Alert archive / Nebraska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 9, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this winter storm warning at Dec 21, 2009, 2:40 PM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 22, 2009, 5:00 PM MST. It was in force for 4 days. 60 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 21, 2009, 2:40 PM MST (21:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 22, 2009, 5:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2009, 4:55 PM MST
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
All 26 counties
Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:45 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 23, 4:20 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 7 Sw Amelia, NE | SNOW WAS ALSO CAUSING LOW VISIBILITY AT THE TIME OF THE REPORT. |
| Dec 23, 6:00 PM MST | SNOW 1 | North Platte, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AT LEE BIRD FIELD THROUGH 7 PM CST. |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 0.5 | Ainsworth, NE | |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 2 Se Anselmo, NE | |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 1 | 6 N Gordon, NE | |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 1 | Bassett, NE | |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 1 | Mason City, NE | |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 1.2 | Lynch, NE | |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 2.5 | Butte, NE | |
| Dec 23, 6:30 PM MST | SNOW 2.5 | Ewing, NE | |
| Dec 23, 6:50 PM MST | SNOW 1.5 | 7 Sw Amelia, NE | |
| Dec 23, 7:00 PM MST | SNOW 1.2 | North Platte, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AT LEE BIRD FIELD THROUGH 8 PM CST. |
| Dec 23, 7:15 PM MST | SNOW 0.5 | 10 Ne Oshkosh, NE | |
| Dec 24, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.7 | Valentine, NE | THE OFFICIAL SNOW OBSERVER IN VALENTINE REPORTED 0.7 INCHES OF SNOW THUS FAR. |
| Dec 24, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 1.4 | 3 E North Platte, NE | OFFICIALLY 1.4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN AT LEE BIRD FIELD. |
| Dec 24, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 5 Sse Spencer, NE | THE OFFICIAL NWS COOP OBSERVER NEAR SPENCER REPORTED 3 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.4 | Butte, NE | THE OFFICIAL NWS COOP OBSERVER IN BUTTE REPORTED 3.4 INCHES OF SNOW AS OF 6 AM. |
| Dec 24, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.7 | 5 Sw Amelia, NE | THE COOP OBSERVER NEAR SWAN LAKE REPORTED SOME ICE ACCUMULATION YESTERDAY THAT CAUSED SOME POWER OUTAGES IN THE AREA OVERNIGHT. |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM MST | SLEET 3 | Hayes Center, NE | THREE INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN THUS FAR FROM THE STORM IN HAYES CENTER. |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 0.3 | Kingsley Dam, NE | THE OFFICIAL COOP OBSERVER AT KINGSLEY DAM REPORTED A THIRD OF AN INCH OF SNOW. |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Anselmo, NE | THE OFFICIAL COOP OBSERVER IN ANSELMO REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW THUS FAR FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Hayes Center, NE | THREE INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN THUS FAR FROM THE STORM IN HAYES CENTER. |
| Dec 24, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | O'Neill, NE | FOUR INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN THUS FAR FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 6:55 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Wellfleet, NE | TWO INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED FROM THE NWS COOP OBSERVER IN WELLFLEET. |
| Dec 24, 6:55 AM MST | SNOW 3.7 | 10 Se Stockville, NE | THE COOP OBSERVER AT MEDICINE CREEK DAM REPORTED 3.7 INCHES OF SNOWFALL FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 7:28 AM MST | SNOW 1 | Kilgore, NE | ONE INCH OF SNOW WAS REPORTED FROM THE NWS COOP OBSERVER IN KILGORE. |
| Dec 24, 7:28 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | Mason City, NE | THE COOP OBSERVER IN MASON CITY REPORTED 1.5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH LOTS OF WIND. |
| Dec 24, 7:28 AM MST | SNOW 2 | 6 N Gordon, NE | THE OFFICIAL NWS COOP OBSERVER NORTH OF GORDON REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 7:28 AM MST | SNOW 2 | Imperial, NE | TWO INCHES OF SNOW WAS MEASURED BY AN OFFICIAL NWS COOP OBSERVER IN IMPERIAL. |
| Dec 24, 7:28 AM MST | SNOW 2.4 | Eustis, NE | THE COOP OBSERVER IN EUSTIS REPORTED 2.4 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THUS FAR FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 7:28 AM MST | SNOW 4.5 | Chambers, NE | THE OFFICIAL NWS COOP OBSERVER IN CHAMBERS REPORTED 4.5 INCHES OF SNOW THUS FAR FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 7:47 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Gross, NE | THE OFFICIAL COOP OBSERVER IN GROSS MEASURED 5 INCHES OF SNOW THUS FAR FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 7:59 AM MST | SNOW 2.6 | 5 W Stapleton, NE | THE OFFICIAL COOP OBSERVER NEAR STAPLETON REPORTED 2.6 INCHES OF SNOWFALL THUS FAR FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 0.5 | Mullen, NE | THE OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN MULLEN REPORTED 0.5 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 1.1 | Madrid, NE | THE OFFICIAL NWS COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER IN MADRID MEASURED 1.1 INCHES OF SNOW THUS FAR FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 4 Wnw Ericson, NE | THE OFFICIAL COOP OBSERVER NEAR ERICSON REPORTED 4 INCHES OF SNOW THUS FAR FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 8:15 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 6 Wnw Ericson, NE | THE OFFICIAL COOP OBSERVER NEAR ERICSON REPORTED 4 INCHES OF SNOW THUS FAR FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 24, 10:10 AM MST | SNOW 2.3 | Stockville, NE | THE OFFICIAL NWS COOP WEATHER OBSERVER IN STOCKVILLE REPORTED 2.3 INCHES OF SNOW FROM THE STORM. |
| Dec 25, 7:30 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Oneill, NE | VISIBILITY LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE IN HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. |
| Dec 25, 8:32 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Oneill, NE | VISIBILITY BETWEEN ATKINSON AND ONEILL ALONG HIGHWAY 20 NEAR ZERO...MANY STRANDED MOTORISTS. |
| Dec 25, 8:50 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Oneill, NE | VISIBILITY LESS THANA QUARTER OF A MILE IN HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS. |
| Dec 25, 10:21 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Taylor, NE | NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN TAYLOR WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. HIGHWAY 70 DRIFTED OVER WITH SNOW...NEDOR SNOWPLOWS SUSPENDING ROAD CLEARING DUE TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. |
| Dec 25, 10:29 AM MST | BLIZZARD | Broken Bow, NE | CUSTER COUNTY EM REPORTS VERY LOW TO NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. NORTHEAST CUSTER COUNTY ROADS NEARLY IMPASSABLE. |
| Dec 25, 1:42 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 6 N Gordon, NE | NWS COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER NORTH OF GORDON ESTIMATED A STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 4 INCHES WITH 30 MPH WINDS. |
| Dec 25, 1:42 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 5 Sw Amelia, NE | NWS COOP OBSERVER NEAR SWAN LAKE REPORTED 4 FOOT DRIFTS WITH LESS THAN A 1/4 MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Dec 25, 1:42 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Burwell, NE | THE OFFICIAL NWS COOP OBSERVER IN BURWELL REPORTED BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WITH VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AND 3 FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Dec 25, 1:56 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Butte, NE | OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COOP OBSERVER IN BUTTE REPORTED 3 TO 5 FOOT DRIFTS WITH VISIBILITIES DROPPING BELOW 1/8 OF A MILE AT TIMES. |
| Dec 25, 5:49 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Westerville, NE | CUSTER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANANGER REPORTED NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY ON HIGHWAY TWO WITH SNOW DRIFTS APPROACHING 3 FEET IN HEIGHT. |
| Dec 25, 7:44 PM MST | SNOW 4 | Mullen, NE | THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER IN MULLEN ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW HAS FALLEN WITH DRIFTS NEARING 3 FEET IN HEIGHT. |
| Dec 25, 7:47 PM MST | SNOW 0 | Hay Springs, NE | THE COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER IN HAY SPRINGS REPORTED 2 TO 3 FOOT DRIFTS WILL VERY HEAVY SNOW FALLING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Dec 25, 7:51 PM MST | SNOW 1.3 | 3 E North Platte, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOW FALL THUS FAR AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE IS 2.7 INCHES. |
| Dec 25, 8:13 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Valentine, NE | SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WITH VISIBILITY BELOW 1/4 MILE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ACROSS NORTHEAST CHERRY COUNTY. POWER OUT IN OUTLYING AREAS SINCE THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ROAD CREWS AND POWER COMPANY HAVE BEEN PULLED IN SINCE NIGHT FALL. |
| Dec 25, 11:10 PM MST | SNOW 1.8 | 3 E North Platte, NE | 1.8 INCHES MEASURED FOR CHRISTMAS DAY AT NWS OFFICE AT LEE BIRD FIELD ARPT. 3.2 INCHES FOR STORM TOTAL SO FAR. ESTIMATED TWO FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Dec 26, 5:00 AM MST | SNOW 4.2 | Butte, NE | SNOWFALL FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 6 AM CST. |
| Dec 26, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 1 E Kilgore, NE | SNOWFALL FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 AM CST. |
| Dec 26, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 3.8 | 5 W Stapleton, NE | SNOWFALL FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 AM CST. |
| Dec 26, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 26 N Whitman, NE | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 700 AM CST. REPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER. |
| Dec 26, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 9 Ene Elsmere, NE | SNOWFALL FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 AM CST. |
| Dec 26, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 9 Ese Hay Springs, NE | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 700 AM CST. REPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER. |
| Dec 26, 6:00 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Oneill, NE | SNOW FALL FOR THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 7 AM CST. |
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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 1844 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 242 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 212140 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 340 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS MID WEEK... .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL THEN CROSS THE ROCKIES AND MOVE ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. NEZ004-022>024-035-056>058-094-221015- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0012.091223T0600Z-091225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 240 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... 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 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWELVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS FORECAST TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING AS A CRUST FORMS ON THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ005>010-025>029-036>038-059-069>071-221015- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0012.091223T0600Z-091225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0600Z-091225T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 340 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 /240 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... 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 CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. THIS WARNING REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. SOME AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAY HAVE SNOWFALL TOTALS APPROACHNING 18 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS FORECAST TO SUBSIDE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN A CRUST FORMS ON THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SPRINGER
14 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLBF 212315 AAA WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 515 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS MID WEEK... .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL THEN CROSS THE ROCKIES AND MOVE ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. NEZ005>010-025>029-036>038-059-221000- /O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0021.091222T0000Z-091222T0600Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0600Z-091225T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE 515 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DENSE FREEZING FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF DENSE FREEZING FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. SOME AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAY HAVE SNOWFALL TOTALS APPROACHING 18 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS FORECAST TO SUBSIDE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN A CRUST FORMS ON THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ004-023-024-035-094-221000- /O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0021.091222T0000Z-091222T0600Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ SHERIDAN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...HYANNIS...MULLEN... ARTHUR...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 415 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR DENSE FREEZING FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF DENSE FREEZING FOG AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWELVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS FORECAST TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING AS A CRUST FORMS ON THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND DENSE FOG WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ022-056>058-221000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT 415 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME AMOUNTS APPROACHING TWELVE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THROUGH THE DAY THURSDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS FORECAST TO SUBSIDE THURSDAY EVENING AS A CRUST FORMS ON THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ069>071-221000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0600Z-091225T1200Z/ CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS... EUSTIS 515 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 /415 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. SOME AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAY HAVE SNOWFALL TOTALS APPROACHING 18 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS FORECAST TO SUBSIDE LATE THURSDAY NIGHT WHEN A CRUST FORMS ON THE SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS43 KLBF 220536 AAA WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1136 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...STRONG WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS MID WEEK... .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL THEN CROSS THE ROCKIES AND MOVE ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY NIGHT AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. NEZ005>010-025>029-036>038-059-221000- /O.CAN.KLBF.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-091222T0600Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0600Z-091225T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE 1136 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE FOLLOWED BY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. SOME AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAY HAVE SNOWFALL TOTALS APPROACHING 18 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 35 TO 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ004-023-024-035-094-221000- /O.CAN.KLBF.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-091222T0600Z/ /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ SHERIDAN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...HYANNIS...MULLEN... ARTHUR...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1036 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE FOLLOWED BY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME AMOUNTS APPROACHING 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT . * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ022-056>058-221000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT 1036 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM TUESDAY TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE FOLLOWED BY LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME AMOUNTS APPROACHING 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ069>071-221000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0600Z-091225T1200Z/ CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS... EUSTIS 1136 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 /1036 PM MST MON DEC 21 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TUESDAY NIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP LATE TUESDAY EVENING OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA AND INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY SPREADING EAST OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. SOME AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAY HAVE SNOWFALL TOTALS APPROACHING 18 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WINDS IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 35 TO 45 MPH AND CONTINUE STRONG THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$
000 WWUS43 KLBF 221001 AAA WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 401 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A STORM SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST WILL CONTINUE TO INTENSIFY TODAY. THE STORM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES TONIGHT. THE SYSTEM WILL THEN CROSS THE ROCKIES AND MOVE ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND INTENSIFY THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. NEZ004-022>024-035-056>058-094-222245- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 301 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 11 PM MST THURSDAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF FREEZING DRIZZLE EARLY THEN LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP THROUGH THE EVENING TUESDAY AND SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE INTO WESTERN NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. THE SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND COME TO AN END FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SOME AMOUNTS APPROACHING 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH WEDNESDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ005>010-025>029-036>038-059-069>071-222245- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0600Z-091225T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW... NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 401 AM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 /301 AM MST TUE DEC 22 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY EVENING WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND COME TO AN END FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. SOME AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MAY HAVE SNOWFALL TOTALS APPROACHING 20 INCHES. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH TUESDAY EVENING WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 35 TO 45 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ POWER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 222153 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 353 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN UPPER LEVEL LOW WILL LIFT EAST ACROSS THE DESERT SOUTHWEST...APPROACHING THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN NEBRASKA EARLY ON WEDNESDAY...THEN SPREAD NORTH ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATER WEDNESDAY...WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY BY THURSDAY. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BY FRIDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN AREAS. LIMITED VISIBILITIES...DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE FOR DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS THURSDAY...THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY MORNING. ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ004-022>024-035-056>058-094-231000- /O.EXT.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 253 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM MST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...WITH SNOW DEVELOPING DURING THE DAYTIME HOURS ON WEDNESDAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS THEN EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-059-071-231000- /O.EXT.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0600Z-091225T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE... CURTIS...EUSTIS 353 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WITH LIGHT SNOW DEVELOPING AFTER MIDNIGHT OVER SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND COME TO AN END FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 8 TO 15 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ036-069-070-231000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091223T0600Z-091225T1200Z/ MCPHERSON-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRYON...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 353 PM CST TUE DEC 22 2009 /253 PM MST TUE DEC 22 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW DEVELOPING WEDNESDAY MORNING OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. THE SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD WEDNESDAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND COME TO AN END FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND MCPHERSON COUNTY BY FRIDAY. * WINDS...EAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE WEDNESDAY EVENING TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ BUTTLER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 230956 AAA WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 356 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS AREA AND ONTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TODAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING AND MOVE NORTH INTO NORTHERN NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE OVER ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH FRIDAY. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH LIKELY BY THURSDAY. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. BY FRIDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HIGHEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. LIMITED VISIBILITIES...DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-232200- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 356 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 /256 AM MST WED DEC 23 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...THEN SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND WESTERN SANDHILLS BY FRIDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-059-071-232200- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE... CURTIS...EUSTIS 356 AM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING...THEN SNOW WILL MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE DAY. THE SNOW WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD TODAY AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY WITH PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY AND COME TO AN END FRIDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA BY LATE THURSDAY NIGHT OR EARLY FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE DAY. WIND IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATE THIS EVENING TO 30 TO 40 MPH... WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ POWER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 232209 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 409 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...A DANGEROUS WINTER STORM TO AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY... .A WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN TO PUSH EAST ACROSS NORTHERN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA TONIGHT. A LEADING DISTURBANCE WILL SPREAD SNOW TO PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TONIGHT. BY THURSDAY MORNING 1 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION IS LIKELY. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END BRIEFLY IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS ON THURSDAY AS ANOTHER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM DIVES SOUTH FROM THE HIGH PLAINS OF MONTANA...INTO THE BLACK HILLS AND WESTERN NEBRASKA. AS THE TWO BEFORE MENTIONED SYSTEMS MERGE OVER KANSAS AND MISSOURI THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...ANOTHER ROUND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BY LATE FRIDAY...TOTAL SNOWFALL RANGING FROM AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE TO A FOOT OVER HOLT AND BOYD COUNTY WILL BE COMMON. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...NORTHERLY WINDS WILL INCREASE TONIGHT TO 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL INCREASE FURTHER TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THE WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW TO PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY. LIMITED VISIBILITIES...DUE TO BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY ACROSS MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>058-069-070-094-241000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS- CHASE-HAYES-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CODY...MERRIMAN... KILGORE 409 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 /309 PM MST WED DEC 23 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT...AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL RANGING FROM AROUND 4 INCHES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN PANHANDLE...TO 8 INCHES ALONG THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE IS LIKELY THROUGH FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THURSDAY...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-059-071-241000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE... CURTIS...EUSTIS 409 PM CST WED DEC 23 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT...AND AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY...AND IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST INTO FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 12 INCHES LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OVER HOLT AND BOYD COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THURSDAY...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STRONG WIND WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ BUTTLER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 241044 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 444 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...A POWERFUL AND VERY LARGE WINTER STORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE AND VERY LARGE STORM SYSTEM WILL COME OUT OF EAST TEXAS AND TRAVEL THROUGH ARKANSAS...MISSOURI AND IOWA BEFORE TURNING BACK TO THE WEST TOWARD EASTERN NEBRASKA. AS IT MAKES ITS WESTWARD TURN TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO INTENSE SNOW RATES...STRONG WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEZ022-035-036-056>058-069-070-242030- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.091224T1044Z-091226T0000Z/ GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL... BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 444 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /344 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY AS WIND INCREASES TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. WIDESPREAD SNOW MAY RESUME LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO AROUND 25 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE EXISTING SNOW ON THE GROUND AND WITH ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT ACCUMULATES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NEZ037-038-059-071-242030- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091225T1800Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.091224T1044Z-091226T0000Z/ LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE... CURTIS...EUSTIS 444 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SOME ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE TODAY AND CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS LIKELY AS WIND INCREASES TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OVER 35 MPH. WIDESPREAD SNOW MAY RESUME LATE TONIGHT TO EARLY FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN CUSTER AND LOGAN COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY TO 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE EXISTING SNOW ON THE GROUND AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT ACCUMULATES. IN THE AREAS WHERE HEAVIER SNOW OCCURS...SOME SECONDARY AND COUNTRY ROADS COULD BECOME BLOCKED WITH MODERATE SNOW DRIFTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NEZ004>010-023>029-094-242030- /O.EXT.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091226T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT- HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS... MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 444 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /344 AM MST THU DEC 24 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS LIKELY TO SPREAD INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA TONIGHT LATE TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OVER HOLT AND BOYD COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH BY LATE MORNING FRIDAY. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS... ESPECIALLY OVER OPEN COUNTRY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 242140 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...DANGEROUS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA... .AN INTENSE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MID MISSOURI VALLEY TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS SOUTH INTO WYOMING...A TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL DEVELOP OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA. FURTHER SOUTH...WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 92. WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH SNOW ON FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...PRODUCING BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA. FURTHER SOUTH...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH IN FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...UP TO 10 INCHES OVER HOLT AND BOYD COUNTIES. AMOUNTS RANGING FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA. IN ADDITION TO SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. EVEN WITH THE RELATIVE TRANQUIL CONDITIONS THURSDAY...PERSONS OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BLIZZARD AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA...MAY BECOME IMPOSSIBLE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. NEZ005>010-027>029-094-251000- /O.NEW.KLBF.BZ.W.0004.091225T1200Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD- WHEELER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /240 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS LIKELY TO SPREAD INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 11 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG HIGHWAY 20 AND IN BOYD AND HOLT COUNTIES * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH LATE TONIGHT. BY FRIDAY...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA. * IMPACTS...PERIODS OF SNOW COMBINED WITH STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND HEAVY SNOW WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WHITEOUTS AND IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL... ESPECIALLY OVER OPEN COUNTRY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NEZ037-038-251000- /O.EXB.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091225T1200Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR BLOWING SNOW AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. * TIMING...ONLY A DUSTING OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TONIGHT OVER LOGAN AND CUSTER COUNTIES. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH EXISTING SNOW COVER...TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TONIGHT. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO FALL ON FRIDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. SNOW WILL COMBINE WITH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH...TO PRODUCE NEAR WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED IN NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE EXISTING SNOW ON THE GROUND AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT ACCUMULATES...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ004-023>026-251000- /O.EXT.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ SHERIDAN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...DUNNING 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /240 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS LIKELY TO SPREAD INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS OVER NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT...INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE EXISTING SNOW ON THE GROUND AND WITH THE ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT ACCUMULATES...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL WILL BECOME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ022-035-036-056>059-069>071-251000- /O.EXT.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...CHAPPELL... BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 340 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 /240 PM MST THU DEC 24 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF THE EXISTING SNOW ON THE GROUND AND ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW THAT ACCUMULATES. TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ BUTTLER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 250951 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 351 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO STALL IN IOWA TODAY... EVEN MOVING WESTWARD SOME. THIS WILL BRING WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO A LARGE PART OF NORTH CENTRAL THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA. COMBINED WITH WIND INCREASING AND BECOMING VERY STRONG...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN MUCH OF THE AREA. NEZ037-038-251800- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0009.091225T1200Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.UPG.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.EXB.KLBF.BZ.W.0004.091225T0951Z-091226T1800Z/ LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 351 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO THE BROKEN BOW AND STAPLETON AREAS THIS MORNING AND BECOME HEAVY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN NORTHEAST CUSTER COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE MORNING...AND WITH BLOWING SNOW...VISIBILITY IS LIKELY TO BECOME SEVERELY RESTRICTED. IN ADDITION...DRIFTS MAY BE DEEPER THAN THREE FEET IN PLACES. 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 WHITE-OUT 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. && $$ NEZ005>010-027>029-094-251800- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091225T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KLBF.BZ.W.0004.091225T0852Z-091226T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD- WHEELER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT... CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 351 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /251 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA THIS MORNING...INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY BY LATE THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY LATE SATURDAY MORNING...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS IN HOLT AND BOYD COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTH WIND WILL CONTINUE AT 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND THROUGH AT LEAST LATE EVENING. COMBINING THAT WITH THE STRONG WIND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY SEVERELY AND MAY PRODUCE DRIFTS DEEPER THAT FOUR FEET. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ023>026-251800- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KLBF.BZ.W.0004.091225T0951Z-091226T1800Z/ GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING 351 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /251 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN REPLACED BY THE BLIZZARD WARNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS LIKELY TO SPREAD INTO CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS MORNING...INCREASING IN INTENSITY AND BECOMING MODERATE TO HEAVY BY EARLY AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. * WINDS...NORTH WIND WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...BY LATE AFTERNOON...SNOWFALL RATES EXCEEDING AN INCH PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE INTENSE RATES CONTINUING INTO LATE TONIGHT. COMBINING THOSE RATES WITH THE STRONG WIND... SEVERELY RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IS LIKELY AND SNOW DRIFTS MAY BE DEEPER THAN THREE FEET. 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. && $$ NEZ035-036-057-059-251800- /O.UPG.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KLBF.BZ.W.0004.091225T0951Z-091226T1800Z/ ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-KEITH-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...TRYON...OGALLALA... NORTH PLATTE 351 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /251 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE BLIZZARD WARNING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 80 CORRIDOR BY MIDDAY TODAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST LATE THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING. * WINDS...THE 20 TO 30 MPH NORTHWEST WIND WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DECREASING. GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED AS WELL. * IMPACTS...MODERATE SNOWFALL RATES OF HALF AN INCH PER HOUR... COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WIND MAY REDUCE VISIBILITY SEVERELY AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING THAT MAY BE DEEP ENOUGH TO MAKE THE ROADS IMPASSIBLE FOR MOST VEHICLES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ004-251800- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 251 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE SPREADING INTO WESTERN AND NORTHWEST NEBRASKA TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIEST IN NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOWFALL RATES WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY. NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ022-056-058-069>071-251800- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 351 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /251 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO GARDEN AND DEUEL COUNTIES THIS MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATION WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT AN INCH AND A HALF IN CHASE COUNTY TO NEAR FIVE INCHES IN NORTHERN GARDEN COUNTY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THOUGH ONLY MODERATE SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...THE STRONG WIND WILL AGGRAVATE CONDITIONS BY CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 251810 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1210 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WOBBLE ACROSS THE MID AND LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE WIDESPREAD SNOW THROUGH LARGE PART OF THE PLAINS INCLUDING ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. COMBINED WITH WIND INCREASING AND BECOMING VERY STRONG...BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN MUCH OF THE AREA. NEZ005>010-023>029-035>038-057-059-094-260615- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS- BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH- LINCOLN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON... STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...NORTH PLATTE...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1210 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /1110 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * SNOW MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE NORTH CENTRAL WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH MUCH OF NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE 3 TO 6 INCHES BY LATE THIS EVENING ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS OVER MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOME WINDS GUSTS MAY APPROACH THE 50 MPH MARK...ESPECIALLY OVER THE OPEN AREAS OF THE SANDHILLS. * IMPACTS...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR... COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING THAT MAY BE DEEP ENOUGH TO MAKE THE ROADS IMPASSIBLE FOR MOST VEHICLES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND THIS TREND MAY CONTINUE OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EVENING. WIND CHILLS MAY REACH INTO THE LOWER TEENS BELOW ZERO THIS AFTERNOON. 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. && $$ NEZ004-260615- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 1110 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES IN THE NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY...WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE PANHANDLE UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. SOME DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED...THOUGH PORTIONS OF NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY MAY RECEIVE BETWEEN 5 TO 10 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH WILL MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE MINUS 10 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ022-056-058-069>071-260615- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1210 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /1110 AM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...THOUGH ISOLATED AREAS IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE MAY REACH UP TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY AND INTO THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THOUGH ONLY MODERATE SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...THE STRONG WIND WILL AGGRAVATE CONDITIONS BY CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES AND TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KLBF 252202 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 402 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD CREATING HAZARDOUS TRAVEL... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO SLOWLY WOBBLE ACROSS THE MID AND LOWER MISSOURI VALLEY UNTIL SATURDAY. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE WIDESPREAD SNOW THROUGH A LARGE PART OF THE PLAINS INCLUDING ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WIND DRIVEN SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE...BLIZZARD TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FOR MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. NEZ005>010-023>029-035>038-057-059-094-261030- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS- BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH- LINCOLN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON... STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...NORTH PLATTE...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 402 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /302 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. THE COVERAGE AND INTENSITY SHOULD BEGIN TO DECREASE EARLY DURING THE DAY ON SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2...WITH ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES SOUTH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH SOME WINDS GUSTS APPROACHING THE 50 MPH MARK... ESPECIALLY OVER THE OPEN AREAS OF THE SANDHILLS. * IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOWFALL RATES OF UP TO AN INCH PER HOUR... COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES...AND CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING THAT MAY BE DEEP ENOUGH TO MAKE THE ROADS IMPASSIBLE FOR MOST VEHICLES. SOME ROAD CLOSURES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND THIS TREND MAY CONTINUE OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF NEBRASKA TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS MAY REACH INTO THE LOWER TEENS BELOW ZERO TONIGHT. 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. && $$ NEZ004-261030- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 302 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...LIGHT TO MODERATE AT TIMES IN THE NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY...WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH THE PANHANDLE UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING. SOME DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF GENERALLY 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT THROUGH NOON SATURDAY. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS APPROACHING 50 MPH WILL MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE MINUS 10 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ022-056-058-069>071-261030- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 402 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 /302 PM MST FRI DEC 25 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. * TIMING...WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE THROUGH WESTERN NEBRASKA THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME DECREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE IN THE 1 TO 3 INCH RANGE...THOUGH ISOLATED AREAS IN THE EASTERN PANHANDLE MAY REACH UP TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING TO 45 MPH IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THOUGH ONLY MODERATE SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...THE STRONG WIND WILL AGGRAVATE CONDITIONS BY CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES AND TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ KECK
000 WWUS43 KLBF 260934 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 334 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...THE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY... .THE SEVERE WINTER STORM WILL FINALLY BEGIN MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND TOWARD THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES THIS MORNING. AS IT DOES...SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND WIND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. STILL...SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW MAY CONTINUE DURING THE AFTERNOON. IT IS LIKELY...BY THAT TIME...THAT THE SNOW WILL HAVE CRUSTED ENOUGH THAT SEVERE BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL NOT BE A THREAT. NEZ005>010-023>029-035>038-057-059-094-261800- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS- BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH- LINCOLN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON... STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...NORTH PLATTE...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 334 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 /234 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY TODAY IN THE NORTHERN SANDHILLS AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...SNOW IS LIKELY TO END BY LATE THIS MORNING. WIND WILL CONTINUE 30 TO 40 MPH AT LEAST INTO THE AFTERNOON OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AT LEAST 25 TO 35 MPH IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE DAY TODAY IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND INTO LATE THIS EVENING OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND THE NORTHERN SANDHILLS WILL BE AROUND AN INCH WITH LESS THAN AN INCH EXPECTED IN THE SOUTHWEST * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH TO 20 TO 30 MPH TODAY IN THE WEST. * IMPACTS...IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING...PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN 1000 FEET AT TIMES. LESS SERIOUS VISIBILITY RESTRICTION IS EXPECTED IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AS ONLY LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED. 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 MAY 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. && $$ NEZ004-261800- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 234 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM MST THIS MORNING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH 20 TO 30 MPH WIND. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 35 MPH MPH WILL MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY CONDITIONS. WIND CHILLS WILL BE IN THE MINUS 10 TO MINUS 20 DEGREE RANGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ022-056-058-069>071-261800- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 334 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 /234 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. * TIMING...ANOTHER BURST OF LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING AND 35 TO 45 MPH WILL CONTINUE WITH GUSTS AROUND 55 MPH POSSIBLE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL GENERALLY BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 55 MPH IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...THOUGH ONLY LIGHT SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...THE HIGH WIND WILL AGGRAVATE CONDITIONS BY CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING. VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO BELOW A MILE AT TIMES AND TRAVEL AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 261808 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1208 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...THE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY... .THE SEVERE WINTER STORM WILL FINALLY BEGIN MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND TOWARD THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND WIND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW ACROSS ROAD SURFACES MAKING THEM SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. NEZ005>010-023>029-035>038-057-059-094-270000- /O.EXP.KLBF.BZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXB.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.091226T1808Z-091227T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS- BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH- LINCOLN-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON... STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...NORTH PLATTE...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1208 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 /1108 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THOUGH ONLY LIGHT SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...THE HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. VISIBILITIES OVER NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL BE REDUCED TO A MILE AT TIMES. SNOW DRIVEN BY THE WIND ACROSS ROAD SURFACES WILL MAKE ROADWAYS VERY SLICK AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ004-270000- /O.EXT.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 1108 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON WITH 25 TO 35 MPH WINDS AND GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND AN INCH ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH A FEW GUSTS OVER 35 MPH MPH WILL MAKE CONDITIONS WORSE WITH WIDESPREAD BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...BLOWING SNOW AND PERIODS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL COMBINE TO REDUCE VISIBILITY SIGNIFICANTLY...DROPPING TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. THIS WILL CREATE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING 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. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ022-056-058-069>071-270000- /O.EXT.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1208 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 /1108 AM MST SAT DEC 26 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THOUGH ONLY LIGHT SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...THE HIGH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA. SNOW DRIVEN BY THE WIND ACROSS ROAD SURFACES WILL MAKE ROADWAYS VERY SLICK AND MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ POWER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 262355 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 555 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...THE WINTER STORM WILL MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY... .THE SEVERE WINTER STORM WILL FINALLY BEGIN MOVING OUT OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND TOWARD THE SOUTHERN GREAT LAKES. SNOW WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY AND WIND WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BLOW ACROSS ROAD SURFACES MAKING THEM SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. NEZ004-270600- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0009.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.091227T0000Z-091227T0600Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 455 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY AND DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING * 1 TO 3 INCHES ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND WIND WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE IN PLACES. SNOW DRIVEN BY THE WIND ACROSS ROAD SURFACES WILL MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-270100- /O.EXP.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-DEUEL-KEITH- PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 555 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 /455 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. $$ NEZ005>010-026>029-038-094-270600- /O.EXT.KLBF.WW.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-091227T0600Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 555 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 /455 PM MST SAT DEC 26 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. * AREAS OF LIGHT SNOW OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. * 1 TO 2 INCHES ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH...GUSTING TO NEAR 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. * IMPACTS...THOUGH ONLY LIGHT SNOW TOTALS ARE EXPECTED...THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. VISIBILITIES IN SPOTS WILL BE REDUCED TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES. SNOW DRIVEN BY THE WIND ACROSS ROAD SURFACES WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
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 Dec 21, 2:15 PM MST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 21, 2:15 PM MST, 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
315 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009
.SYNOPSIS...
AT 20Z...HAND ANALYSIS OF THE SURFACE DATA SHOWED A CLOSED LOW OVER
EASTERN COLORADO WITH A TROUGH/WARM FRONT DRAPED THROUGH WESTERN
KANSAS. ANOTHER FRONT WAS STRETCHED ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. IN THE
PACIFIC NORTHWEST...A LOW PRESSURE CENTER WAS OVER SOUTHWEST BRITISH
&&
.SHORT/MEDIUM RANGE...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.
SOME WARM ADVECTION TONIGHT WILL GIVE SOME LIFT OVER THE FRONT
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THAT MAY PRODUCE A FEW SNOW SHOWERS. THE
MAIN THREAT THOUGH IS POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE TONIGHT AND
TUESDAY IN CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
BY TUESDAY EVENING (WED/00Z)...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WIND LIFTING
UP THROUGH THE 290-300K LAYER AND EASTERLY BOUNDARY LAYER WIND WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE.
THE LAYER ISENTROPIC LIFT THEN WORKS ITS WAY INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA
FROM 06Z TO 12Z. SURFACE BASE ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE WILL CONTINUE NORTH
AND EAST OF THE CYCLONE THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY. WITH MOISTURE OF
2-4G/KG...PRECIPITABLE WATER OF 0.45-0.50 INCH AND SNOW/LIQUID RATIO
ABOUT 15/1...SNOWFALL TOTALS IN THAT PERIOD WILL APPROACH EIGHT
INCHES OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA BY LATE WEDNESDAY. THAT
WILL NOT BE THE END OF IT THOUGH. AS THE CYCLONE TRACKS ACROSS
EASTERN KANSAS TO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA ELEVATED WARM ADVECTION
(TROWAL) WILL KEEP SNOW OVER CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY THURSDAY. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR
TO EIGHT INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THOSE AREAS. BY LATE WEDNESDAY
EVENING...WIND IS LIKELY TO KICK UP TO 35-45 MPH OR HIGHER...AND
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AND WESTERN
NEBRASKA THURSDAY AND POSSIBLY THROUGH THE NIGHT THURSDAY TO EARLY
FRIDAY.
.EXTENDED...FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY.
CHRISTMAS DAY /FRIDAY/ STORM SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP...BUT LIGHT
SNOW WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SATURDAY
THROUGH MONDAY...WINDS WILL HAVE SUBSIDED AND SKIES MOSTLY CLEAR.
TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE PERIOD BELOW NORMAL...WITH HIGHS IN THE 20S
AND LOWS 5 TO 10 ABOVE.
&&
.AVIATION...
CLOUD CEILINGS WILL GRADUALLY LOWER ACROSS THE NORTH THIS
EVENING TO IMPACT TERMINAL KLBF. MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH
THE COLD FRONT TO SLIP SOUTH OVERNIGHT AND BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE
TO DEVELOP SOUTH TO IMPACT TERMINALS KVTN THIS EVENING AND BY
MIDNIGHT AT KLBF. CEILINGS HAVE ALREADY LOWERED AT KVTN WHERE
CEILING AOB 1 KFT WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD SOUTHWEST WITH FREEZING
DRIZZLE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT INTO TUESDAY. INCREASING UPSLOPE FLOW
TUESDAY WILL ENHANCE THE LIFT WITH PRECIPITATION TO TRANSITION TO
SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT. THE DEPTH OF THE STRATUS HITS NEAR 5KFT UNTIL
BEYOND THE FORECAST PERIOD AT 18Z TUESDAY WITH IFR TO LIFR
CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT BOTH TERMINALS.
&&
.LBF
WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NEZ004-094-022>024-035-056>058...
WINTER STORM WARNING TUESDAY 7 PM MST UNTIL 11 PM MST THURSDAY.
NEZ005>010-025>029-036>038-059-069>071...
WINTER STORM WARNING TUESDAY NIGHT MIDNIGHT CST UNTIL FRIDAY 6 AM
CST
&&
SHORT/MEDIUM RANGE...SPRINGER
EXTENDED...TAYLOR
AVIATION...KECKHazardous weather outlook, Dec 21, 11:23 AM MST, 3 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1223 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-221000- 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- 1223 PM CST MON DEC 21 2009 /1123 AM MST MON DEC 21 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WEAK COLD FRONT WILL SLOWLY DROP SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AS LOW CLOUDS SPREAD SOUTH...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE POSSIBLE GENERALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 FROM ELLSWORTH TO BROKEN BOW THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A MAJOR WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY AND IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE HOLIDAY RUSH. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE TUESDAY THEN DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AS SNOW DEVELOPS AND CONTINUES INTO WEDNESDAY. PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA COULD POSSIBLY SEE SIX INCHES OR MORE OF SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION THROUGH THURSDAY. ON THURSDAY STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS ARE EXPECTED THAT WILL CAUSE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES WELL INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY FOR NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE STORMS TRACK WILL BE BETTER DEFINED WITH LATER FORECASTS. ANYONE TRAVELING ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS. TRAVELERS SHOULD LISTEN FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS ON THIS DEVELOPING STORM SYSTEM. .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 WFO LBF
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 3:13 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more | 11 hr |
| Dec 21, 4:15 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer and 13 more | 6 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.