Alert archive / Nebraska / Blizzard Warnings in 2007
Blizzard Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this blizzard warning at Feb 28, 2007, 3:41 PM CST for 8 counties in Iowa; 9 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 1, 2007, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 38 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
- Feb 28, 2007, 3:41 PM CST (21:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2007, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 2, 2007, 12:00 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
Counties Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Burt County, NE, Cass County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 5:34 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 2 Ne Little Sioux, IA | THROUGH 5 AM. |
| Mar 1, 5:34 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Greenwood, NE | ROAD DEPT ESTIMATED CLOSE TO 6 INCHES NEAR THE GREENWOOD INTERCHANGE AS OF 530 AM WITH NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY. |
| Mar 1, 5:45 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Valley, NE | AT THE NWS OFFICE AS OF 545 AM. |
| Mar 1, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 2 W Pacific Junction, IA | |
| Mar 1, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.8 | Millard, NE | |
| Mar 1, 8:15 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Little Sioux, IA | |
| Mar 1, 10:00 AM CST | SNOW 11 | Omaha, NE | NEAR 150TH AND MAPLE. |
| Mar 1, 10:10 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Elkhorn, NE | |
| Mar 1, 10:24 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Omaha, NE | 8 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR 120TH AND CENTER |
| Mar 1, 10:24 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Omaha, NE | 8 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR 120TH AND CENTER |
| Mar 1, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 12.8 | Omaha, NE | 14 INCHES ON THE GROUND AT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF BOYSTOWN. SNOWFALL FROM THIS STORM SO FAR 12.8 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 10:30 AM CST | SNOW 14 | Omaha, NE | 14 INCHES AT 1 MILE NORTHWEST OF BOYSTOWN. |
| Mar 1, 10:36 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Valley, NE | 11 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT NWS VALLEY AS OF 1030 AM CST. |
| Mar 1, 10:36 AM CST | SNOW 11 | Valley, NE | 11 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AT NWS VALLEY AS OF 1030 AM CST. |
| Mar 1, 10:51 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Bennington, NE | |
| Mar 1, 11:06 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Fremont, NE | 10 INCHES OF SNOW IN FREMONT. |
| Mar 1, 11:41 AM CST | SNOW 7 | 3 S Offutt Afb, NE | 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. |
| Mar 1, 11:56 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 W Pacific Junction, IA | 5.0 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Mar 1, 11:56 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Omaha, NE | 5.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL UP TO ABOUT NOON AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD. LOTS OF BLOWING SNOW WITH SOME DRIFTING. |
| Mar 1, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | 3 N Offutt Afb, NE | 3.5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN PAST 6 HOURS. SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Clarinda, IA | AS OF NOON ABOUT 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Mar 1, 12:00 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Gretna, NE | 12 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF NOON. |
| Mar 1, 12:24 PM CST | SNOW 8 | Omaha, NE | 8 INCHES OF NEW SNOW IN FLORENCE. 10 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Mar 1, 12:49 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Onawa, IA | |
| Mar 1, 12:49 PM CST | SNOW 14 | Harlan, IA | |
| Mar 1, 2:02 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Pender, NE | VISIBILITY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN BLOWING SNOW. |
| Mar 1, 2:40 PM CST | SNOW 5 | 2 W Pacific Junction, IA | 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH WATER EQUIVALENT 1.00 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 2:48 PM CST | SNOW 11.7 | Little Sioux, IA | 11.7 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THIS STORM AS OF 245 PM. SNOW DEPTH 15 INCHES. DRIFTS 3 TO 4 FEET. |
| Mar 1, 2:54 PM CST | SNOW 16 | Harlan, IA | ABOUT 16 INCHES OF SNOW. STILL AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY. |
| Mar 1, 3:42 PM CST | SNOW 10 | Omaha, NE | 10 INCHES OF SNOW AT WOWT STUDIO. |
| Mar 1, 3:42 PM CST | SNOW 12 | Valley, NE | SNOWFALL TODAY AT NWS VALLEY IS 12 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 3:56 PM CST | SNOW 9 | Omaha, NE | 9 INCHES OF SNOW NEAR 120TH AND CENTER. |
| Mar 1, 4:17 PM CST | SNOW 8.2 | Omaha, NE | 8.2 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. CURRENT SNOW DEPTH 10 INCHES. |
| Mar 1, 4:17 PM CST | SNOW 11 | Omaha, NE | 1 NORTHWEST OF DODGE PARK IN THE PONCA HILLS AREA. |
| Mar 1, 4:20 PM CST | SNOW 11.4 | Omaha, NE | 12 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. 0.84 INCHES WATER EQUIVALENT. VICINITY 149TH AND BLONDO. |
| Mar 1, 4:22 PM CST | SNOW 11.2 | Underwood, IA | |
| Mar 1, 8:25 PM CST | SNOW 13 | Oakland, IA | EMERGENCY MANAGMENT INDICATED WIDEPSREAD 12 TO 14 INCHES OF SNOWFALL WITH 6 FOOT DRIFTS REPORTED. |
| Mar 1, 10:20 PM CST | SNOW 8.8 | Millard, NE | UP TO THREE AND A HALF FOOT DRIFTS. |
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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 35 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
- 1074 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 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 KOAX 282141 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM TAKES AIM AT THE REGION... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT CHANGING ANY RAIN OVER TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM NEAR 2 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO NEAR A FOOT OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA. 4 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED FOR THE LINCOLN METRO AREA WHILE 6 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE FOR THE OMAHA METRO AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND WILL STAY STRONG INTO THE EVENING HOURS. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. NEZ044-051-065-066-078-010545- /O.CAN.KOAX.WW.Y.0004.070301T0300Z-070301T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T0600Z-070301T1800Z/ DODGE-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN... CRETE 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. 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. $$ NEZ050-282245- /O.CAN.KOAX.WW.Y.0004.070301T0300Z-070301T1800Z/ BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...DAVID CITY 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. ONLY LIGHT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED THEREFORE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ034-010545- /O.UPG.KOAX.WW.Y.0004.070301T0300Z-070301T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.070301T0900Z-070302T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...TEKAMAH 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND 3 AM. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. 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. $$ NEZ015-010545- /O.NEW.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.070301T0900Z-070302T1200Z/ THURSTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PENDER 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AROUND 3 AM. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ068-090>093-010545- /O.UPG.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T0600Z-070301T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0003.070301T0600Z-070301T1800Z/ OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH...AUBURN... PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. 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. $$ IAZ080-090-091-010545- /O.UPG.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T0600Z-070301T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0003.070301T0600Z-070302T0000Z/ MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE WINDS WILL STAY STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ079-NEZ045-052-053-067-010545- /O.UPG.KOAX.WW.Y.0004.070301T0300Z-070301T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0003.070301T0600Z-070302T0000Z/ MILLS-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... PLATTSMOUTH 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH 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. $$ NEZ012-018-032-033-010545- /O.EXB.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T1200Z-070302T1200Z/ CEDAR-WAYNE-STANTON-CUMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE...STANTON... WEST POINT 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS REMAIN STRONG. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ088-089-010545- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T0600Z-070301T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 341 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. 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. $$ BOUSTEAD/GRIFFIS
9 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KOAX 010312 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 912 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TONIGHT CHANGING ANY RAIN OVER TO SNOW FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM NEAR 2 INCHES ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO AROUND A FOOT OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FOR THE LINCOLN METRO AREA WHILE 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE OMAHA METRO AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE MORNING HOURS THURSDAY AND WILL STAY STRONG INTO THE EVENING HOURS. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ015-034-011115- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.070301T0900Z-070302T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-THURSTON-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...PENDER...TEKAMAH 912 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATE THIS EVENING AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AROUND 3 AM. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY AND SHOULD LINGER THURSDAY NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ068-090>093-011115- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0003.070301T0600Z-070301T1800Z/ OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH...AUBURN... PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 912 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. 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. $$ IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ045-052-053-067-011115- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0003.070301T0600Z-070302T0000Z/ MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY... CLARINDA...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH 912 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ NEZ044-051-065-066-078-088-089-011115- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T0600Z-070301T1800Z/ DODGE-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN... CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 912 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH NOON ON THURSDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. 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. $$ NEZ012-018-032-033-011115- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T1200Z-070302T1200Z/ CEDAR-WAYNE-STANTON-CUMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE...STANTON... WEST POINT 912 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS REMAIN STRONG. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ DEWALD
000 WWUS43 KOAX 010933 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT MOVED INTO EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THURSDAY WILL INTENSIFY OVER IOWA TODAY. AS THE SYSTEM WINDS UP...SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AN INCH OR TWO ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO AROUND A FOOT OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA NORTHEAST OF OMAHA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FOR LINCOLN...WHILE 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FOR THE OMAHA METRO AREA. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND WILL STAY STRONG INTO THE EVENING HOURS. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. THESE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE MOST LONG LIVED OVER WESTERN IOWA NORTHEAST OF OMAHA. NEZ068-090>093-011745- /O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH...AUBURN... PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW AND THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. MOST SNOW TOTALS WILL BE IN THE 2 TO 4 INCH RANGE ACROSS THE AREA. NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE BY LATE MORNING. THIS COULD CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOME DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. 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. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ015-034-011745- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-THURSTON-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...PENDER...TEKAMAH 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSIFY OVER THE AREA THROUGH MID MORNING. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW COULD LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 45 MPH BY NOON. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ090-011745- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ FREMONT- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...SIDNEY 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 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. RAIN WILL MIX WITH SLEET AND SNOW THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW OVER THE AREA THROUGH MID MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THIS 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. $$ IAZ079-080-091-NEZ045-052-053-067-011745- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ MILLS-MONTGOMERY-PAGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...CLARINDA...BLAIR... OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSIFY OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. SOME SLEET OR RAIN COULD PERSIST FOR A WHILE EARLY OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. THE SNOW WILL BE OCCASIONALLY HEAVY THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING ON. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ NEZ043-050-011745- /O.EXB.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ COLFAX-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 45 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. 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. $$ NEZ033-044-051-011745- /O.EXT.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T0933Z-070302T0000Z/ CUMING-DODGE-SAUNDERS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST POINT...FREMONT...WAHOO 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MODERATE...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ032-011745- /O.EXT.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T0933Z-070302T0000Z/ STANTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STANTON 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. $$ NEZ012-018-011745- /O.EXT.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070301T0933Z-070302T1200Z/ CEDAR-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS REMAIN STRONG. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ065-066-078-088-089-011745- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEWARD...LINCOLN...CRETE...FAIRBURY... BEATRICE 333 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MODERATE TO HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING TO FLURRIES OR ENDING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY BY LATE MORNING. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST THIS AFTERNOON AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. 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. $$ CHERMOK/DEE
000 WWUS43 KOAX 011350 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM THAT MOVED INTO EASTERN KANSAS EARLY THURSDAY WILL INTENSIFY OVER IOWA TODAY. AS THE SYSTEM WINDS UP... SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AN INCH OR TWO ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO AROUND A FOOT OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA NORTHEAST OF OMAHA. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH OF THE LINCOLN AND OMAHA METRO AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH DURING THE MORNING HOURS AND WILL STAY STRONG INTO THE EVENING HOURS. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. THESE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL MOST LIKELY BE THE MOST LONG LIVED OVER WESTERN IOWA NORTHEAST OF OMAHA. NEZ066-068-011800- /O.UPG.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ LANCASTER-OTOE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LINCOLN...NEBRASKA CITY 750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 TO 9 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CONTINUE AS WELL. 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. $$ NEZ044-051-012200- /O.UPG.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ DODGE-SAUNDERS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...WAHOO 750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE IT TAPERS TO FLURRIES. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING ON. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH THE 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. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ015-034-012200- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-THURSTON-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...PENDER...TEKAMAH 750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW COULD LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 45 MPH BY NOON. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ045-052-053-067-012200- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY... CLARINDA...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH 750 AM CST THU MAR 1 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. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DECREASING. SOME SLEET COULD BE MIXED IN WITH THE SNOW THIS MORNING SOUTHEAST OF OMAHA. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH ARE LIKELY...ESPECIALLY FROM LATE MORNING ON. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THROUGH 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. $$ NEZ065-078-088>093-011800- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ SEWARD-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEWARD...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL BE GRADUALLY ENDING THIS MORNING OVER THE AREA...HOWEVER NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOME DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ033-043-050-012200- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ CUMING-COLFAX-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST POINT...SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY 750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. 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. $$ NEZ032-012200- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ STANTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STANTON 750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ012-018-012200- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ CEDAR-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE 750 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS REMAIN STRONG. 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. $$ CHERMOK
000 WWUS43 KOAX 011432 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 832 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL INTENSIFY OVER IOWA TODAY. AS THE SYSTEM WINDS UP...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL PREVAIL FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN IOWA. SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM AN INCH OR TWO ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO AROUND A FOOT OVER PORTIONS OF OMAHA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. 5 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED FOR MUCH LINCOLN. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ044-045-051>053-067-012245- /O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-DODGE-WASHINGTON-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS- SARPY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY... CLARINDA...FREMONT...BLAIR...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... PLATTSMOUTH 832 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA INTO THIS AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS. SNOWFALL WILL VARY FROM 8 TO 12 INCHES FROM AROUND FREMONT...WAHOO INTO WEST OMAHA TO 4 TO 10 INCHES FROM SOUTHWEST IOWA TOWARD EASTERN SECTIONS OF OMAHA. 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. $$ NEZ068-012245- /O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ OTOE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...NEBRASKA CITY 832 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW COULD DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 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. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ015-034-012245- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-THURSTON-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...PENDER...TEKAMAH 832 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW COULD LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 45 MPH BY NOON. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY MORNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ066-011800- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LINCOLN 832 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING BEFORE DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. ALTHOUGH THE SNOW WILL DECREASE THIS AFTERNOON... STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CONTINUE AS WELL. 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. $$ NEZ065-078-088>093-011800- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ SEWARD-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEWARD...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 832 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL BE GRADUALLY ENDING THIS MORNING OVER THE AREA... HOWEVER NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING AND A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN POSTED FOR THE AREA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SOME DRIFTING SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ033-043-050-012245- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ CUMING-COLFAX-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST POINT...SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY 832 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH NOON THURSDAY. 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. $$ NEZ032-012245- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ STANTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STANTON 832 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP NEAR 40 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ012-018-012245- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ CEDAR-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE 832 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE AREA THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON AND LINGER INTO TONIGHT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. THESE CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AS WINDS REMAIN STRONG. 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. $$ CHERMOK
000 WWUS43 KOAX 011750 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1150 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT MUCH OF THE REGION THROUGH TONIGHT... .A STRONG STORM SYSTEM OVER CENTRAL IOWA WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL BE ENDING OVER EXTREME EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA DURING THE AFTERNOON BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS DURING THIS TIME. SNOW AMOUNTS SO FAR RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO OVER A FOOT IN THE OMAHA METRO AREA AND ADJACENT AREAS TO THE NORTH AND EAST. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON. IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ015-034-020200- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-THURSTON-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...PENDER...TEKAMAH 1150 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING. LIGHT SNOW MAY LINGER THROUGH TONIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ044-045-051>053-067-068-020000- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-DODGE-WASHINGTON-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS- SARPY-CASS-OTOE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY... CLARINDA...FREMONT...BLAIR...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY 1150 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY HEAVY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON..WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH OCCASIONAL WHITE OUTS. SNOWFALL WILL VARY FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES AROUND OMAHA AND AREAS NORTH AND EAST TO 4 TO 10 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST IOWA AND AREAS SOUTH OF OMAHA. 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. $$ NEZ066-020000- /O.NEW.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.070301T1800Z-070302T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ LANCASTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LINCOLN 1150 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW ARE POSSIBLE EARLY THIS AFTERNOON BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES IN BLOWING SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ065-078-088>093-020000- /O.NEW.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.070301T1800Z-070302T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070301T1800Z/ SEWARD-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEWARD...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 1150 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. SNOW WILL BE GRADUALLY ENDING IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON...HOWEVER NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITE CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. 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. $$ NEZ033-043-050-020000- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ CUMING-COLFAX-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST POINT...SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY 1150 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ032-020000- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ STANTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...STANTON 1150 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. $$ NEZ012-018-020200- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ CEDAR-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE 1150 AM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY FRIDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ FOBERT
000 WWUS43 KOAX 012145 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT... .A POWERFUL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH IOWA TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN AREAS TO THE WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW...MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SURFACE LOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. NEZ044-051-068-020545- /O.CAN.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ DODGE-SAUNDERS-OTOE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...WAHOO...NEBRASKA CITY 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE SNOW HAS ENDED FOR TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO START TO IMPROVE BY MIDNIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. $$ NEZ043-050-012245- /O.CAN.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ COLFAX-BUTLER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA FOR TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ NEZ065-066-078-088-089-012245- /O.CAN.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SEWARD...LINCOLN...CRETE...FAIRBURY... BEATRICE 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA FOR TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE PATCHY BLOWING SNOW THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...BUT SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ IAZ079-080-090-091-020545- /O.EXT.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER TO FLURRIES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE INCH TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ045-052-053-067-020545- /O.EXB.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.070302T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER TO FLURRIES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING CREATING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS IN OPEN AREAS. AFTER 6 PM...VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING AFTER MIDNIGHT TO 15 TO 25 MPH. 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. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ015-034-020545- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-THURSTON-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...PENDER...TEKAMAH 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MODERATE...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA...TO 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AT 25 TO 35 MPH LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ032-033-020545- /O.EXT.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ STANTON-CUMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STANTON...WEST POINT 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA THROUGH THIS EVENING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. $$ NEZ090>093-020545- /O.EXT.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY... FALLS CITY 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FOR TODAY. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO START TO IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ012-018-020545- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ CEDAR-WAYNE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE 345 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. $$ BOUSTEAD/DERGAN
000 WWUS43 KOAX 020016 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 616 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE IN PARTS OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT... .A POWERFUL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST THROUGH IOWA TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN AREAS TO THE WEST OF THE SURFACE LOW... MAINLY OVER SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THE SURFACE LOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. NEZ045-052-053-067-020600- /O.CAN.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ /O.EXP.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0000Z/ /O.EXA.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH 616 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS AVERAGING 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BLOW THE 6 TO 12 INCHES OF FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW...CAUSING SOME WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ACROSS OPEN ROADWAYS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES BECOMING LESS OF A PROBLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ015-034-020830- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-THURSTON-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...PENDER...TEKAMAH 616 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MODERATE...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA...TO 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AT 25 TO 35 MPH LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ IAZ079-080-090-091-020600- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA 616 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER TO FLURRIES THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL IS GENERALLY EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE INCH TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING...CREATING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH WHITE OUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ012-018-032-033-020830- /O.CON.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ CEDAR-WAYNE-STANTON-CUMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE...STANTON... WEST POINT 616 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO ROTATE BACK WEST INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA LATE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 6 AM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND MAY CAUSE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. $$ NEZ044-051-068-090>093-020600- /O.CON.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ DODGE-SAUNDERS-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...WAHOO...NEBRASKA CITY... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 616 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...BUT NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE IN OPEN AREAS. CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO START TO IMPROVE AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WINDS DIMINISH TO 15 TO 25 MPH. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KOAX 020242 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 842 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD FINALLY WINDING DOWN IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA... .THE POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT THE EXTREME WINTER WEATHER TO THE AREA WAS PUSHING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. THE SNOW HAS ENDED IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WAS DWINDLING IN WESTERN IOWA. FALLING SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL LIKELY STILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN EASTERN PARTS OF SHELBY AND MONONA COUNTIES...WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW A PROBLEM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. IAZ055-069-NEZ015-034-020600- /O.CAN.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ HARRISON-POTTAWATTAMIE-THURSTON-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...COUNCIL BLUFFS... PENDER...TEKAMAH 842 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW BECOMING LESS OF A PROBLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. 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. $$ IAZ079-080-090-091-020600- /O.CAN.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA 842 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS SOUTHWEST IOWA THROUGH THE EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW BECOMING LESS OF A PROBLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ NEZ012-018-032-033-020345- /O.CAN.KOAX.SB.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-070302T1200Z/ CEDAR-WAYNE-STANTON-CUMING- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...WAYNE...STANTON... WEST POINT 842 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW PROMPTING THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS DWINDLED...THUS THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT...BUT AMOUNTS THROUGH SUNRISE SHOULD BE LIGHT. $$ NEZ044-051-068-090>093-020345- /O.CAN.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ DODGE-SAUNDERS-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FREMONT...WAHOO...NEBRASKA CITY... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 842 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. WINDS HAVE DECREASED INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS THE AREA...AND NO REPORTS OF SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THUS THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE COULD STILL BE OPEN AREAS WHERE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW COULD CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS...SO MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING TONIGHT. $$ IAZ043-056-020600- /O.EXT.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ MONONA-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...HARLAN 842 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. SNOW...OCCASIONALLY MODERATE...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DIMINISHING TO FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION RANGING FROM 15 TO 20 INCHES OVER WEST CENTRAL IOWA...TO 6 TO 10 INCHES OVER EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT AT 25 TO 35 MPH LEADING TO CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITE OUT CONDITIONS MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. $$ NEZ045-052-053-067-020600- /O.CON.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH 842 PM CST THU MAR 1 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EVENING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. THE WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND DRIFTING SNOW BECOMING LESS OF A PROBLEM AFTER MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER WIND CHILL READINGS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS CAN STILL BE EXPECTED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$
000 WWUS43 KOAX 020602 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1202 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW PROBLEMS CONTINUE FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA... .THE POWERFUL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH BROUGHT THE EXTREME WINTER WEATHER TO THE AREA WAS NEARLY STALLED IN SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN. STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. LOOSE SNOW IS STILL CAUSING TRAVEL PROBLEMS IN MANY OPEN AREAS... ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED IN THE OMAHA AREA AND ALSO NEAR THE MISSOURI BORDER IN SOUTHWEST IOWA. ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED OR EXTENDED THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WHERE BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM. IAZ043-056-021415- /O.EXP.KOAX.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.070302T0602Z-070303T0000Z/ MONONA-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...HARLAN 1202 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 30 MPH WITH STRONGER GUSTS. DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS...AND SOME ROADS WILL REMAIN CLOSED. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION. 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. $$ IAZ090-091-NEZ052-053-067-020715- /O.EXP.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070302T0600Z/ FREMONT-PAGE-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... PLATTSMOUTH 1202 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS IN OPEN AREAS...BUT TRAVEL CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED DURING THE EVENING...AND THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ NEZ033-044-021415- /O.EXB.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.070302T0602Z-070303T0000Z/ CUMING-DODGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...WEST POINT...FREMONT 1202 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WILL ADD TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING.. 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. $$ IAZ055-069-079-080-NEZ015-034-045-021415- /O.EXT.KOAX.BS.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-070303T0000Z/ HARRISON-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-THURSTON-BURT-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...COUNCIL BLUFFS... GLENWOOD...RED OAK...PENDER...TEKAMAH...BLAIR 1202 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 ...BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... THE BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES...WILL PERSIST ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE DAY. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. DRIFTING OF SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE MAJOR TRAVEL PROBLEMS... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. LIGHT SNOW MAY DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON... WHICH WILL ADD TO THE AMOUNT OF BLOWING SNOW. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION...AS SOME AREA ROADS MAY BE CLOSED. A BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ POLLACK
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 Feb 28, 3:31 PM CST, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 3:31 PM CST, 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
331 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007
...POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WINTER STORM FOR PARTS OF THE AREA...
.DISCUSSION...
SYNOPSIS...12Z UPPR AIR ALYS INDCD POWERFUL 140 KT UPPR LVL JET FM
SRN CA INTO NM. JET WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A 120 M H5 HEIGHT FALL AT
KPSR. MOISTURE WAS LACKING AT 12Z AT H85 WITH MOST OF THE SRN
PLAINS BELOW ZERO FOR DEWPOINTS WITH ONLY KSGF WITH A +9. INITIAL
SHRTWV ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROF HAD EJECTED NE THIS MRNG AND WAS
LOCATED OVR WRN ND AT 12Z. 19Z SFC ANLYS INDCD DEEPENING SFC LO
OVR THE TX PANHANDLE WITH OLD FILLING SFC LO OVR ERN KS.
FORECAST...VERY DIFFICULT FORECAST FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND STILL
SOME UNCERTAINLY ON THE TRACK OF THE UPCOMING WINTER STORM LEADS
TO A MARGINAL CONFIDENCE FORECAST ON SNOW AMOUNTS. NEVERTHELESS
WILL GENERALLY SIDE WITH AN GFS/NAM BLEND FOR THE PERIOD. SFC LO
SHLD CONT TO DEEPEN OVR THE TX PANHANDLE AS UPPR LVL JET ENERGY
ROUNDS THE BASE OF THE WRN US TROF AND STARTS TO EJECT NEWD. TIGHT
MID-LVL THERMAL GRADIENT FM SW NEB INTO SE SD WL LIKELY LEAD TO
PRECIP OVR OUR NW CWA THIS EVNG. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS INDC A
MIXED PRECIP TYPE...BUT AMOUNTS SHLD BE LOW ENOUGH WE CAN DO
WITHOUT AND ADVRY FOR THIS EVNG. WL GO WITH LIKELY POPS THOUGH.
OTHERWISE EXPECT IMPRESSIVE UPPR LVL FORCING TO ALLOW FOR RAPID
EXPANSION OF PRECIP TOWARD MIDNIGHT OVR KS. SECONDARY AREA OF
FRONTOGENESIS IS EXPECTED TO DVLP ARND H6 EXTNDG NEWD FM THE LO
INTO SE NEB WHICH SHLD LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN PRECIP. INITIAL
PRECIP IN SE NEB MAY ALSO BE MIXED WITH IP/SN/RA...BUT SHLD
QUICKLY GO OVER TO ALL SN BY 09Z. PRECIP SHLD RAPIDLY SPREAD NEWD
AS LIFT SPREADS NORTH LATE TONIGHT. WL CONT TO MENTION A MIX OF
IP/SN OVR WRN IA THRU 12Z...BUT GENERALLY AFTN 12Z ALL PRECIP SHLD
BE SN. FORECAST FOR THURS DEPENDS EXTREMELY HEAVILY ON THE TRACK
OF THE UPPR LVL LO AND ASSOCIATED DEFORMATION ZONE AS THERE WL BE
A VRY TIGHT WRN EDGE TO THE PRECIP. 18Z NAM INDCS THIS MAY BE A
LITTLE FARTHER EAST THAN THE 12Z GUIDANCE...BUT THIS WL BE
DISCOUNTED FOR NOW BUT WL NEED TO BE WATCH VERY CLOSELY.
SFC LO WL CONT TO BOMB OUT DURING THE MRNG HOURS WITH SFC PRES
DROPPING BELOW 980 MB OVR CNTRL IA. VERY IMPRESSIVE H6
FRONTOGENESIS COUPLED WITH STG Q-G FORCING SHLD LEAD TO VERY
STRONG LIFT WITHIN THE DEFORMATION ZONE AND GIVEN THE WEAK
STABILITY ON THE POINT FORECAST SOUNDINGS...MAY SEE SOME
THUNDERSNOW OVR THE ERN CWA DURING THE MRNG AND WL INCLUDE IN THE
GRIDS. SNOWFALL RATES MAY REACH 2 INCHES PER HOUR OR BETTER FM A
TIME ARND 10Z THRU 15Z AS MAIN LIFT MOVES THRU. PRECIP IS LIKELY
TO LINGER OVR THE ERN CWA THRU THE AFTN AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT
HOURS AS H6 THRML GRADIENT GETS LOCKED INTO PLACE ALONG THE
POSITION OF THE UPPR LVL JET OVR THE NRN PLAINS SEEN ON THE 305 K
SFC. THIS WL LIKELY LEAD TO IMPRESSIVE SNOWFALL TOTALS OVR W-CNTRL
IA BY FRI MRNG. IN ADDITION TO THE +SN...BOMBING OUT SFC LO WL
LEAD TO AN INCREASINGLY TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT AND INCREASING
WND THRU THE DAY. MOS GUIDANCE SEEMS TO LO ON THE WNDS GIVEN THE
DEEPENING OF THE LO AND WL GO WELL ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR WINDS.
ALTHOUGH TMPS WL BE MARGINAL...SHLD SEE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING SNOW
WITH THIS SYSTEM LEADING TO NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIOS BY AFTN OVR
W-CNTRL IA AND SHLD CONT INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THUS WL UPGRADE
THESE AREAS TO A BLIZZARD WRNG. OTHERWISE...WL UPGRADE TO A WNTR
STORM WRNG FOR SE NEB/SW IA. SEE OMAWSWOAX FOR DETAILS.
EXTENDED...ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SNOW FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...THEN
GRADUALLY WARMER WEATHER...ARE THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS AFTER
THE IMPENDING WINTER STORM. AS THURSDAY LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LIFTS
TO THE NORTHEAST ON FRIDAY... LOBE OF MID LEVEL VORTICITY IS
FORECAST TO WRAP BACK TO THE WEST DURING THE DAY. WEAK
FRONTOGENESIS IN A DEEP LAYER IS NOTED OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA
FRIDAY MORNING...SPREADING SOUTH THROUGH THE DAY. BOTH GFS AND NAM
INDICATE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE PLENTIFUL UNDER BROAD FORCING
ALOFT...AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MOIST LAYER WILL HOVER IN THE
DENDRITIC RANGE. THUS LIGHT SNOW SEEMS LIKELY FRIDAY SPREADING
FROM NORTH TO SOUTH...AND FINALLY ROTATING OUT OF THE SOUTHERN CWA
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. SNOW AMOUNTS COULD TOTAL A COUPLE MORE
INCHES...AND GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING SNOW
PROBLEMS. WILL HAVE TO MONITOR FOR LATER ADVISORY POTENTIAL.
BEYOND FRIDAY...RELATIVELY COOL PERIOD EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY
NIGHT AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SETTLES INTO THE REGION AND CLOUDS
CLEAR. GFS SHOWS SURFACE HIGH OVER THE CWA MOST OF SUNDAY...SO
MIXING WILL BE LIMITED DESPITE MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. HAVE HIGHS FROM
NEAR 30 SATURDAY TO NEAR 40 ON SUNDAY.
SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW WILL RULE THE PLAINS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES EXPECTED. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL
ROLE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT WHICH COULD COOL
THINGS OFF A BIT TUESDAY...BUT SUNSHINE AND A QUICK RETURN TO
SOUTHERLY LOW LEVEL FLOW SHOULD TEMPER THIS SOMEWHAT. HAVE CONTINUED
THE TREND OF PREVIOUS FORECASTS IN WARMING TEMPS FROM THE 40S BOTH
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...AND PUSHED THEM TOWARD 50 ON WEDNESDAY.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
NEZ015-034.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY
FOR NEZ068-090>093.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY
FOR NEZ045-052-053-067.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM
CST THURSDAY FOR NEZ044-051-065-066-078-088-089.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST
FRIDAY FOR NEZ012-018-032-033.
IA...BLIZZARD WARNING FROM 3 AM THURSDAY TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR
IAZ043-055-056-069.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY
FOR IAZ079-080-090-091.
&&
BOUSTEAD/DERGANHazardous weather outlook, Feb 28, 1:21 PM CST, 2 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 121 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 NEZ011-012-015>018-030>033-042-043-010000- ANTELOPE-BOONE-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-KNOX-MADISON-PIERCE-PLATTE- STANTON-THURSTON-WAYNE- 121 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA/NEBRASKA BORDER. ADDITIONAL CHANCES FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR THIS EVENING... WITH SNOW CHANCES AFTER MIDNIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO BLOW AROUND BY INCREASINGLY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THE DAY THURSDAY. VERY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT ANY REPORTS OF ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULED FOR 230 PM. IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ034-044-045-050>053-065>067-078-010000- BURT-BUTLER-CASS-DODGE-DOUGLAS-HARRISON IA-LANCASTER-MONONA IA- POTTAWATTAMIE IA-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY IA-WASHINGTON- 121 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. PATCHY DRIZZLE IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND BY TONIGHT...A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING. THIS WILL CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. IN ADDITION... WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH TONIGHT AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. THIS WILL CAUSE EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW DURING THE THURSDAY MORNING RUSH HOUR WITH POOR VISIBILITIES. ICE JAMS WILL ALSO CONTINUE ON PORTIONS OF THE ELKHORN RIVER IN CUMING AND NORTHERN DODGE COUNTIES THROUGH THURSDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES TILL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL AND BLOW ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT ANY REPORTS OF ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULED FOR 230 PM. IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ068-088>093-010000- FREMONT IA-GAGE-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-MILLS IA-MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE- PAGE IA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 121 PM CST WED FEB 28 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA EXTREME SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 12 PM CST THURSDAY. RAIN AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING. THE RAIN SHOULD THEN CHANGE OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT AS WINDS SHIFT TO THE NORTH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY BY THURSDAY MORNING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SUBSTANTIAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND POSSIBLE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY CONTINUES UNTIL 12 PM CST THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT...BUT ANY REPORTS OF ICE OR SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND MEDIA CONFERENCE CALL SCHEDULED FOR 230 PM. BG
The office that day
Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 3:55 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | OAX | Fremont, Montgomery, Page | 41 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:55 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | OAX | Harrison, Mills, Monona, Pottawattamie, Shelby | 12 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:41 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | OAX | Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page | 20 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.