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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS Hastings, NE

December 10, 200716 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas

NWS Hastings, NE issued this winter storm warning at Dec 10, 2007, 4:26 AM CST for 16 counties in Nebraska; 6 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 16 hr. 42 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 10, 2007, 4:26 AM CST (10:26 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 10, 2007, 6:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 11, 2007, 10:11 AM CST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS Hastings, NE
All 22 counties

Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 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
Dec 10, 6:55 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Stockton, KSHIGHWAYS 24 AND 183 BECOMING ICY.
Dec 10, 7:07 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Alma, NEROADWAYS BEGINNING TO ICE UP.
Dec 10, 7:12 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Beloit, KSICE BEGINNING TO ACCUMULATE ON POWER LINES AND ROADWAYS.
Dec 10, 8:06 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.034 N Hastings, NEGLAZE OF ICE ON HIGHWAY 281
Dec 10, 8:45 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Burr Oak, KS0.3 TO 0.5 INCH OF ICE ON POWER LINES AND ROAD SIGNS
Dec 10, 9:45 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Geneva, NE1/8 TO 1/4 OF AN INCH OF ICE ON SURFACES
Dec 10, 10:10 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Cambridge, NEAT LEAST 1/4 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION
Dec 10, 10:28 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Mccool Junction, NE
Dec 10, 10:30 PM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.256 Ese Clay Center, NE
Dec 11, 12:47 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.24 N Hastings, NE0.2 ICE ACCUMULATION AT WFO HASTINGS
Dec 11, 1:15 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Beloit, KSMOST OF THE COUNTY WITH 1/4 INCH OR MORE OF ICE ACCUMULATION.
Dec 11, 1:27 AM CSTSNOW 2Kearney, NE2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN KEARNEY.
Dec 11, 1:29 AM CSTSNOW 2Grand Island, NE
Dec 11, 1:40 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0Hebron, NEFREEZING RAIN WAS MIXING WITH SOME SLEET.
Dec 11, 1:52 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.75Burr Oak, KS0.75 TO 1.0 INCH ICE ACCUMULATION. FREEZING RAIN IS BEGINNING TO MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW.
Dec 11, 7:41 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Beloit, KSESTIMATED ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND A HALF INCH WITH SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES AND MANY TREE BRANCHES DOWN.
Dec 11, 7:41 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Hunter, KS
Dec 11, 7:54 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Mankato, KS
Dec 11, 7:58 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Damar, KS
Dec 11, 8:02 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Stockton, KS
Dec 11, 8:05 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Osborne, KS
Dec 11, 8:07 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Beloit, KS3-6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN
Dec 11, 8:09 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Phillipsburg, KS
Dec 11, 8:12 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Smith Center, KS
Dec 11, 8:14 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Mankato, KS
Dec 11, 8:19 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Beaver City, NE3 INCHES OF SNOW ALSO FELL ACROSS THE AREA
Dec 11, 8:21 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Alma, NE
Dec 11, 8:22 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Franklin, NE
Dec 11, 8:24 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Red Cloud, NE
Dec 11, 8:30 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Nelson, NE
Dec 11, 8:32 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Hebron, NE
Dec 11, 8:33 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Elwood, NE
Dec 11, 8:35 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.1Holdrege, NE1-2 INCHES OF SNOW ALSO REPORTED
Dec 11, 8:38 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Minden, NE2 INCHES OF SNOW ALSO REPORTED AT KEARNEY
Dec 11, 8:42 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Geneva, NE
Dec 11, 8:47 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Kearney, NE2-3 INCHES OF SNOW ALSO REPORTED AT KEARNEY
Dec 11, 8:50 AM CSTSNOW 4Aurora, NEA TRACE OF ICE ACCOMPANIED 3-4 INCHES OF SNOW
Dec 11, 8:53 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.2York, NE0.2 INCH OF ICE DUE TO FREEZING RAIN AND 0.5 INCH OF SNOW REPORTED AT YORK
Dec 11, 9:17 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Lebanon, KS
Dec 11, 9:20 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.25Orleans, NE
Dec 11, 9:22 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.4Beloit, KS
Dec 11, 9:25 AM CSTFREEZING RAIN 0.5Guide Rock, NE

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 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 191 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-12-10Temperature 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2007-12-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
979 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
94 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WWUS43 KGID 101026
WSWGID

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
426 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ077-085>087-101800-
/O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGID.WS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...GENEVA...RED CLOUD...
SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
426 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM
CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER TO A HALF OF AN INCH. THE FREEZING
RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FOR A TIME BEFORE
TRANSITIONING OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS MAY TOTAL 1 TO 2 INCHES.

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

$$

NEZ064-076-084-101800-
/O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KGID.WW.Y.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
YORK-CLAY-FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...YORK...CLAY CENTER...FRANKLIN
426 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON THE CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME...AN AVERAGE OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...HOWEVER LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF THE
PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW QUICKER.

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.

$$

NEZ048-049-061>063-072>075-082-083-101800-
/O.NEW.KGID.WW.Y.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-
FURNAS-HARLAN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...
BEAVER CITY...ALMA
426 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON THE CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME...AN AVERAGE OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE
EXPECTED...HOWEVER LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF THE
MIXED PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONS TO SNOW QUICKER.

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.

$$
7 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS43 KGID 101746
WSWGID

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1146 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ077-085>087-110300-
/O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...GENEVA...RED CLOUD...
SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
1146 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

FREEZING RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR
ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH BY DAWN TUESDAY.
AREAS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HEBRON NEBRASKA TO
OSBORNE KANSAS...MAY RECEIVE ALMOST THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF
ICE BY MID MORNING TUESDAY.

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MIX WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SLEET FOR A TIME
BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO SNOW BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS MAY TOTAL 1 TO 2 INCHES.

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

$$

NEZ048-049-061>064-072>076-082>084-110300-
/O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-
ADAMS-CLAY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN
1146 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT.
THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY TUESDAY
MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE DEPENDENT UPON THE CHANGE OVER
TO SNOW. AT THIS TIME...AN AVERAGE OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...
HOWEVER LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF THE PRECIPITATION
TRANSITIONS TO SNOW QUICKER. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE LESS THAN
ONE QUARTER INCH.

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGID 102059
WSWGID

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
259 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ077-085>087-110600-
/O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0003.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...GENEVA...RED CLOUD...
SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
259 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

LOOK FOR A STEADY FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...BEFORE SOME SLEET MIXES IN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
QUICK...AND SUBSTANTIAL IN SOME AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY BY DAWN TUESDAY. SUCH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...AND MAY LEAD
TO POWER OUTAGES.

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ041-046-047-060-110600-
/O.EXA.KGID.WW.Y.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...
LEXINGTON
259 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW...AND MAYBE SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL
DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION
WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY DAWN TUESDAY...AND 2 TO 3 INCHES IS
EXPECTED. 

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.

$$

NEZ048-049-061>064-072>076-082>084-110600-
/O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0005.071211T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-
ADAMS-CLAY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN
259 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS
EVENING TO 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SOME SLEET AND SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD
THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY BY DAWN TUESDAY. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY TUESDAY...WITH 2 
TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. 

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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGID 110124
WSWGID

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
724 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

NEZ063-064-073>076-082>084-110930-
/O.UPG.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KGID.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
HAMILTON-YORK-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AURORA...YORK...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN
724 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

LOOK FOR A STEADY FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...BEFORE SOME SLEET AND SNOW MIXES IN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL BE QUICK...AND SUBSTANTIAL IN SOME AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS
FROM ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY BY DAWN TUESDAY. SUCH
ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...AND MAY
LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

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.

$$

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ077-085>087-110930-
/O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...GENEVA...RED CLOUD...
SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
724 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

LOOK FOR A STEADY FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...BEFORE SOME SLEET MIXES IN. ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE
QUICK...AND SUBSTANTIAL IN SOME AREAS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE
QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY BY DAWN TUESDAY. SUCH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS WILL CAUSE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...AND MAY LEAD
TO POWER OUTAGES.

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

$$

NEZ041-046-047-060-110930-
/O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-DAWSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...
LEXINGTON
724 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

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

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

A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW...AND MAYBE SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL
DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY DAWN TUESDAY...AND 2 TO
3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

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.

$$

NEZ048-049-061-062-072-110930-
/O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD
724 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

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

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

FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE QUARTER INCH ARE LIKELY
BY DAWN TUESDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND
THEN SNOW OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW DURING
THE DAY TUESDAY...WITH A TOTAL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION
POSSIBLE.

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.

$$

HEINLEIN
000 
WWUS43 KGID 110245
WSWGID

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
845 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

NEZ061-062-072-111045-
/O.UPG.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KGID.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD
845 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

FREEZING RAIN WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING. ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH ARE LIKELY TONIGHT.
THE FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SLEET AND THEN SNOW
OVERNIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE ALL SNOW DURING THE DAY
TUESDAY...WITH A TOTAL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE.

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.

$$

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ063-064-073>077-082>087-111045-
/O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-HAMILTON-YORK-PHELPS-
KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-
NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...AURORA...YORK...
HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...
BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...
HEBRON
845 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
TUESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

LOOK FOR A STEADY FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT...BEFORE SOME SLEET AND SNOW MIXES IN OVERNIGHT. ICE 
ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE QUICK...AND SUBSTANTIAL IN SOME AREAS. ICE 
ACCUMULATIONS FROM ONE QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH ARE
EXPECTED IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND UP TO ONE INCH OF ICE IS
EXPECTED IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SUCH ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL
CAUSE NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL...AND MAY LEAD TO POWER OUTAGES.

THE FREEZING RAIN WILL MAKE A GRADUAL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW TUESDAY
MORNING...WITH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE.

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.

$$

NEZ039-040-111045-
/O.EXA.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...GREELEY
845 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST TUESDAY. 

A MIXTURE OF SLEET AND SNOW...AND MAYBE SOME FREEZING RAIN WILL
DEVELOP BY LATE EVENING...AND CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. LIGHT
ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE TO
ALL SNOW BY DAWN TUESDAY...AND 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED.

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.

$$

NEZ041-046>049-060-111045-
/O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...
CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON
845 PM CST MON DEC 10 2007

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

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

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW DEVELOP BY LATE
EVENING...AND WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVERNIGHT. LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. A
TOTAL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED BY TUESDAY.

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.

$$

HEINLEIN
000 
WWUS43 KGID 111017
WSWGID

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
417 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ061>064-072>077-082>087-111830-
/O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-BUFFALO-HALL-
HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-
HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...
RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
417 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. 

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM
HEBRON TO OSBORNE WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING. THE SNOW
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA INTERMITTENTLY TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1
TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1
TO 3 INCHES IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES IN SOUTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

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.

$$

NEZ039>041-046>049-060-111830-
/O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...GREELEY...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON
417 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

...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. 

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE DAY TODAY. ADDITIONAL
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW
ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGID 111018 CCA
WSWGID

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
417 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ061>064-072>077-082>087-111830-
/O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-BUFFALO-HALL-
HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-
HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...
RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
417 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...

A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM 
HEBRON TO OSBORNE WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING. THE SNOW
WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA 
INTERMITTENTLY TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES 
ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES 
IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AND 2 TO 4 INCHES IN SOUTH CENTRAL 
NEBRASKA.

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.

$$

NEZ039>041-046>049-060-111830-
/O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...GREELEY...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON
417 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

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

SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY DURING THE DAY TODAY. ADDITIONAL 
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW 
ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 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.

$$
000 
WWUS43 KGID 111611
WSWGID

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1011 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ061>064-072>077-082>087-120000-
/O.CAN.KGID.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
/O.EXA.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-BUFFALO-HALL-
HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-
HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...
PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...KEARNEY...
GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...
HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...
RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON
1011 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY SNOW OR ICE IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. LOOK FOR PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW...MAYBE
MIXED AT TIMES WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE...THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS.

AREA ROADS ARE ICE AND SNOW PACKED...AND QUITE HAZARDOUS. REMEMBER...
IF THE ROAD IS COVERED WITH ICE AND SNOW...TAKE IT SLOW. 

$$

NEZ039>041-046>049-060-120000-
/O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-071212T0000Z/
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...GREELEY...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...
ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON
1011 AM CST TUE DEC 11 2007

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

OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. 
A BIT OF FREEZING DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE AT TIMES. 

AREA ROADS ARE ICE AND SNOW PACKED...AND QUITE HAZARDOUS. REMEMBER...
IF THE ROAD IS COVERED WITH ICE AND SNOW...TAKE IT SLOW.  

$$

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Dec 10, 4:08 AM CST, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 10, 4:08 AM CST, 18 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
408 AM CST MON DEC 10 2007

.DISCUSSION...ALL ATTENTION IS ON THE UPCOMING WINTER WEATHER
EVENT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY.

AN UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST OFF THE COAST OF BAJA WILL MOVE
INLAND TODAY. AHEAD OF THIS POTENT SYSTEM SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE AND
LIFT WILL BE DRAWN INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS STATES. TREMENDOUS DEEP
LAYER LIFT INCREASES TONIGHT AS INDICATED BY FRONTOGENESIS...JET
DYNAMICS...ISENTROPIC FIELDS...ETC. TIMING OF THE SATURATION
VARIES SLIGHTLY BY MODEL BY A FEW HOURS BUT NONTHELESS A
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER EVENT IS TAKING SHAPE FOR OUR SOUTHEAST
CWA.

ONCE AGAIN THIS WILL BE A MIXED WINTER PRECIPITATION EVENT WITH
SUB FREEZING TEMPERATURES AT THE SURFACE AND WARM AIR BEING DRAWN
IN ALOFT IN OUR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ZONES. THIS WILL RESULT IN
AN ONSET OR INITIAL PCPN TYPE OF FREEZING RAIN IN OUR SOUTHEAST
CWA. THE FAR NORTHWEST WILL BEGIN AS SNOW WITH MORE OF A SLEET OR
FREEZING RAIN ONSET IN CENTRAL AREAS. THE PCPN TYPE VARIES FROM
MODEL TO MODEL WITH THE GFS BEING THE COLDEST AND THE NAM THE
WARMEST. THE 06Z NAM HAS TRENDED WARMER WITH THE WARM LAYER
WHEREAS THE 06Z GFS IS NOW INDICATING MORE POTENTIAL FOR SLEET VS
FREEZING RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST. ALL OF THIS WILL NEED TO BE
MONITORED CLOSELY AS THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SIGNIFICANT ICE OR
SLEET ACCUMULATIONS IN THE SOUTHEAST. IF MODELS TREND EVEN COLDER
THEN SNOW TOTALS WILL BE HIGHER. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY DUE TO
MIXED PCPN AND TRANSITION BETWEEN DIFFERENT PCPN TYPES HAVE
FOLLOWED SUIT OF SURROUNDING OFFICES AND WENT WITH A WINTER STORM
WARNING TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY IN THE SOUTHEAST. NORTH OF THE WINTER
STORM WARNING AREA...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL BE IN EFFECT.

COLD AIR FUNNELS SOUTH TONIGHT FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND THE PCPN WILL EVENTUALLY TRANSITION TO ALL
SNOW BEFORE ENDING. THE MID AND UPPER TROUGH MOVE THROUGH ON
WEDNESDAY WITH NEGLIGIBLE EFFECT. NO CHANGES MADE TO THE FORECAST
BEYOND WEDNESDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...06Z KGRI TAF. VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO
TOMORROW AFTERNOON. ONE CAVEAT WILL BE WEATHER SOME FOG DEVELOPS
TONIGHT. KEPT 6SM BR IN THE FORECAST OVERNIGHT...BUT A SMALL
CHANCE THIS WILL DROP LOWER FOR A SHORT WHILE. I AM EXPECTING ONLY
PATCHY BR IN THE AREA. CEILING DEVELOPS IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENTUALLY LOWERS THROUGH THE EVENING. PUT SOME -FZRA BY 04Z
TUESDAY. THIS COULD BE SNOW...BUT GOING WITH WORSE CASE AS HAS
BEEN THE CASE AS OF LATE.

&&

.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR NEZ064-076-077-084>087.

KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON
     FOR KSZ005>007-017>019.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 9, 7:42 PM CST, 8 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
742 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ064-076-077-084>087-101200-
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-
FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-
742 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
KANSAS AND FOR LOCATIONS IN SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTHEAST OF A
LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO CLAY CENTER TO YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

A WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY.
FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER PRODUCT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

NEZ039>041-046>049-060>063-072>075-082-083-101200-
VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-
HALL-HAMILTON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-
742 PM CST SUN DEC 9 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM FRANKLIN TO CLAY CENTER TO YORK.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE:
   HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS  (ALL LOWERCASE)

HEINLEIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 10, 4:26 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryGIDAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Franklin and 18 more34 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Nebraska, 2007Winter Storm Warnings in Kansas, 2007Every winter storm warning in 2007

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.