Alert archive / Nebraska / Blizzard Warnings in 2006
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this blizzard warning at Dec 19, 2006, 11:14 AM MST for 12 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 19, 2006, 8:00 PM MST. It was in force for 39 hr. 11 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
- Dec 19, 2006, 11:14 AM MST (18:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 19, 2006, 8:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 21, 2006, 11:00 AM MST
- In force
- 39 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:18 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 6:30 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 30 Ssw Valentine, NE | 1/4 INCH OF ICE, RAINING NOW, 0.18 INCH OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION. |
| Dec 20, 6:41 AM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.25 | 15 S Mullen, NE | 1/4 INCH OF ICE OVER PAST 10 HOURS. 31 DEGREES. FREEZING RAIN AND DRIZZLE CAUSING ICY ROADS. OTHER SURFACES ICING ALSO. |
| Dec 20, 12:56 PM MST | FREEZING RAIN 0.5 | 15 S Mullen, NE | LARGE BRANCHES DOWN WITH POWERLINES SAGGING |
| Dec 20, 8:28 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Imperial, NE | |
| Dec 20, 9:33 PM MST | SNOW 12 | Ogallala, NE | SNOWING MODERATE TO HEAVEY |
| Dec 20, 9:44 PM MST | SNOW 9 | Chappell, NE | |
| Dec 21, 6:25 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 30 S Valentine, NE | 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. POWER OUT. |
| Dec 21, 6:25 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 30 S Valentine, NE | 6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. POWER OUT. |
| Dec 21, 7:01 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | 15 S Mullen, NE | 6.9 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. THIS IS ON TOP OF YESTERDAY/S 0.50 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION. LOTS OF LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. LOCAL SNOW DEPTH IS 7 INCHES. |
| Dec 21, 7:01 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.9 | 15 S Mullen, NE | 6.9 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. THIS IS ON TOP OF YESTERDAY/S 0.50 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION. LOTS OF LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. LOCAL SNOW DEPTH IS 7 INCHES. |
| Dec 21, 8:10 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Nw Mullen, NE | 10 INCH STORM TOTAL SNOW FALL |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KLBF 191814 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1214 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM... SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-200215- /O.CAN.KLBF.HS.W.0002.061220T0000Z-061221T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.061220T0300Z-061221T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 1214 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 /1114 AM MST TUE DEC 19 2006/ ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY. THE HEAVY SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE STORM ARE LIKELY TO BE TEN TO FIFTEEN INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE PANHANDLE. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET IN BLOWING SNOW... AND SEVERE DRIFTING IS LIKELY. 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 WHITEOUT 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. $$ NEZ005-025-037-059-071-200215- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.061220T0000Z-061221T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1214 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING WITH ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A TENTH OF AN INCH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY LATE TONIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS THEN EXPECTED WITH UP TO 12 INCHES OF SNOWFALL POSSIBLE. ON WEDNESDAY...WIND WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WITH VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1000 FEET AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-038-200215- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.061220T0000Z-061221T2100Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 1214 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING HALF OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS THEN EXPECTED WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONEILL AND AINSWORTH BEFORE THE STORM WINDS DOWN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ SPRINGER
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLBF 191831 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1231 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY. THE STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH FRIDAY. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM... SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-200245- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.061220T0300Z-061221T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 1231 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 /1131 AM MST TUE DEC 19 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BY LATE AFTERNOON AND SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE STORM ARE LIKELY TO BE TEN TO FIFTEEN INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE PANHANDLE. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET IN BLOWING SNOW... AND SEVERE DRIFTING IS LIKELY. 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 WHITEOUT 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. $$ NEZ005-025-037-059-071-200245- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.061220T0000Z-061221T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1231 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY. LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON. THE RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW COMPLETELY AND INTENSIFY TTONIGHT CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED WITH STORM SNOWFALL TOTALS OF TEN TO TWELVE INCHES EXPECTED. 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. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-038-200245- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.061220T0000Z-061221T2100Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 1231 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING HALF OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS THEN EXPECTED WITH 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN ONEILL AND AINSWORTH BEFORE THE STORM WINDS DOWN ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 192346 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 546 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TONIGHT AND ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY. THE STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM... SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION...INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-201000- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.061220T0300Z-061221T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 546 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 /446 PM MST TUE DEC 19 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY. A MIXTURE OF RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD DURING THE EVENING BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW INTENSITY WILL INCREASE TONIGHT AND EARLY WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THE STORM ARE LIKELY TO BE TEN TO FIFTEEN INCHES WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS IN THE PANHANDLE. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING OR EARLY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET IN BLOWING SNOW...AND SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING IS LIKELY. 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 WHITEOUT 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. $$ NEZ005-025-037-059-071-201000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.061220T0000Z-061221T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 546 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY. LIGHT RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT WITH SNOWFALL INTENSIFYING. SNOW...MODERATE TO AT TIMES HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TEN TO TWELVE INCHES EXPECTED. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-038-201000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.061220T0000Z-061221T2100Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 546 PM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE THIS EVENING IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING HALF OF AN INCH CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO SNOW WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL IS THEN EXPECTED WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION WEST OF A LINE FROM TAYLOR THROUGH SPRINGVIEW. AREAS TO THE EAST CAN EXPECT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 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. $$ KAR
000 WWUS43 KLBF 201027 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 427 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. THE STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM... SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-201830- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 427 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006 /327 AM MST WED DEC 20 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE AREA AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AS COLDER AIR FILTERS IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY LATE MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ005-025-037-059-071-201830- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 427 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. AREAS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW...MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO TEN INCHES EXPECTED BY THURSDAY. 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. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-038-201830- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T2100Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 427 AM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A 1/4 INCH TO 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ POWER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 202002 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 202 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES AND ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. THE STORM WILL MOVE SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORM... SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION... INCLUDING FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL OCCUR ACROSS THE REGION. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-210415- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 202 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 /102 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY. SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET...WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY THROUGH THE EVENING...ALLOWING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO OCCUR THROUGH THE NIGHT. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE...THROUGH THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY. 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 WHITEOUT 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. $$ NEZ005-025-037-059-071-210415- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 202 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. AREAS OF SNOW...MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET...WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH INTO THE EVENING WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO TEN INCHES EXPECTED BY THURSDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-038-210415- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T2100Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 202 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS EVENING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A 1/4 INCH TO 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WEDNESDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 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. $$ JWS
000 WWUS43 KLBF 202150 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 350 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW WILL REDEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE IN THE PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-210600- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 350 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 /250 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY. SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE IN WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY BY LATE EVENING...ALLOWING SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO OCCUR THROUGH THE NIGHT. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AROUND 9 INCHES IN THE NORTHWEST NEAR THE PINE RIDGE TO AROUND 17 INCHES IN THE CENTRAL SANDHILLS. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH POSSIBLE...OVERNIGHT CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ005-025-037-059-071-210600- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 350 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. AA WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL CONTINUE AT 20 TO 30 MPH INTO THE EVENING WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. HEAVY SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED WITH STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT TO TWELVE INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. AMOUNTS EXCEEDING FIFTEEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SANDHILLS. 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. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-038-210600- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T2100Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 350 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY. WIDESPREAD FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY LATE THIS EVENING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A 1/4 INCH TO 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT AND IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM EIGHT INCHES SOUTH OF BROKEN BOW TO NEAR 16 INCHES IN PARTS OF THE NIOBRARA VALLEY. WIND WILL INCREASE BY LATE TONGIHT OR EARLY THURSDAY TO 25 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH. THIS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 210558 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1158 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM TO AFFECT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THURSDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS OVERNIGHT AND THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO EXPAND ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT...MEANWHILE A WINTRY MIX WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT BEFORE SLOWLY CHANGING SNOW. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-211400- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 1158 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 /1058 PM MST WED DEC 20 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST /11 AM MST/ THURSDAY... SNOW IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE IN WESTERN NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. INTENSE BANDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT WITH SNOW PILING UP AT 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR BENEATH THESE SNOW BANDS. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS TO OCCUR THROUGH THE NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL REPORTS UP TO A FOOT HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE AND SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH POSSIBLE...OVERNIGHT CAUSING WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW...AND DRIFTING IS LIKELY. 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 WHITEOUT 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. $$ NEZ005-025-037-059-071-211400- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1158 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...NORTHEAST WINDS AT TIMES WILL GUST TO 30 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE SOME AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF EIGHT TO TWELVE INCHES EXPECTED BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. AMOUNTS EXCEEDING FIFTEEN INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN SANDHILLS. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-038-211400- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T2100Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 1158 PM CST WED DEC 20 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THURSDAY... WIDESPREAD RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO SNOW BY BY EARLY MORNING. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A 1/4 INCH TO 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. ONCE CHANGE OVER OCCURS SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM 7 TO 10 INCHES SOUTH OF BROKEN BOW TO NEAR 14 INCHES IN PARTS OF THE NIOBRARA VALLEY. WIND WILL INCREASE BY LATE TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH. THIS MAY CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING. 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. $$ MASEK
000 WWUS43 KLBF 211016 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 416 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM CONTINUES TO AFFECT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEAST OUT OF THE REGION. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-211800- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 416 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 /316 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE THIS MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL DRIFTING AND BLOWING OF SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE MORNING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BETWEEN CHAPPELL AND MULLEN THROUGH THE DAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ005-025-037-059-071-211800- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 416 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES BETWEEN NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH THE MORNING. 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. $$ NEZ006>010-026>029-038-211830- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T2100Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 416 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH THE DAY WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES BETWEEN BROKEN BOW AND AINSWORTH THROUGH THE DAY. STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CAUSE SOME DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ POWER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 211758 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1158 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN... .THE STORM WHICH BROUGHT WIDESPREAD ICE AND SNOW IS WEAKENING OVER KANSAS. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL FALL FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY...HOWEVER...ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED. NEZ006>010-026>029-038-211900- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T2100Z/ KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH... BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... BROKEN BOW 1158 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. ACCUMULATING ICE AND SNOW IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-211900- /O.EXP.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 1158 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 /1058 AM MST THU DEC 21 2006/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR LESS CAN BE EXPECTED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. WINDS ACROSS DEUEL...GARDEN AND KEITH COUNTIES WILL RANGE FROM 20 TO 30 MPH...RESULTING IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW UNTIL EVENING. $$ NEZ005-025-037-059-071-211900- /O.EXP.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-061221T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-THOMAS-LOGAN-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...THEDFORD...STAPLETON... NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1158 AM CST THU DEC 21 2006 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY. LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY. ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. $$ JMC
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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 19, 3:06 AM MST, 8 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 19, 3:06 AM MST, 8 hours 8 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 406 AM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 .DISCUSSION... MODELS ARE IN BETTER AGREEMENT AND SLOWER BRINGING SYSTEM OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. THERE IS STRONG WARM AIR ADVECTION WITH 295K TO 300K ISENTROPIC SURFACES SHOWING UPGLIDE WINDS WRAPPING WELL WEST AS SYSTEM OCCLUDES WHILE MOVING THROUGH THE PLAINS. THE WARM CONVEYOR BELT WILL DRIVE A WEDGE OF WARMER AIR NORTH AND WEST TODAY AND EXTEND INTO TONIGHT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FREEZING RAIN AND THE POTENTIAL FOR ICE PELLETS IN THE NORTH CENTRAL...A TRANSITION ZONE...THEN SNOW IN THE WEST. THE SNOW WILL BE ENHANCED AS THE DEFORMATION ZONE SETS UP NORTH TO SOUTH ACROSS THE WEST. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH UP TO 15 INCHES IN THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL...AND RANGE TO NEAR 6 INCHES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL. THE MIXTURE OF PRECIPITATION IS REINFORCED IN THE BUFGET FILES WITH THE PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL TO CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL THROUGHOUT WITH HEAVY SNOW WARNING POSTED FOR MUCH OF THE WEST AND WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE GFS SOLUTION TRENDS COLDER TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY WHILE NAM KEEPS WARM LAYER ALOFT UNTIL MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. A BLEND OF MODELS WILL TRANSITION ALL PRECIPITATION TO SNOW MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY WITH NEWER MODEL DATA TODAY TO AID IN REFINING SNOW TOTALS. THE SYSTEM LIFTS OUT ON THURSDAY WITH THE SNOW TO COME TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST. SNOW DEPTH COVERAGE WILL THEN IMPACT TEMPERATURES THROUGH WEEKENDS WITH COOLER GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOLLOWED THROUGH DAY 5. OTHERWISE NO CHANGES MADE BEYOND. .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... HEAVY SNOW WARNING FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ THURSDAY FOR NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069- 070-094. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR NEZ005-025-037-059-071. WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 3 PM CST THURSDAY FOR NEZ006>010-026>029-038. && 19
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 19, 7:47 AM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 847 AM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-201500- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 847 AM CST TUE DEC 19 2006 /747 AM MST TUE DEC 19 2006/ ...HEAVY SNOW WARNING AND WINTER STORM WARNING TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LATE THIS MORNING AND SPREAD NORTH INTO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. WEST OF A LINE FROM HAYES CENTER TO CODY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT WITH A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET TO THE EAST OF THE LINE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT AS A POWERFUL WINTER STORM MOVES SLOWLY EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY. WESTERN AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE WILL SEE THE CONTINUATION OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW ON WEDNESDAY CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. A FOOT OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE OVER THESE AREAS. NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL BE AFFECTED BY FREEZING RAIN THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT ICING OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH TO A HALF AN INCH IS POSSIBLE WITH 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO RELAY REPORTS OF ICING AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) POWER
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 4:13 AM MST | Heavy Snow Warning | LBF | Arthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Grant and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 19, 4:13 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | LBF | Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Frontier and 9 more | 55 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.