Alert archive / Nebraska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2007
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this winter storm warning at Feb 24, 2007, 4:11 AM CST for 30 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Feb 24, 2007, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 21 hr. 37 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 24, 2007, 4:11 AM CST (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 25, 2007, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 21 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
All 38 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, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:10 PM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Niobrara, NE | 5.5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 4 PM. JUST FLURRIES AT THE MOMENT. SNOW STARTED AROUND NOON. |
| Feb 24, 4:54 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Wayne, NE | |
| Feb 24, 4:54 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Fremont, NE | |
| Feb 24, 6:50 PM CST | SNOW 0.5 | Omaha, NE | ABOUT HALF AN INCH OF SNOW ON THE GROUND AS OF 650 PM. HAD SOME THUNDER WITH THE SNOW AND SOME SLEET EARLIER. |
| Feb 24, 7:27 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Fremont, NE | |
| Feb 24, 7:46 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Omaha, NE | 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN 1 HOUR BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM AT LAKE ZORINSKI. HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES. |
| Feb 24, 8:04 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Neligh, NE | NOT MUCH PROBLEM WITH BLOWING SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 8:53 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Omaha, NE | AS OF 850 PM THREE AND A HALF INCHES OF SNOW NEAR 120TH AND CENTER. |
| Feb 24, 9:00 PM CST | SNOW 7.5 | Bloomfield, NE | ABOUT 7.5 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF AROUND 9 PM. |
| Feb 24, 9:03 PM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Omaha, NE | AT THE KETV STATION. |
| Feb 24, 9:48 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Valley, NE | COULD BE AS MUCH AS 4.5 INCHES IN SOME AREAS. |
| Feb 24, 9:58 PM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Otoe, NE | 1 INCH OF SLEET TOPPED BY 3.5 INCHES OF SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 3.6 | Millard, NE | |
| Feb 24, 10:44 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Little Sioux, IA | |
| Feb 24, 11:08 PM CST | SNOW 1.9 | 3 N Offutt Afb, NE | SNOW TOTAL UP TO 11 PM. SNOW STARTED AROUND 7 PM. |
| Feb 24, 11:43 PM CST | SNOW 1.2 | Lincoln, NE | 1.2 INCHES OF SNOW. ROADS SLUSHY. |
| Feb 24, 11:50 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Valley, NE | 4 INCH SNOW DEPTH ON THE GROUND. SNOWFALL FOR THE DAY STANDS AT 5.4 INCHES. THERE IS SOME MELTING FROM BELOW WITH A SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF 29 DEGREES. ALSO SOME SETTLING OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 11:50 PM CST | SNOW 5.4 | Valley, NE | SNOWFALL FOR THE DAY STANDS AT 5.4 INCHES. CURRENT SNOW DEPTH IS 4 INCHES. THERE IS SOME MELTING FROM BELOW WITH A SURFACE TEMPERATURE OF 29 DEGREES. ALSO SOME SETTLING OF THE HEAVY WET SNOW. |
| Feb 24, 11:52 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Omaha, NE | SNOWFALL FOR DAY AT OMAHA EPPLEY. |
| Feb 24, 11:55 PM CST | SNOW 4.1 | Omaha, NE | |
| Feb 25, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Norfolk, NE | SNOWFALL FOR THE DAY. |
| Feb 25, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Lincoln, NE | SNOWFALL FOR THE DAY. |
| Feb 25, 12:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Norfolk, NE | SNOWFALL FOR THE DAY. |
| Feb 25, 12:10 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 W Pacific Junction, IA | |
| Feb 25, 12:10 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | 2 Ne Gretna, NE | AT 189TH AND HARRISON. |
| Feb 25, 3:58 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Omaha, NE | VICINITY 90TH AND DODGE. |
| Feb 25, 4:02 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Omaha, NE | AT 35TH AND FARNAM. |
| Feb 25, 4:06 AM CST | SNOW 5.1 | Boys Town, NE | |
| Feb 25, 4:25 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Lyons, NE | |
| Feb 25, 5:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Omaha, NE | AT 26TH AND DOUGLAS. |
| Feb 25, 5:20 AM CST | SNOW 3.3 | Omaha, NE | AT 108TH AND MOCKINGBIRD. |
| Feb 25, 5:46 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Omaha, NE | VICINITY 108TH AND FORT. |
| Feb 25, 5:55 AM CST | SNOW 1 | Norfolk, NE | |
| Feb 25, 5:55 AM CST | SNOW 5.6 | Valley, NE | SNOW DEPTH OF 5 INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Feb 25, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Omaha, NE | OMAHA REPORT FROM 120TH AND CENTER. |
| Feb 25, 7:15 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | 2 N Omaha, NE | STORM TOTAL MEASURED AT 32ND AND TUCKER IN FLORENCE. |
| Feb 25, 8:22 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 S Tecumseh, NE | SINCE 7 AM ON FEB 24TH, WATER EQUIVALENT IN THE SNOW THAT FELL WAS 0.86 AND SNOW FALL WAS 2.0. |
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 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 1472 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 292 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 241011 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 411 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE HEARTLAND THIS WEEKEND... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM TODAY... RAIN WILL MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA BY EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD AVERAGE 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDERS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. NEZ011-012-015>018-030>033-042-241815- /O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0004.070224T1800Z-070225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0002.070224T1800Z-070225T1800Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON- CUMING-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER... NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON... WEST POINT...COLUMBUS 411 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 7 TO 11 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY ONE HALF MILE OR LOWER AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ043-055-NEZ034-043>045-050-051-065-241815- /O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0004.070224T2200Z-070225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0002.070224T2100Z-070225T1800Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...TEKAMAH... SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD 411 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY ONE HALF MILE OR LOWER AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ056-069-079-080-NEZ052-053-066-067-078-241815- /O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0004.070224T2200Z-070225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0002.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-DOUGLAS-SARPY-LANCASTER- CASS-SALINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...CRETE 411 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR VERY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY ONE HALF MILE OR LOWER AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NEZ088-089-241815- /O.NEW.KOAX.WS.W.0002.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 411 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR VERY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY ONE HALF MILE OR LOWER AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ090-091-NEZ068-090>093-241815- /O.NEW.KOAX.SB.Y.0003.070225T0200Z-070225T1800Z/ FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...NEBRASKA CITY... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 411 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 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. $$ DEWALD
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KOAX 241818 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1218 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM TO BRING HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY. AS COLDER AIR WRAPS INTO THE SYSTEM TODAY... RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MIX WITH SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA BY EARLY EVENING. SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD AVERAGE 4 TO 10 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. IAZ090-091-NEZ068-090>093-250230- /O.UPG.KOAX.SB.Y.0003.070225T0200Z-070225T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KOAX.WS.W.0002.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...NEBRASKA CITY... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 1218 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NEZ015-018-031>033-042-250230- /O.EXT.KOAX.WS.W.0002.070224T2100Z-070225T1800Z/ THURSTON-WAYNE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...WAYNE...NORFOLK...STANTON... WEST POINT...COLUMBUS 1218 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY ONE HALF MILE OR LOWER AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ NEZ011-012-016-017-030-250230- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...NELIGH... PIERCE...ALBION 1218 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY ONE HALF MILE OR LOWER AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ043-055-NEZ034-043>045-050-051-065-250230- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.070224T2100Z-070225T1800Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...TEKAMAH... SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD 1218 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY ONE HALF MILE OR LOWER AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ056-069-079-080-NEZ052-053-066-067-078-088-089-250230- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-DOUGLAS-SARPY-LANCASTER- CASS-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...CRETE... FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 1218 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MIX WITH LIGHT SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR VERY EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES DURING THE DAY SUNDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION COULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH THIS STORM. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY CREATE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITY ONE HALF MILE OR LOWER AT TIMES. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ ZAPOTOCNY
000 WWUS43 KOAX 242330 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 530 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL BRING A VARIETY OF WINTER WEATHER TO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TONIGHT. COLDER AIR WILL WRAP INTO THE SYSTEM THIS EVENING...RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MIX WITH SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO SNOW ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY. NEZ011-012-016-017-030-250830- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...NELIGH... PIERCE...ALBION 530 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE EVENING AND PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW INTO SUNDAY MORNING. SOME SNOW HAD ACCUMULATED IN PARTS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH NIOBRARA REPORTING AROUND 4 INCHES WITH AN INCH OR LESS AROUND WAYNE AND ALBION. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ043-055-NEZ015-018-031>034-042>045-050-051-065-250830- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-THURSTON-WAYNE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE- COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...PENDER... WAYNE...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS... SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD 530 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH DURING THE EVENING PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY SUNDAY AFTERNIOON. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL EVENTUALLY MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. $$ IAZ056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ052-053-066>068-078-088>093-250830- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.070225T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-DOUGLAS-SARPY- LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE- RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...LINCOLN... PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 530 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. A PERIOD OF RAIN OR SLEET IS LIKELY EARLY THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA EARLY THIS EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THIS EVENING PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ FOBERT
000 WWUS43 KOAX 250323 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 923 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A FOOT ARE EXPECTED. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY FOR SOME AREAS. NEZ016-030>032-042-043-050-051-065-066-078-088-089-251130- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ ANTELOPE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE-COLFAX-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NELIGH...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON... COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN... CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 923 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA...BUT GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...CREATING AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-NEZ011-012-015-017-018-033-034-044-045- 052-053-067-251130- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-KNOX-CEDAR- THURSTON-PIERCE-WAYNE-CUMING-BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY- CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON... PENDER...PIERCE...WAYNE...WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...FREMONT... BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH 923 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...BUT GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ IAZ090-091-NEZ068-090>093-251130- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...NEBRASKA CITY... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 923 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...BUT GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE MAINLY 4 TO 8 INCHES. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPOSED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWUS43 KOAX 250514 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1114 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT THE REGION INTO SUNDAY MORNING... .A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH NOON SUNDAY. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF UP TO A FOOT MAY OCCUR IN SOME AREAS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE TONIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY FOR SOME AREAS. NEZ016-030>032-042-043-050-051-065-066-078-088-089-251315- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ ANTELOPE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE-COLFAX-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NELIGH...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON... COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN... CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 1114 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE EXPECTED TO BE MAINLY IN THE 3 TO 7 INCH RANGE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVERNIGHT...CREATING AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY WITH BLOWING SNOW. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-NEZ011-012-015-017-018-033-034-044-045- 052-053-067-251315- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-KNOX-CEDAR- THURSTON-PIERCE-WAYNE-CUMING-BURT-DODGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY- CASS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON... PENDER...PIERCE...WAYNE...WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...FREMONT... BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH 1114 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. SNOW SHOULD GRADUALLY DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$ IAZ090-091-NEZ068-090>093-251315- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...NEBRASKA CITY... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 1114 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12 PM CST SUNDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT...WITH ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING. SNOWFALL TOTALS SHOULD BE MAINLY IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE. NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS MAY REACH 40 MPH LATE TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPOSED WITH THIS SYSTEM. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. $$
000 WWUS43 KOAX 250900 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 300 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM MOVING THROUGH THE REGION... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST FROM THIS MORNING BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES BEFORE NOON. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW... STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND SOME DRIFTING AS WELL. NEZ016-030>032-042-043-050-051-065-066-078-088>093-251500- /O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.SB.Y.0004.070225T0900Z-070225T1500Z/ ANTELOPE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE-COLFAX-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE- RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NELIGH...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON... COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN... CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY... FALLS CITY 300 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 45 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WHICH WILL LIMIT VISIBILITY TO ONE HALF MILE AT TIMES. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE AN INCH OR SO. A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015-017-018-033-034- 044-045-052-053-067-068-251500- /O.EXT.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1500Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-PIERCE-WAYNE-CUMING-BURT-DODGE- WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA... BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER...PIERCE...WAYNE...WEST POINT... TEKAMAH...FREMONT...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY 300 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED IN SOME AREAS BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES BY NOON. NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 15 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS TO 35 OR 40 MPH WILL ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SHOULD AVERAGE FROM 6 TO 12 INCHES. HOWEVER...DUE TO MELTING AND COMPACTING OF THE SNOW... ACTUAL SNOW DEPTHS MAY NOT BE THIS HIGH. A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS THAT SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. AREA ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SECONDARY ROADWAYS MAY BE IMPASSABLE IN SOME AREAS DUE TO HEAVY SNOW. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...USE EXTREME CAUTION. ALLOW CONSIDERABLE EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ DEWALD
000 WWUS43 KOAX 251230 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 630 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM BEGINNING TO MOVE OUT OF THE AREA... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING SOME LIGHT SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS TO THE REGION THIS MORNING. SNOW SHOULD DECREASE FROM WEST TO EAST BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES BEFORE NOON. NEZ016-030>032-042-043-050-051-065-066-078-088>093-251330- /O.CAN.KOAX.SB.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-070225T1500Z/ ANTELOPE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE-COLFAX-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE- RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NELIGH...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON... COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN... CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY... FALLS CITY 630 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY. THE SNOW HAS ALL BUT ENDED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MID MORNING THOUGH. THUS... THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CONVERTED TO A WIND ADVISORY. $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015-017-018-033-034- 044-045-052-053-067-068-251500- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1500Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-PIERCE-WAYNE-CUMING-BURT-DODGE- WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA... BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER...PIERCE...WAYNE...WEST POINT... TEKAMAH...FREMONT...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY 630 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. ONE MORE ROUND OF LIGHT SNOW WILL MOVE DOWN THE MISSOURI RIVER EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME AREAS COULD PICK UP AN ADDITIONAL ONE HALF INCH OF SNOW NORTH OF THE OMAHA AREA BUT MOST OTHER AREAS SHOULD NOT SEE ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. TOTAL SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY RANGE FROM 3 TO 8 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM. AREA ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND EXTREMELY SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. SOME RURAL ROADS MAY BE BE IMPASSABLE UNTIL SNOW PLOWS GET INTO THE AREA. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... USE EXTREME CAUTION. ALLOW CONSIDERABLE EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. $$ DEWALD
000 WWUS43 KOAX 251450 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 850 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015-017-018-033-034- 044-045-052-053-067-068-251600- /O.EXP.KOAX.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070225T1500Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-PIERCE-WAYNE-CUMING-BURT-DODGE- WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA... BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER...PIERCE...WAYNE...WEST POINT... TEKAMAH...FREMONT...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY 850 AM CST SUN FEB 25 2007 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. THE SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATING SNOW HAS ENDED THEREFORE THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. OCCASIONAL FLURRIES AND SOME PATCHES OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BLOOMFIED THROUGH TEKAMAH TO RED OAK IOWA. SOME MINOR ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE WITH NORTHWEST WINDS AT 15 TO 30 MPH AND SOME LOCALLY HIGHER WIND GUSTS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON. USE CAUTION IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TODAY AS MANY ROADS IN OPEN AREAS REMAIN SLEET AND SNOWCOVERED. $$ ZAPOTOCNY
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 24, 2:58 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 24, 2:58 AM CST, 1 hour 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
258 AM CST SAT FEB 24 2007
.DISCUSSION...
THE BIG WINTER STORM THAT WEVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR A WEEK NOW
IS FINALLY COMING TO FRUITION. ITS ACTUALLY AMAZING AT THE CONSISTENCY
WITH THIS STORM...DESPITE THE OCCASIONAL SLIGHT WOBBLE WEST OR
EAST...ALL IN ALL...THIS IS PANNING OUT JUST ABOUT EXACTLY AS WE
IMAGINED.
IN THE SHORT TERM...WE ARE DEALING WITH SOME ONGOING ICE JAM
FLOODING ALONG THE ELKHORN RIVER. NOT A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION
EARLY THIS MORNING...BUT THIS THREAT WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH
THE DAYLIGHT HOURS SATURDAY. OTHERWISE...ONGOING PROBLEMS IN
EXISTING AREAS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA REMAIN.
FOCUS SHIFTING TO WINTER STORM POTENTIAL AS THE UPPER LOW IS NOW
CLOSING ITSELF OFF AS IT MOVES OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGION
WHICH IS INDUCING CYCLOGENESIS AS EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE
BLOSSOMING ACROSS THE PLAINS AS SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE MOVES NORTH
ON THE LOW LEVEL JET. THE BEST INSTABILITY AXIS REMAINS WEST/SOUTHWEST
OF THE CWFA WHERE SOME HAIL HAS OCCURRED TONIGHT. NOT REALLY
EXPECTING SEVERE FOR OUR REGION TODAY...ALTHOUGH WE WILL LIKELY
SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THIS MORNING...POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO THIS
AFTERNOON AS THE DRY SLOT MOVES INTO THE LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY.
THERE IS EXCELLENT 00Z MODEL CONTINUITY TODAY WITH THE STORM TRACK
WHICH STILL PUTS CWFA IN A FAVORED LOCATION FOR HEAVY SNOW. THE
CHANGEOVER WILL BE A BIT MESSY THOUGH AS WARM AIR ALOFT WILL ALLOW
FOR A PERIOD OF SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA
BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. HOURLY BUFKIT SOUNDINGS
INDICATE A CHANGEOVER TO ALL SNOW AT NLG AROUND 16Z TO 17Z...AT
KOFK AROUND 19Z...AND FBY...KLNK AND KOMA AROUND 00-02Z. EXTREME
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA FROM KFNB TO KICL PROBABLY
WOULD NOT CHANGE OVER UNTIL 03Z TO 04Z. THE DRY SLOT WILL HAVE TO
BE MONITORED THOUGH...AS THE 06Z NAM IS NOW SUGGESTING THAT IT
MIGHT HAVE MORE OF AN IMPACT ON EXPECTED QPF THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT
ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA GENERALLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF I80 WITH THE DEFORMATION BAND SETTING UP ACROSS NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. IF THIS WERE TO VERIFY...SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS WOULD BE DRASTICALLY REDUCED ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. HAVE DISCOUNTED THIS RUN FOR NOW.
REGARDING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...THE CORE OF THE STRONGER WINDS AT
850 MB REMAINS ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND INTO CENTRAL KANSAS.
THUS...STILL AM EXPECTING WINDY CONDITIONS WITH SPEEDS OF 25 TO 30
MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. HOWEVER...HAVE DOUBTS THAT WE
COULD MEET BLIZZARD CRITERIA WITH WIDESPREAD VISIBILITIES 1/4 MILE
OR BLOW WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH FOR 3 HOURS OR LONGER. HAVE NO
DOUBT THOUGH THAT WELL EXPERIENCE WIDESPREAD 1/2 MILE IN MODERATE
SNOW WITH OCCASIONAL NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. ALSO...THE SNOW
WILL BE A LITTLE BIT ON THE HEAVIER SIDE WITH A RATIO OF 12 TO 13
TO 1 WHICH MIGHT HELP JUST A BIT TO PRECLUDE WIDESPREAD VISBYS 1/4
OR LESS.
REGARDING SNOWFALL AMOUNTS...BASED ON A COMPILATION OF TECHNIQUES
INCLUDING GARCIA AND COBB...AM STILL EXPECTING FROM 6 TO 10 INCHES
OF SNOW FOR A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA...BUT WITH LESSER AMOUNTS
ALONG THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDERS WHERE IT WILL TAKE THE
LONGEST TO SWITCH OVER. AMOUNTS MAY BE TEMPERED JUST A BIT BECAUSE
OF THE MIXED VARIETY OF THE PRECIP WITH SOME SLEET OR FREEZING
RAIN MIXED IN BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW.
REGARDING HEADLINES...HAVE OPTED TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM WARNING
ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA BEGINNING AT 18Z WHERE THE CHANGEOVER
WILL OCCUR FIRST. ITS ALSO IN THIS AREA WHERE THERE COULD BE A
PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AS WELL IF SURFACE TEMPS COOL FAST ENOUGH
AS COOLER AIR UNDERCUTS THE WARM WEDGE ALOFT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR THE NEXT TIER SOUTH FROM SEWARD TO ONAWA WILL BEGIN AT 21Z...WITH
THE FINAL TIER OF COUNTIES FROM FBY TO KBIE TO KLNK TO KOMA TO KHNR
WILL BEGIN AT 00Z. FOR THE EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES...HAVE
OPTED FOR A SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY DUE TO LESSER AMOUNTS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES...BEGINNING AT 02Z.
REGARDING THE LENGTH OF THE STORM...THE PREVIOUS WINTER STORM WATCH
IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 12Z SUNDAY...BUT HAVE EXTENDED THE END OF ALL
WARNINGS AND ADVISORIES THROUGH 18Z. THIS IS MAINLY TO COVER THE
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THAT WILL STILL BE ONGOING
THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY...DESPITE THE BULK OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW
BEING OVER BY THEN. STILL LIKELY TO BE A LOT OF TRAVEL PROBLEMS
AS WELL SUNDAY MORNING...THUS THE REASONING FOR THE EXTENSION OF
THE HEADLINES.
DUE TO THE EXPECTED LIQUID QPF FROM RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS TODAY...
BASED ON CONTINGENCY FORECASTS FROM THE RFC...COULD POSSIBLY SEE
FLOODING BEGIN AS EARLY AS SUNDAY. THIS IS A COMBINATION OF THE
PREVIOUS SNOW MELT WITH EXPECTED QPF. ADDITIONAL FLOODING COULD
BECOME A REALITY ACROSS THE ELKHORN AND PLATTE BASINS...THE BIG
BLUE BASIN...AND SMALLER FEEDER STREAMS IN THOSE AREAS.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY
FOR NEZ034-043>045-050-051-065.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY
FOR NEZ052-053-066-067-078-088-089.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM
CST SUNDAY FOR NEZ068-090>093.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY FOR
NEZ011-012-015>018-030>033-042.
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY
FOR IAZ043-055.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 12 PM CST SUNDAY
FOR IAZ056-069-079-080.
SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 8 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM
CST SUNDAY FOR IAZ090-091.
&&
DEWALDHazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 5:00 PM CST, 11 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 500 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045- 050>053-065>067-078-241300- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-KNOX-CEDAR- THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT- PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY- SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-SALINE- 500 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY LOCAL ICE JAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT...MAINLY ALONG THE PLATTE AROUND NORTH BEND AND ROGERS...AND THE ELKHORN RIVER AROUND WEST POINT AND WISNER. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. A BRIEF TRANSITION PERIOD WITH SOME PATCHY SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED AT TIMES SATURDAY NIGHT WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. THUS...A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WITH NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES. THE SNOW WILL BE THE RESULT OF A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM THAT IS FORECAST TO TRACK FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR SATURDAY...BUT PLEASE CONTINUE TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. ALSO...SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY. IAZ090-091-NEZ068-088>093-241300- FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 500 PM CST FRI FEB 23 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. THERE MAY BE A BRIEF TRANSITION PERIOD WITH SOME PATCHY SLEET BEFORE CHANGING TO ALL SNOW. FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS TO FLURRIES ON SUNDAY. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW... CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE SNOW WILL BE THE RESULT OF A POWERFUL STORM SYSTEM THAT IS FORECAST TO TRACK FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO NORTHERN MISSOURI. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR SATURDAY. FOBERT
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Everything else NWS Omaha, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 4:11 AM CST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee, Richardson | 8 hr |
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Sources
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