Alert archive / Nebraska / Blizzard Warnings in 2009
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this blizzard warning at Dec 24, 2009, 9:53 PM CST for 24 counties in Nebraska; Jewell County, Phillips County, Smith County, Kansas. It was in force for 32 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 24, 2009, 9:53 PM CST (03:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2009, 5:56 AM CST
- In force
- 32 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 27 counties
Jewell County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 25, 4:00 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 4 N Hastings, NE | DRIFTS OF 3 TO 6 FEET...WIND GUSTS 55 TO 60 MPH...VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. CONDITIONS FAIRLY REPRESENTATIVE OF A LARGE PART OF SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. |
| Dec 25, 5:30 PM CST | BLIZZARD | 4 N Hastings, NE | DRIFTS NOW UP TO 10 FEET AROUND THE NWS OFFICE. WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST TO AROUND 50 MPH. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1292 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -300 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -151 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 KGID 250353 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 953 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 NEZ041-048-049-063-064-077-251200- /O.CAN.KGID.WS.W.0007.091225T1200Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.BZ.W.0002.091225T0353Z-091226T1200Z/ NANCE-MERRICK-POLK-HAMILTON-YORK-FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA... AURORA...YORK...GENEVA 953 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 6 INCHES. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS APPEAR MORE LIKELY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FULLERTON...TO YORK...TO GENEVA. * HIGH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE LIKELY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH FREQUENT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ087-251200- /O.UPG.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.BZ.W.0002.091225T0353Z-091226T1200Z/ THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HEBRON 953 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES. * HIGH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE LIKELY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH FREQUENT VISIBILITY REDUCTIONS TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ039-040-046-047-061-062-075-076-251200- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0007.091225T1200Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-BUFFALO-HALL-ADAMS-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...KEARNEY... GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER 953 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS APPEAR MORE LIKELY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ORD...TO GRAND ISLAND...TO YORK. MOST OF THE ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL FALL ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND INTO FRIDAY EVENING...BUT SOME AREAS WILL PICK UP AN INCH OR SO THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 281. * HIGH WINDS GUSTING IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE LIKELY DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD LIKE CONDITIONS AT TIMES... AND WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WARNING IS ISSUED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER STORM CONDITIONS...INCLUDING SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND EXTREME COLD. && $$ NEZ060-072>074-082>086-251200- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR... NELSON 953 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...WITH MOST OF THAT FALLING ON CHRISTMAS DAY. * HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH WILL BE THE NORM. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND ICE OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY...SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-251200- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 953 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED...GENERALLY ON CHRISTMAS DAY. SOME AREAS EAST OF HIGHWAY 281 MAY PICK UP AN INCH OR SO THIS EVENING. * HIGH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH CHRISTMAS DAY...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND ICE OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY...SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ WESELY
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KGID 250945 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 345 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 NEZ039-040-046-047-062-076-251800- /O.CAN.KGID.WS.W.0007.091225T1200Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.UPG.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-HALL-CLAY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL... GRAND ISLAND...CLAY CENTER 345 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ061-075-251800- /O.CAN.KGID.WS.W.0007.091225T1200Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KGID.BZ.W.0002.091225T1200Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ BUFFALO-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEARNEY...HASTINGS 345 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL AT TIMES CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ060-251800- /O.EXB.KGID.BZ.W.0002.091225T1200Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ DAWSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LEXINGTON 345 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. * SNOW WILL INCREASE ACROSS DAWSON COUNTY THIS MORNING. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. * WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL AT TIMES CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ041-048-049-063-064-077-087-251800- /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ NANCE-MERRICK-POLK-HAMILTON-YORK-FILLMORE-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA... AURORA...YORK...GENEVA...HEBRON 345 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. THE HEAVIER AMOUNTS APPEAR MORE LIKELY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FULLERTON...TO YORK...TO GENEVA. * WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND ALL TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ072>074-082>086-251800- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN... BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON 345 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. * STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND ICE OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY...SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-251800- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 345 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS GENERALLY EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO BELOIT. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL AT TIMES CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND ICE OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY...SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KING/JCB
000 WWUS43 KGID 251216 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 616 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 NEZ060-061-075-252100- /O.EXP.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DAWSON-BUFFALO-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...HASTINGS 616 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-076-077-087-252100- /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON- YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA... YORK...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...HEBRON 616 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ072>074-082>086-252100- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN... BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON 616 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. * STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND ICE OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY...SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-252100- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 616 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS GENERALLY EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO BELOIT. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL AT TIMES CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND ICE OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY...SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$
000 WWUS43 KGID 251447 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 847 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 NEZ072>074-082>086-252300- /O.UPG.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN... BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON 847 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS THROUGH TONIGHT WILL BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE. * STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH...WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND ICE OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY...SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-076-077-087-252300- /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON- YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA... YORK...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...HEBRON 847 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. * WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING. THIS IS PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL... HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ060-061-075-252300- /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DAWSON-BUFFALO-ADAMS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...HASTINGS 847 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THROUGH TONIGHT. * SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. * WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE OCCURRING. THIS IS PRODUCING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-252300- /O.EXT.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 847 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TODAY...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS GENERALLY EXPECTED NORTH OF A LINE FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO BELOIT. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL AT TIMES CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND ICE OR SNOW COVERED ROADS. IN AREAS WHICH EXPERIENCED SOME OF THE HEAVIER SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY...SOME ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KISNER
000 WWUS43 KGID 252127 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 327 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 KSZ005>007-260530- /O.UPG.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO 327 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN MANKATO AND PHILLIPSBURG. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHER TOTALS GENERALLY FROM MANKATO TO SMITH CENTER. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT TRAVEL IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. IF YOU DO GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-076-077-087-260530- /O.EXB.KGID.WW.Y.0018.091226T1200Z-091227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON- YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA... YORK...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...HEBRON 327 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE ON SATURDAY AND BLOW AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS ON SATURDAY WITH THE CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ060-061-072>075-082>086-260530- /O.EXB.KGID.WW.Y.0018.091226T1200Z-091227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...ELWOOD... HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON 327 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE ON SATURDAY AND BLOW AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS ON SATURDAY WITH THE CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ017>019-260530- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE... BELOIT 327 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL AT TIMES CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT VERY HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KISNER
000 WWUS43 KGID 260431 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1031 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-076-077-087-261200- /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.091226T1200Z-091227T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON- YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA... YORK...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...HEBRON 1031 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE CHANCES FOR ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE ON SATURDAY BUT BLOWING SNOW IS STILL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE CREATING WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE ON SATURDAY AND BLOW AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH FOR MOST OF THE DAY. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS ON SATURDAY WITH THE CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT TRAVEL TONIGHT. MOST ROADWAYS ARE SNOW COVERED AND HAVE NUMEROUS DRIFTS. ROAD CREWS ARE NOT OUT AND RESPONSE TO STRANDED MOTORIST WILL LIKELY HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. && $$ NEZ060-061-072>075-082>086-261200- /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.091226T1200Z-091227T0000Z/ DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...ELWOOD... HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON 1031 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ON SATURDAY. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT WITH LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION EXPECTED ON SATURDAY. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE CREATING NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. THE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO DECREASE ON SATURDAY AND BLOW AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH. * TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE DANGEROUS TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL CONDITIONS MAY BE HAZARDOUS ON SATURDAY WITH THE CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT TRAVEL. MANY ROADWAYS ARE CLOSED DUE TO DRIFTING. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. RESCUE RESPONSE MAY NOT BE UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. && $$ KSZ005>007-261200- /O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO 1031 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... * STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BETWEEN MANKATO AND PHILLIPSBURG. * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT VERY DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT TRAVEL IF AT ALL POSSIBLE. THE FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. IF YOU DO GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ KSZ017>019-261200- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE... BELOIT 1031 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... * ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * STRONG WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS WILL AT TIMES CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * EXPECT HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER DRIVING CONDITIONS THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES...AND SNOW COVERED ROADS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. && $$ KISNER
000 WWUS43 KGID 261156 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 556 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-262200- /O.CAN.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0018.091226T1200Z-091227T0000Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN... HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 556 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE PROBLEMATIC FOR MOST OF THE DAY TODAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE SUBSIDED. * NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. VISIBILITIES IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL BE DOWN TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY. MOST RURAL ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE. LIMIT YOUR TRAVEL TO ESSENTIAL OR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. && $$ KSZ005>007-262200- /O.CAN.KGID.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KGID.WW.Y.0018.091226T1200Z-091227T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO 556 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW...AND BLOWING SNOW WILL BE PROBLEMATIC FOR MOST OF THE DAY TODAY. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAVE SUBSIDED. * NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL WILL BE ONE INCH OR LESS. VISIBILITIES IN OPEN COUNTRY WILL BE DOWN TO ONE MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TRAVEL IS NOT RECOMMENDED TODAY. MOST RURAL ROADS ARE IMPASSABLE. LIMIT YOUR TRAVEL TO ESSENTIAL OR EMERGENCY PURPOSES ONLY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. && $$ KSZ017>019-262200- /O.CAN.KGID.WW.Y.0018.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WW.Y.0019.091226T1200Z-091227T0000Z/ ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE... BELOIT 556 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * PERIODS OF LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW SNOW WILL LINGER ALL DAY TODAY. * NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SOME RURAL ROADS MAY BE IMPASSABLE UNTIL ROAD CREWS CAN GET OUT TO START MOVING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... LIMIT UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF YOU CAN. IF YOU TRAVEL...LET PEOPLE KNOW OF YOUR ROUTE AND PROGRESS. TAKE SOME EXTRA BLANKETS AND SUPPLIES IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 24, 5:31 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 5:31 PM CST, 4 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
531 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
.AVIATION...00Z KGRI TAF. VERY POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE TAF VALID PERIOD. WINDS WILL REMAIN OUT OF
THE NORTHWEST AT OVER 30MPH WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. PERIODIC
LIGHT SNOW SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT BECOMING
MORE FREQUENT DURING THE DAY TOMORROW WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES OF NEW
SNOW BY TOMORROW EVENING. VISIBILITIES WILL VARY FROM NEAR WHITE
OUT CONDITIONS WITHIN SNOW SQUALLS TO AROUND 2 MILES DURING BREAKS
IN THE SNOW. BLOWING SNOW WILL BE CONTINUOUS THROUGHOUT THE
PERIOD.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 352 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009/
SHORT TERM...SEVERAL SHORT TERM CHANGES WHICH HAVE COME UP
RECENTLY.
UPGRADED NORTHERN THIRD OF CWFA BACK TO WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. WRAP AROUND SNOWFALL AROUND THE LOW WILL
BE ON THE ORDER OF A FEW INCHES...MAYBE UP TO 4 OR 5 INCHES IN
THE FAR NORTHEAST CWFA FRIDAY. SIGNS ARE POINTING BACK TOWARD BLIZZARD
LIKE CONDITIONS BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON IN THAT AREA...AND HAVE TRENDED
THINGS UP WITH THE WARNING AT THIS POINT. WINDS WILL BE UP ONE NOTCH
FROM TODAY...AS NEARLY ALL GUIDANCE CONTINUES TO SUGGEST. THERE IS
NO LET UP IN WIND UNTIL LATE FRIDAY EVENING...SO THE WARNING GOES
UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. AS MENTIONED SUBSEQUENT SHIFTS MAY SEE
THIS...AND WANT TO UPGRADE WITH SUCH HIGH WINDS. THE SNOW BECOMES
QUITE A BIT LIGHTER SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 6 ROUGHLY...SO HAVE OPTED TO
REMAIN WITH WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN THOSE AREAS.
TONIGHT...EASTERN CWFA DANCING WITH THE WESTERN FRINGES OF BIG
DEFORMATION AXIS. THAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING...
WITH OUR FAR EASTERN CWFA MAYBE PICKUP UP AN INCH OR SO OF
SNOW...PRIMARILY ALONG AND EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 14. THINGS COULD
BE BLIZZARD LIKE AS WELL FOR A TIME...AND EVENING SHIFT MAY ALSO
NEED TO RAISE THE ANTI IN THOSE AREAS IF THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE
BAND CAN/T GET EAST OF HIGHWAY 81.
LONG TERM...12Z SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
LARGE UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO BE THE MAIN
WEATHER PLAYER DURING THE FIRST PORTION OF THE LONG TERM PERIOD.
MODELS IN DECENT AGREEMENT SHOWING ENERGY CONTINUING TO DUMBBELL
AROUND EACH OTHER...WITH THE CENTER ENDING UP NEAR THE WI/IL BORDER
SATURDAY MORNING. THIS STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO KEEP WOBBLING
AROUND THAT AREA THROUGH SUNDAY...KEEPING THE WEEKEND LESS THAN
PLEASANT ACROSS THE CWA. MOISTURE AND PRECIPITATION EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO WRAP AROUND THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM...WHICH PUSHES
BACK INTO THE CWA. DID TREND POPS UP...MAINLY FOR SATURDAY ACROSS
THE NORTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CWA...WITH ONLY LINGERING
SHOWERS/FLURRIES IN FOR SATURDAY NIGHT. AND WHILE WINDS WILL NOT BE
AS STRONG AS FRIDAY...THEY WILL STILL BE STOUT WITH SPEEDS REMAINING
NEAR 25 TO 30 MPH.
AS WE GET INTO SUNDAY AND INTO THE WORK WEEK...THE STORM SYSTEM
FINALLY GETS A BETTER PUSH EAST...ESP SUNDAY NIGHT. DURING THE DAY
ON MONDAY...UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE RIDGING ACTUALLY SETS UP THROUGH
THE PLAINS AS ANOTHER SYSTEM PUSHES IN TOWARDS SOUTHERN CAL. DID
INSERT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT/WED...AS MODELS SHOW ENERGY SHIFTING THROUGH THE
REGION...BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW AS THERE ARE PLENTY OF DIFFERENCES
WITH THE STRENGTH/LOCATION OF THE SYSTEM AS IT SHIFTS EAST. LOOKS
TO BE A QUICK MOVING SYSTEM...PUSHING EAST AND LEAVING THINGS DRY
FOR THURSDAY.
AS FAR AS TEMPERATURES GO...NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES EXPECTED...WITH
HIGHS GENERALLY STICKING AROUND THE LOWER/MID 20S...BUT SOUTHWESTERN
AREAS MAY CREEP CLOSER TO THE 30 DEGREE MARK.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY FOR NEZ039>041-
046>049-061>064-075>077.
WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR
NEZ039>041-046>049-061>064-075>077.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR NEZ060-
072>074-082>087.
KS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY FOR KSZ005>007-
017>019.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 3:42 PM CST, 6 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 342 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 NEZ039>041-046>049-061>064-075>077-251200- VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL- HAMILTON-YORK-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- 342 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM OHIOWA...TO ROSELAND...TO ELM CREEK. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILED STORM INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST FRIDAY THROUGH 6 AM CST SATURDAY. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILED STORM INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SAFELY REPORT ANY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) NEZ060-072>074-082>087-251200- DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 342 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SOUTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OHIOWA...TO ROSELAND...TO ELM CREEK...DOWN TO THE NEBRASKA AND KANSAS STATE BORDER. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILED STORM INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 AM CST SATURDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILED STORM INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SAFELY REPORT ANY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) KSZ005>007-017>019-251200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- 342 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILED STORM INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM CST FRIDAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE FOR DETAILED STORM INFORMATION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION ARE ENCOURAGED TO SAFELY REPORT ANY SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
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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.