Alert archive / Nebraska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 5, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this winter storm warning at Apr 3, 2009, 2:36 AM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Apr 4, 2009, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr. 10 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
- Apr 3, 2009, 2:36 AM MDT (08:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2009, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 4, 2009, 10:37 AM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:10 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 6 N Gordon, NE | SNOW BEGAN AT 200 AM CDT. VISIBILITY AT TIME OF REPORT WAS ONE HALF MILE. |
| Apr 4, 7:10 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | 6 N Gordon, NE | HEAVY SNOW BEGAN AT 630 AM CDT. |
| Apr 4, 7:10 AM MDT | BLIZZARD | 6 N Gordon, NE | VISIBILITY BEING REDUCED AT TIME OF OBSERVATION TO ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Apr 4, 7:15 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | Hay Springs, NE | VISIBILITY BEING REDUCED TO LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AT TIME OF REPORT. |
| Apr 4, 7:20 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | Gordon, NE | REPORT FROM KSDZ RADIO STATION IN GORDON. |
| Apr 4, 7:35 AM MDT | SNOW 3 | Rushville, NE | |
| Apr 4, 8:38 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 18 Nw Gordon, NE | MODERATE SNOW FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT AND SNOW DRIFTS REPORTED FROM EARLIER WIND GUSTS. LOCATION IS 2 MILES SOUTH OF WHITECLAY |
| Apr 4, 8:38 AM MDT | SNOW 2 | 2 Nw Gordon, NE | MODERATE SNOW FALLING AT TIME OF REPORT AND SNOW DRIFTS REPORTED FROM EARLIER WIND GUSTS. LOCATION IS 2 MILES SOUTH OF WHITECLAY |
| Apr 4, 9:00 AM MDT | SNOW 5.5 | Gordon, NE | SOURCE OF REPORT WAS KSDZ RADIO STATION. |
| Apr 4, 10:18 AM MDT | SNOW 1 | 10 Ne Oshkosh, NE | HEAVY SNOW AT TIME OF REPORT WAS REDUCING VISIBILITY TO AROUND ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE. |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 3042 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KLBF 030836 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 336 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SATURDAY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO TAKE SHAPE ACROSS THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIFT ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS SPREADING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SATURDAY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH SATURDAY EVENING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BY MID DAY SUNDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 12 INCHES. LOCATIONS ACROSS ROCK...HOLT...BOYD AND KEYA PAHA COUNTY COULD SEE LOCALLY UP TO 14 INCHES. SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE...ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY. PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE WINTER STORM. NEZ023-024-035-094-032030- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0006.090404T0600Z-090405T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T1200Z-090405T1800Z/ GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 236 AM MDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO NOON MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO NOON MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EARLY SATURDAY THROUGH MID-DAY SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW EARLY SATURDAY MORNING ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS BY SUNRISE. SNOWFALL WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY...CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. BY MID DAY SUNDAY...8 TO 11 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO HEAVY SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL PRODUCE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ007-009-010-026>029-037-038-059-032030- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0006.090404T1200Z-090405T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE 336 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SANDHILLS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE SANDHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR 7 TO 12 INCHES OF ACCUMULATION. SOME AREAS ACROSS BOYD...HOLT...AND ROCK COUNTIES MAY SEE LOCAL AMOUNTS APPROACH 14 INCHES. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SATURDAY EVENING TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRODUCE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ005-006-008-025-036-032030- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0006.090404T1200Z-090405T1700Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T1200Z-090405T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-THOMAS-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... THEDFORD...TRYON 336 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SATURDAY MORNING. MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL COMMENCE SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AND PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...8 TO 12 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY...WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 14 INCHES OVER KEYA PAHA COUNTY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE SATURDAY EVENING TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND WINDS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL PRODUCE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ004-032030- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0006.090404T0600Z-090405T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T0600Z-090405T1200Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 236 AM MDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER SHERIDAN COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ022-032030- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0006.090404T0600Z-090405T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ GARDEN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSHKOSH 236 AM MDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER GARDEN COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ056-032030- /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS 236 AM MDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER DEUEL COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ057-058-069>071-032030- /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 336 AM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 /236 AM MDT FRI APR 3 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SATURDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SATURDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ BUTTLER/TAYLOR
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLBF 032103 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 403 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SATURDAY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL LIFT ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS SPREADING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SATURDAY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH SATURDAY EVENING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BY MID DAY SUNDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 14 INCHES. LOCATIONS ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA COULD SEE LOCALLY IN EXCESS OF 14 INCHES. SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY. PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE WINTER STORM. NEZ004-041100- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T0600Z-090405T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T0600Z-090405T1200Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 303 PM MDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER SHERIDAN COUNTY...SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ022-041100- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T0600Z-090405T1200Z/ GARDEN- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSHKOSH 303 PM MDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CHANGING TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER GARDEN COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ005-006-008-023>025-035-036-094-041100- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T1200Z-090405T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR- MCPHERSON-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 403 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 /303 PM MDT FRI APR 3 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH MIDDAY ON SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MIDDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 14 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ007-009-010-026>029-037-038-059-041100- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE 403 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SANDHILLS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MIDDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 14 INCHES. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ056-041100- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS 303 PM MDT FRI APR 3 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM SATURDAY TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT CHANGING TO SNOW BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MIDDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER DEUEL COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES DURING THE STORM. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ057-058-069>071-041100- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 403 PM CDT FRI APR 3 2009 /303 PM MDT FRI APR 3 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SATURDAY TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY. A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL TAKE AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEGINNING TONIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNRISE ON SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MIDDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES DURING THE STORM. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ MASEK/CDC
000 WWUS43 KLBF 040840 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 340 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL LIFT ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT...SPREADING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH SATURDAY EVENING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BY MID DAY SUNDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 14 INCHES. SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE...ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY. PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE WINTER STORM. NEZ004-022-041700- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH 240 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE SUNDAY MORNING. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW... NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ005-006-008-023>025-035-036-094-041700- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T1200Z-090405T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR- MCPHERSON-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 340 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 /240 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ THIS MORNING TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS MORNING ACROSS THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ007-009-010-026>029-037-038-059-041700- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE 340 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SANDHILLS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 14 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ056-041700- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T1200Z-090405T1200Z/ DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS 240 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER DEUEL COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW... NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES DURING THE STORM. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ057-058-069>071-041700- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 340 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 /240 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MIDDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES DURING THE STORM. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ BUTTLER/KECK
000 WWUS43 KLBF 041637 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1137 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM WILL LIFT ACROSS NORTHERN KANSAS TODAY AND TONIGHT...SPREADING WIDESPREAD SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH SATURDAY EVENING...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BY SUNDAY MORNING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 14 INCHES. SOUTH OF THE INTERSTATE...ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 9 INCHES ARE LIKELY. PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BLIZZARD TODAY AND TONIGHT. TRAVEL WILL BE EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TUNE TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE WINTER STORM. NEZ057-058-069>071-050045- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0005.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ /O.EXA.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1137 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 /1037 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH SUNDAY MIDDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ056-050045- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS 1037 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS DEUEL COUNTY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW... NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ005-006-008-023>025-035-036-094-050045- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR- MCPHERSON-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...ARTHUR...TRYON...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 1137 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 /1037 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT /NOON MDT/ SUNDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 14 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW... NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ004-022-050045- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090405T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH 1037 AM MDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM MDT SUNDAY. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE EASTERN PANHANDLE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 13 INCHES ARE LIKELY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES WILL LIKELY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ NEZ007-009-010-026>029-037-038-059-050045- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0003.090404T1800Z-090405T1800Z/ BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE 1137 AM CDT SAT APR 4 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN SANDHILLS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES...AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SUNDAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS UP TO 14 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH...WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE THROUGH MUCH OF THE STORM...WITH EXTENDED PERIODS OF WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. 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. DURING CALVING SEASON...RANCHERS SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO PROTECT YOUNG LIVESTOCK FROM THE COLD AND SNOWY CONDITIONS. $$ MASEK
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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Apr 2, 2:34 PM MDT, 12 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 2:34 PM MDT, 12 hours 2 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 334 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 .DISCUSSION... INTERESTING STORM IS ON THE WAY FOR THE CENTRAL PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. ALL MODELS ARE SPLITTING ENERGY MOVING IN FROM THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST INTO TWO PIECES ACROSS THE WRN HIGH PLAINS FRIDAY AND THEN MERGING THE TWO SYSTEMS ACROSS THE CNTL PLAINS SATURDAY. THE RESULT IS A LESS ORGANIZED STORM FOR THE WRN HIGH PLAINS AND A STORM WHICH ORGANIZES LATE ACROSS THE CNTL PLAINS. IF NOT FOR THIS LATE DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODELS VERY HEAVY SNOW WOULD FALL ACROSS WRN AND NORTH CNTL NEB. THE LATEST SOLNS OF THE NAM12...GFS AND ECMWF PEG CNTL AND ERN NEB FOR THE HEAVIEST SNOW. THERE ARE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WITH PTYPE. THE NAM IS FASTEST WITH THE COLD AIR...THE ECMWF SLOWEST AND THE GFS IN BETWEEN. SINCE SOUTH DAKOTA IS COVERED WITH SNOW...THE FASTER CHANGEOVER IS PREFERRED BUT THE SLOWER GFS WAS BLENDED TO MANAGE RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE EVEN SLOWER ECMWF. RAIN SHOULD BEGIN IN THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND QUICKLY CHANGE TO SNOW. THE RAIN SNOW LINE IS EXPECTED TO BE ALONG A KVTN-KOGA SATURDAY MORNING AND MOVE EAST TO A KANW-KLBF LINE BY 18Z AND THROUGH THE ENTIRE FCST AREA BY 00Z. PERIODS OF DEEP VERTICAL LIFT WILL OCCUR AS THE H7 LOW ORGANIZES ALONG THE KS NEB BORDER SATURDAY MORNING. STORMS OF THIS NATURE TYPICALLY PRODUCE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF THE RAIN SNOW LINE AND POCKETS OF NEG EPV ARE INDICATED IN THE GFS JUXTAPOSED WITH THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE H7 LOW. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY INCREASE SATURDAY AS THE ARCTIC FRONT SLAMS SOUTH AND THE SFC LOW BEGINS TO OCCLUDE OVER ERN KS AND SERN NEB. THE LATEST GUIDANCE SUGGESTS WINDS INCREASING TO 30 TO 40 MPH EAST OF HWY 83 SATURDAY NIGHT. THE INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATE AND STRONG WINDS COULD PUSH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 183. BY SUNDAY MORNING THE STORM SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH EAST FOR THE HEAVY SNOW TO END. WINDS SHOULD REMAIN STRONG SUNDAY AT 15 TO 30 MPH AS ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS DUE SOUTH IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM. BLENDED NAM12...GFS AND ECMWF QPF DATA SUGGESTED 1/2 TO 1 INCH OF QPF. WITH THE RAIN SNOW LINE FACTORED IN AND A 10 TO 1 RATIO...2 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS FCST...2 TO 6 ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 AND 6 TO 10 NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE. THIS IS WELL WITHIN THE CLIMATOLOGICAL REALM OF POSSIBILITY. CONSIDERING THE TIMING OF THE SYSTEM AND TIME OF YEAR...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS ARE MOST LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAY 20 AND LEAST LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. THUS SEVERAL COUNTIES WERE REMOVED FROM THE WINTER STORM WATCH AND SEVERAL MORE MAY BE REMOVED FRIDAY AS THE STORM DRAWS NEARER AND IF IT IS INDICATED THAT LESS THAN 8 INCHES OF SNOW WILL FALL SATURDAY. ALSO...THE ODDS OF A WINTER STORM CONDITIONS AFFECTING ALL OF THE FCST AREA DURING A SINGLE STORM IS EXTREMELY SMALL...THE LEAST LIKELY FCST OUTCOME. THURSDAY...THE ECMWF AND GFS HAVE COME INTO BETTER TIMING AGREEMENT WITH THE NEXT STORM FCST TO CROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS. IT LOOKS LIKE A WARMER SYSTEM SO THAT MOST THE PCPN COULD FALL AS RAIN BUT A CHANGEOVER TO SNOW IS LIKELY AT SOME POINT IN THE STORM. OTHERWISE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO BE NEAR OF BELOW NORMAL FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THE EXCEPTION IS TOMORROW AS WARM AIR ADVECTION AHEAD OF THE STORM SATURDAY PUSHES HIGHS INTO THE 60S. && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS SHOULD REMAIN IN PLACE OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THE NEXT 24 HOURS WITH CIGS EXPECTED TO AOA 7KFT AGL AND VISIBILITIES UNLIMITED. LLWS CONDITIONS MAY BE MET AROUND SUNRISE FRIDAY MORNING...OVER AREAS WEST OF THE KLBF TAF SITE BUT CONFIDENCE TOO LOW TO PLACE IN TAF ATTM...SO WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WATCH NEB ZONES 004>006-008-022>025-035-036-094 FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT AND NEB ZONES 007-009-010-026>029-037-038-059 SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. && CDC/13
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 2, 2:54 PM MDT, 11 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 354 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-032100- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 354 PM CDT THU APR 2 2009 /254 PM MDT THU APR 2 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM WILL IMPACT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EARLY SATURDAY MORNING TO MID-DAY ON SUNDAY. AT THIS TIME...THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWS WILL BE NORTH HIGHWAY 2...WHERE 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. SOUTH OF THIS ROUTE TO NEAR INTERSTATE 80..3 TO 6 INCH ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOW...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW ESPECIALLY SATURDAY NIGHT...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AFTER SUNDAY...NO ADDITIONAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE 13
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:36 AM MDT | Blizzard Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 51 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.