BE 1 TO 3 INCHES.

BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE
CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

$$

LEWIS
000 
WWUS43 KOAX 282210
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
410 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL PLAINS...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SLOWLY MOVE TO THE
NORTHEAST TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF
BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH
THE STRONG WINDS. AREAS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH
THE EVENING. THE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END BUT THE WINDS WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL WILL BE
DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE...ACROSS THE AREA. THIS IS A
DANGEROUS STORM...WITH POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING CONSEQUENCES.

NEZ015-018-032-033-042-043-290600-
/O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
THURSTON-WAYNE-STANTON-CUMING-PLATTE-COLFAX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...WAYNE...STANTON...WEST POINT...
COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER
410 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS BEING REPLACED WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD 
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE
WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.

NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. TRAVEL THIS EVENING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS
NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...AND GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT.

THE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END TONIGHT...BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

IAZ043-055-056-NEZ034-044-045-290600-
/O.CAN.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.EXA.KOAX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
TEKAMAH...FREMONT...BLAIR
410 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REPLACES THE WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY. 

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH CAUSING SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY TO BELOW ONE
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. TRAVEL THIS EVENING WILL
BE TREACHEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST
TRAVEL...AND GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

NEZ050-051-065-066-078-088-089-290600-
/O.CAN.KOAX.WW.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-051129T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KOAX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE
410 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH CAUSING SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY TO BELOW ONE
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. TRAVEL THIS EVENING WILL
BE TREACHEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...AND
GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

NEZ011-012-016-017-030-031-290600-
/O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...NELIGH...
PIERCE...ALBION...NORFOLK
410 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.
THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 

NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THIS EVENING. AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THIS EVENING. TRAVEL THIS EVENING WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS
NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST TRAVEL...AND GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT.

THE SNOW WILL COME TO AN END TONIGHT...BUT WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE NIGHT.

A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT
CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF
YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET
STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

$$

IAZ069-NEZ052-053-290600-
/O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
POTTAWATTAMIE-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...OMAHA...BELLEVUE
410 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

NORTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST TO AROUND 45 MPH CAUSING SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES SIGNIFICANTLY TO BELOW ONE
QUARTER MILE AT TIMES. AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS
EVENING AND THEN TAPER OFF BY MIDNIGHT. TRAVEL THIS EVENING WILL
BE TREACHEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...AND
GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A WINTER
SURVIVAL KIT.

USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

HEINLEIN/LEWIS
000 
WWUS43 KOAX 290516
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1116 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO IMPACT THE CENTRAL PLAINS...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST
TONIGHT. ALTHOUGH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA HAVE SUBSIDED...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW HAS
TAPERED OFF...HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS. TRAVEL WILL BE DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE
ACROSS THE AREA.

NEZ011-012-015>018-030>033-042-043-291200-
/O.CAN.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.051129T0516Z-051129T1200Z/
KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-
CUMING-PLATTE-COLFAX-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER...
NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...
WEST POINT...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER
1116 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE
BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TOWARDS SUNRISE. TRAVEL OVERNIGHT
WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST
TRAVEL...AND GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ043-NEZ034-044-050-051-291200-
/O.CAN.KOAX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.051129T0516Z-051129T1200Z/
MONONA-BURT-DODGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...TEKAMAH...FREMONT...
DAVID CITY...WAHOO
1116 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...
...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING
SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST TUESDAY. THE
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL
CONTINUE TO CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SUBSIDE TOWARDS SUNRISE. TRAVEL OVERNIGHT
WILL BE DANGEROUS AND IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IF YOU ABSOLUTELY MUST
TRAVEL...AND GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. MAKE SURE YOU
HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT.

A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED
DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN
TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

$$

IAZ055-056-069-NEZ045-052-053-065-066-078-088-089-290630-
/O.CAN.KOAX.SB.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-051129T0600Z/
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-
LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
COUNCIL BLUFFS...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE
1116 PM CST MON NOV 28 2005

...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. 

ALTHOUGH STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS...THE SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF AND VISIBILITIES CONTINUE
TO IMPROVE. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

$$

GRIFFIS

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Nov 27, 3:18 PM CST, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 27, 3:18 PM CST, 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
315 PM CST SUN NOV 26 2005

.DISCUSSION...

COMPLEX STORM THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT REMAINS MAIN FORECAST FOCUS.
SYSTEM IS SPAWNING WEATHER RANGING FROM SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS/TORNADOES TO OUR S TO FREEZING PCPN OR NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS NEAR THE WRN CWFA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WILL BE UPGRADING
NEBRASKA PORTION OF WATCH TO BLIZZARD WARNING FAR W AND WINTER STORM
WARNING REST OF NEBR LATER TNGT THRU MON EVENING...DETAILS BELOW.

SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND MONDAY.  STLT SHOWED DEEP UPPER LVL LOW
PRESSURE CLOSING OFF OVER THE OK PANHANDLE.  UPPER LOW IS FORECAST
SIMILARLY BY THE NAM AND GFS TO LIFT INTO NERN KS BY 06Z TNGT
DEEPENING SFC LOW PRESSURE OVR NERN KS BY THAT TIME...SLIGHTLY
SLOWER THAN YDA. SYSTEM HAS PLENTY OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH WITH SFC
DWPTS IN THE MID 50S AND PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES VIA 12Z/18Z OAX
SOUNDINGS IN EXCESS OF 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL.  UNSTABLE AIR HAS FED
INTO SERN NEBR/SWRN IA WITH CONVECTION INCREASING INTO THIS
AFTN...ALTHOUGH THUS FAR IT HAS REMAINED ELEVATED AND NON-SEVERE.
STILL SOME THREAT OF SVR THOUGH INTO THIS EVENING REMAINS AS
CIRCULATION AROUND SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AMPLE SHEAR IF A
LTL BETTER INSTABILITY/DRY SLOT CAN MAKE IT INTO SERN NEBRASKA NEXT
FEW HOURS. ATTENTION THEN TURNS TO PCPN/PCPN TYPE TNGT. MILD AIR
CONTINUES TO WRAP AROUND THE LOW ALOFT WHICH HAS KEPT PCPN FROM
CHANGING TO SNOW IN NWRN CWA EVEN THOUGH LOWER 30S SFC TEMPS WERE
SPREADING SEWD AND THRU OFK AND BVN BY 20Z WITH THE CDFNT THRU LCG
AND OLU JUST BEFORE 21Z. THUS LOOKS LIKE MORE OF A FREEZING
RAIN/SLEET THREAT INITIALLY FOR NWRN ZONES. ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR KNOX...ANTELOPE AND BOONE COUNTIES BEGINNING THIS
EVENING BECAUSE OF THE FREEZING THREAT EARLY BEFORE PCPN CHANGES TO
ALL SNOW. EXPANDED THE MENTION OF SLEET/FREEZING RAIN TNGT FARTHER
EWD AS COLD AIR NEAR THE SFC SHOULD CONTINUE WORKING SEWD AND
EXTENDED THE WINTER STORM WARNING FARTHER EAST AS WELL LATER TONIGHT
BECAUSE OF THE PROBABLE MIX.  COLD ENOUGH AIR SHOULD OCCLUDE AROUND
THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SFC/UPR LOW AS IT TRACKS INTO IOWA AFTER 06Z
TO ACTUALLY CHANGE TO PCPN TO SNOW QUICKER OVER THE SOUTHERN ZONES
THAN PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST.  HOWEVER...EXPECT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO
REMAIN LOW ENOUGH FOR THE SITUATION TO BE HANDLED WITH A WINTER WX
ADVSRY SOUTH OF THE PLATTE RIVER FROM LNK AND BIE WWD.  SYSTEM WILL
NOT BE LACKING FOR WINDS ON MONDAY AS MODELS CONTINUE TO FORECAST A
VERY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND 850 MB WINDS OF 60 KTS TO COINCIDE
WITH COLD ADVCTN. AS PCPN CHANGES TO ALL SNOW OVER NWRN ZONES
BLIZZARD CONDS APPEAR LIKELY MONDAY SO ISSUED BLIZZARD WARNING
BEGINNING AT 12Z FOR ANTELOPE...KNOX AND BOONE COUNTIES.  WILL
CONTINUE THE WINTER STORM WARNING E OF THERE TO MO RIVER...BUT EARLY
MIX MAKES VSBYS QUESTIONABLE ENOUGH TO HOLD OFF ON BLIZZARD
WARNING.  ALTHOUGH A MIX REMAINS POSSIBLE IA ZONES WHERE THE WINTER
STORM WATCH WAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED...STRONG WINDS WONT HIT TILL MON
AFTN AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS APPEAR THEY WILL BE LIGHT ENOUGH TO
HANDLE WITH A WINTER WEATHER ADVSRY.  FROM OMA S AND SE WILL
CONTINUE WITH NO HEADLINES AS STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO NOT APPARENTLY
HIGH TILL MONDAY AFTN AND FREEZING/FROZEN PCPN AMOUNTS APPEAR
MODESTLY LIGHT.

EXTENDED WARNINGS/ADVSRYS NRN ZONES THRU 06Z AS STRONG WINDS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THAT TIME CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING.  ALTHOUGH
SOME TRIMMING MAY BE NEEDED LATER IF CONDS IMPROVE.  OTHERWISE WINDY
CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO TUE WITH COLD TEMPS THEN EXPECTED MUCH
OF NEXT WEEK.  KEPT SMALL SNOW CHANCES WITH NEXT CLIPPER WED INTO
EARLY THU BUT REST OF FCST DRY.  LOWERED A FEW TEMPS IN THE EXTENDED
BUT OTHERWISE NO SIGFNT CHANGES.

&&

OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...

NE...WINTER STORM WARNING 28/03Z-28/12Z NEZ011-016-030
     BLIZZARD WARNING 28/12Z-29/06Z NEZ011-016-030
     WINTER STORM WARNING 28/03Z-29/06Z NEZ012-017-018-031-032
     WINTER STORM WARNING 28/06Z-29/06Z NEZ015-032-033-043
     WINTER STORM WARNING 28/12Z-29/06Z NEZ034-044-045
     WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 28/06Z-29/00Z
     NEZ050-051-065-066-078-088-089
IA...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 28/12Z-29/06Z IAZ043-055-056

&&

CHERMOK
Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 27, 11:48 AM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1148 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-043-280000-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-CEDAR-COLFAX-KNOX-MADISON-PIERCE-PLATTE-STANTON-WAYNE-
1148 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

RAIN THIS AFTERNOON IS FORECAST TO CHANGE TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN
AND SLEET THIS EVENING...AND THEN TO SNOW THE REST OF THE NIGHT.
HEAVY SNOW. HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO
AROUND 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH BY MONDAY MORNING...WHICH COULD
CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AFTER MIDNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

HEAVY SNOW MONDAY MORNING SHOULD DECREASE IN THE AFTERNOON.
STIFF NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ALL DAY. SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY TO LAST UNTIL MONDAY EVENING WHEN THE SNOW
WILL END AND THE WINDS WILL DECREASE.

ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM MAY DROP MORE SNOW ON THE AREA WEDNESDAY INTO
EARLY THURSDAY.  CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ015-033-034-044-045-050>053-
065>068-078-088>093-280000-
BURT-BUTLER-CASS-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-HARRISON IA-
JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS IA-MONONA IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-
OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-
SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY IA-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-
1148 AM CST SUN NOV 27 2005

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

RAIN WILL BE WIDESPREAD THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO DEVELOP IN SOME AREAS.

A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AS A POTENT LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER KANSAS FORCES MOISTURE INTO THE
AREA AND INCREASES INSTABILITY. ANY SEVERE WEATHER THAT DOES
DEVELOP SHOULD BE SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRBURY TO
OMAHA AND HARLAN IOWA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE THE PRIMARY HAZARDS.

MUCH COLDER AIR WILL BEGIN TO PUSH INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST LATE
TONIGHT. RAIN WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...OR
SNOW WEST OF A LINE FROM BEATRICE TO LINCOLN...FREMONT AND ONAWA
IOWA BY MONDAY MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW WEST TO EAST MONDAY AS TEMPERATURES FALL. A
TRANSITION PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE.  WINDS WILL
INCREASE FROM THE NORTHWEST...CAUSING SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ARE POSSIBLE TO THE
NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LINCOLN TO FREMONT AND HARLAN IOWA.
AMOUNTS ARE FORECAST TO BE LESS THAN 2 INCHES SOUTHEAST
OF THAT LINE. HOWEVER...STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW COULD STILL
RESULT IN TREACHEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS ANYWHERE IN THE AREA ON
MONDAY.

THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE OF SNOW FOR THE REGION WEDNESDAY INTO
THURSDAY MORNING. CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT ANY ACCUMULATIONS
WOULD BE MINOR.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED...MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY TONIGHT.

SCHURR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 27, 4:17 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 9 more24 hr
Nov 27, 4:17 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryOAXBurt, Butler, Dodge, Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster and 4 more24 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.