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Blizzard Warning 3, NWS Omaha, NE
NWS Omaha, NE issued this blizzard warning at Dec 24, 2009, 4:00 PM CST for 30 counties in Nebraska; 8 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 44 hr. 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 24, 2009, 4:00 PM CST (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 26, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Omaha, NE
All 38 counties
Fremont County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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 24, 5:20 PM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Boys Town, NE | SEVEN INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 24, 5:31 PM CST | SNOW 0.7 | Fairbury, NE | ESTIMATED ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH BY COUNTY ROAD CREWS. VISIBILITY ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE. |
| Dec 24, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Plymouth, NE | |
| Dec 24, 9:08 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Tecumseh, NE | ESTIMATED NEW SNOWFALL. |
| Dec 24, 9:17 PM CST | SNOW 1.5 | Wilber, NE | |
| Dec 24, 9:27 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Omaha, NE | NEAR 120TH AND CENTER. |
| Dec 24, 9:33 PM CST | SNOW 4.7 | Boys Town, NE | NINE INCHES ON THE GROUND. |
| Dec 24, 9:34 PM CST | SNOW 0 | Harlan, IA | ROUGH ESTIMATE. |
| Dec 24, 9:34 PM CST | SNOW 6 | Harlan, IA | ROUGH ESTIMATE. |
| Dec 24, 10:00 PM CST | SNOW 5 | Clarinda, IA | ABOUT 1 INCH OF SLEET EARLIER TODAY. THEN 4 INCHES OF SNOW ON TOP OF THE SLEET. |
| Dec 25, 12:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Wilber, NE | TWO STRANDED MOTORISTS RESCUED. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. |
| Dec 25, 1:52 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 N Crescent, IA | RELAYED BY NWS DES MOINES FROM IOWA EOC. VEHICLES STRANDED NEAR OLD LINCOLN HWY AND SKI HILL. HWY 6 CLOSED ACROSS ALL OF POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY. |
| Dec 25, 5:57 AM CST | SNOW 2.5 | Omaha, NE | AT EPPLEY SINCE MIDNIGHT...STORM TOTAL 6.6 INCHES. |
| Dec 25, 5:57 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Valley, NE | NWS OFFICE...SINCE MIDNIGHT. STORM TOTAL 8.6 INCHES. |
| Dec 25, 5:57 AM CST | SNOW 9.5 | Underwood, IA | ESTIMATED 9 TO 10 INCHES OF NEW SNOW. |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | SNOW 5.5 | Norfolk, NE | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6AM. |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Omaha, NE | AT OMAHA EPPLEY AIRPORT. STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6AM. |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7.7 | Lincoln, NE | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6AM |
| Dec 25, 6:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.6 | Valley, NE | STORM TOTAL THROUGH 6AM. |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Verdon, NE | NERAIN OBSERVER. 0.48 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. 8 INCHES SNOW DEPTH. |
| Dec 25, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 3 W Omaha, NE | NERAIN OBSERVER. 0.65 INCHES LIQUID EQUIVALENT. 13 INCHES SNOW DEPTH. |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 0 | Onawa, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 1.7 | Oakdale, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 2.3 | Utica, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Beatrice, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Fairbury, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Tekamah, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Bloomfield, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 3.5 | Randolph, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Friend, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Verdel, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Wayne, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Weston, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4 | West Point, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.2 | Raymond, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Neligh, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Stanton, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Clarinda, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 5 | David City, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6 | Shubert, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Glenwood, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 6.5 | Springfield, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Auburn, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Fremont, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 7 | Harlan, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.1 | Fort Calhoun, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.2 | Pawnee City, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.3 | Hastings, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.3 | Valley, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Red Oak, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.5 | Schuyler, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 8.8 | Papillion, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 9 | Logan, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | Tecumseh, NE | 0.63 LIQUID EQUIVALENT AND 12 INCHES ON THE GROUND. SNOW DRIFTS OF AT LEAST 2 FEET AND BLOWING SNOW. |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 9.5 | Bennington, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 9.5 | Oakland, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 9.6 | Little Sioux, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 10 | Gretna, NE | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 12 | Shenandoah, IA | |
| Dec 25, 8:00 AM CST | SNOW 13 | Randolph, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 16 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 463 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KOAX 242200 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO IMPACT PARTS OF THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY... .THE STORM SYSTEM IS MAKING THE TURN FROM TEXAS AND LIFTING INTO ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY MORNING...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER IOWA AND WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT INTO ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS SATURDAY...HOWEVER WILL BE ON THE WANE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL DURING THE WINTER STORM IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ055-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ034-043>045-050>053-065>068-089>093- 250600- /O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.091224T2200Z-091226T1200Z/ HARRISON-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-BURT-COLFAX- DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER- CASS-OTOE-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...COUNCIL BLUFFS... GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...TEKAMAH...SCHUYLER... FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 6 TO 16 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 6 TO 10 INCHES IS FORECAST FROM SEWARD TOWARD LINCOLN...WITH 10 TO 16 INCHES ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY INTO WESTERN IOWA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ NEZ011-012-015>018-030>033-042-250600- /O.NEW.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.091225T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON- CUMING-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER... NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON... WEST POINT...COLUMBUS 400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE TO MODERATE SNOW...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 6 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 6 TO 10 INCHES IS FORECAST TOWARD ALBION...WITH 10 TO 14 INCHES FORECAST TOWARD PENDER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. 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. && $$ IAZ043-056-NEZ078-088-250600- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ MONONA-SHELBY-SALINE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...HARLAN...CRETE...FAIRBURY 400 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES IS FORECAST AROUND FAIRBURY WITH HEAVY 10 TO 15 INCH AMOUNTS FOR MONONA AND SHELBY COUNTIES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ ZAPOTOCNY
8 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KOAX 242326 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 526 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA INTO SATURDAY... .THE STORM SYSTEM IS MAKING THE TURN FROM TEXAS AND LIFTING INTO ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY SNOW AND STRONG WINDS CONTINUING THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. BY SATURDAY MORNING...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL BE CENTERED OVER IOWA AND WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT INTO ILLINOIS. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS EARLY SATURDAY...HOWEVER WILL BE DECREASING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. TRAVEL DURING THE WINTER STORM IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. IAZ043-056-250730- /O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ MONONA-SHELBY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...HARLAN 526 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE FROM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 12 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ NEZ015-250730- /O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ /O.EXT.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.091224T2326Z-091226T1200Z/ THURSTON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...PENDER 526 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS REPLACED THE WINTER STORM WARNING WITH A BLIZZARD WARNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE FROM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 12 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH WIND GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ NEZ033-250730- /O.EXT.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.091224T2326Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ CUMING- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST POINT 526 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 10 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-250730- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.091225T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...NELIGH... PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS 526 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE TO MODERATE SNOW...AND MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SNOW WILL CONTINUE FROM TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 14 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. 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. && $$ IAZ055-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ034-043>045-050>053-065>068-089>093- 250730- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ HARRISON-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-BURT-COLFAX- DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER- CASS-OTOE-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...COUNCIL BLUFFS... GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...TEKAMAH...SCHUYLER... FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 526 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE FROM TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS 8 TO 15 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. FOR MOST OF THE AREA. AMOUNTS SHOULD BE IN THE 5 TO 10 INCH RANGE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM DAVID CITY TO FALLS CITY. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ078-088-250730- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ SALINE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRETE...FAIRBURY 526 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL INCREASE AND MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS FROM 40 TO 50 MPH. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF LOW VISIBILITY. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW LEADING TO NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KOAX 250337 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 937 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...HEAVY SNOW AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA INTO SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MISSOURI WILL MOVE NORTH INTO IOWA ON CHRISTMAS DAY. THIS STORM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW AND STRONG WINDS INTO EARLY SATURDAY. WINDS SHOULD BE DECREASING SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES EAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. SNOW DRIFTS IN SOME AREAS COULD REACH ROOFTOP LEVELS. TRAVEL DURING THE WINTER STORM IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITY AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. NEZ078-088-251145- /O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ SALINE-JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CRETE...FAIRBURY 937 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. THIS REPLACES THE WINTER STORM WARNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ NEZ033-251145- /O.CAN.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ CUMING- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...WEST POINT 937 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-251145- /O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0007.000000T0000Z-091225T0600Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.091225T0600Z-091226T1200Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...NELIGH... PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS 937 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 10 TO 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ015-034-043>045-050>053- 065>068-089>093-251145- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-THURSTON-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA- PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA... PENDER...TEKAMAH...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY... WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY... FALLS CITY 937 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 8 TO 18 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR IN WESTERN IOWA AND EXTREME EASTERN NEBRASKA NORTH OF OMAHA TOWARD PENDER. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KOAX 251008 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 408 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA INTO SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING INTO SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA EARLY CHRISTMAS MORNING IS FORECAST TO MOVE TOWARD WESTERN IOWA BY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS THE REGION INTO TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MUCH OF TODAY...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME DECREASE IN WINDS BY AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER WESTERN IOWA...AND OVER MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT...COULD ALLOW FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS. HOWEVER...CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST AND MANY ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE IN PLACES. TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITY AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ015-033-034-043>045-050>053- 065>068-078-088>093-251815- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA... PENDER...WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR... DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN... PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 408 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL VARY FROM 5 TO 10 INCHES FROM OMAHA INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA TO 2 TO 4 INCHES FROM LINCOLN SOUTHWEST TO BEATRICE AND FAIRBURY. THIS WILL BRING STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS TO 6 TO 18 INCHES WITH THE HIGHEST LIKELY JUST EAST THROUGH NORTH OF OMAHA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH THIS MORNING. SOME DECREASE IN WINDS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON IN WESTERN IOWA AND OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TONIGHT. HOWEVER...CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST WELL INTO TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS HAVE DRIFTED SHUT AND THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF STRANDED MOTORISTS. 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. && $$ NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-251815- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...NELIGH... PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS 408 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 8 INCHES IS EXPECTED BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 8 TO 15 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME DECREASE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES FROM INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS WILL BE DRIFTED SHUT. 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. 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. && $$ CHERMOK
000 WWUS43 KOAX 251834 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1234 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF THE AREA INTO SATURDAY... .LOW PRESSURE MOVING THROUGH IOWA TODAY IS FORECAST TO MOVE TOWARD WESTERN IOWA BY EVENING. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD PERIODS OF SNOW ACROSS THE REGION INTO TONIGHT. STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MUCH OF TODAY...ESPECIALLY NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND IN OPEN AREAS ELSEWHERE. SOME DECREASE IN WINDS BY AFTERNOON...MAINLY OVER WESTERN IOWA...AND OVER MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT...COULD ALLOW FOR SOME IMPROVEMENTS. HOWEVER...CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST AND MANY ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE IN PLACES. TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITY AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ015-033-034-043>045-050>053- 065>068-078-088>093-260245- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS- DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA... PENDER...WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR... DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN... PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE... TECUMSEH...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 1234 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW HAS GENERALLY ENDED OVR WESTERN IOWA AND FAR EASTERN NEBRASKA FOR THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL CONTINUE GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM SCHUYLER TO NEBRASKA CITY. SNOW WILL ONCE AGAIN OVER SPREAD THE AREA THIS EVENING WITH LIGHT SNOW CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL TODAY WEST OF THE LINE FROM SCHUYLER TO NEBRASKA CITY WILL GENERALLY BE 1 TO 3 INCHES. SNOWFALL TONIGHT WILL BE ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OF 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. THE WIND HAS DECREASED ACROSS WESTERN IOWA INTO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER STORM WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS HAVE DRIFTED SHUT. 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. && $$ NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-042-260245- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-PLATTE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...NELIGH... PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...COLUMBUS 1234 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BRINGING STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS TO 8 TO 15 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS 40 TO 50 MPH. SOME DECREASE IS EXPECTED TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS BLIZZARD. TRAVEL SHOULD NOT BE ATTEMPTED THROUGH TONIGHT. THE COMBINATION OF THE STRONG WINDS AND FALLING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CREATE WHITE OUT CONDITIONS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. SOME ROADS WILL CONTINUE TO BE DRIFTED SHUT AND IMPASSIBLE. SOME LOSS OF ELECTRICAL POWER IS LIKELY DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS. 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. && $$
000 WWUS43 KOAX 252126 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS IOWA TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MUCH OF TODAY...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SOMEWHAT OVER WESTERN IOWA AND TO AREAS IN NEBRASKA EAST OF HIGHWAY 77...HOWEVER CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST AND MANY ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE IN PLACES. TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITY AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ045-052-053-067-068-090>093- 260530- /O.CAN.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.091225T2126Z-091227T0000Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE- RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...BLAIR... OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH... AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN IOWA AND FAR EASTERN NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 WILL RANGE FROM ABOUT 2 TO 4 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 T0 20 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT WITH CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING. VISIBILITIES MAY CONTINUE TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>044-050-051-065-066-078-088-089- 260530- /O.NEW.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.091226T1200Z-091227T0000Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON- CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER- SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER... NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON... WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT... DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...CRETE...FAIRBURY... BEATRICE 326 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS SHOULD AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS BLIZZARD WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. SOME ROADS HAVE ALREADY DRIFTED SHUT. 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. 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. && $$ MAYES/BOUSTEAD/KERN
000 WWUS43 KOAX 260329 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 929 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO SATURDAY MORNING... .LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO ROTATE SOUTH THEN EAST THROUGH WESTERN IOWA OVERNIGHT. WIDESPREAD LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WITH THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH STRONG WIND GUSTS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...MAINLY ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED SOMEWHAT OVER WESTERN IOWA AREAS IN NEBRASKA EAST OF HIGHWAY 77...HOWEVER CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL PERSIST AND MANY ROADS WILL BE IMPASSABLE IN PLACES. TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF SNOW...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LOW VISIBILITY AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>044-050-051-065-066-078-088-089- 261130- /O.CON.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.091226T1200Z-091227T0000Z/ KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON- CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER- SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER... NELIGH...PIERCE...WAYNE...ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON... WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT... DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...CRETE...FAIRBURY... BEATRICE 929 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH DAYBREAK SATURDAY GENERALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 77. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS BLIZZARD WILL HAVE A CRIPPLING EFFECT ON TRAVEL AND ACTIVITIES INTO SATURDAY MORNING. ALONG WITH ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL...STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...LEADING TO BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. MANY ROADS HAVE ALREADY DRIFTED SHUT...AND SOME ROAD CREWS HAVE DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS OVERNIGHT...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL COUNTIES. 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. 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. && $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ045-052-053-067-068-090>093- 261130- /O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE- RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...BLAIR... OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH... AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 929 PM CST FRI DEC 25 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * TIMING...PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER WESTERN IOWA AND FAR EASTERN NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY SATURDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL GENERALLY EAST OF HIGHWAY 77 WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 T0 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS OVER 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT WITH CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. VISIBILITIES MAY CONTINUE TO BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN A MILE...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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 KOAX 261036 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 436 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS PERSIST... .STRONG WINDS AND BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE OVER PARTS OF THE AREA THIS MORNING...GENERALLY FROM AROUND DAVID CITY AND COLUMBUS NORTHWEST THROUGH ALBION...NELIGH AND CENTER. THE WINTRY WEATHER WAS THE RESULT OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA. THE LOW WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST TODAY ALLOWING CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE SOMEWHAT. EVEN THOUGH VISIBILITIES WILL BE BETTER THAN CHRISTMAS DAY...MOST ROADS ARE SNOW PACKED AND SLICK AND MANY ROADS REMAIN DRIFTED SHUT. DRIFTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO HAMPER SNOW REMOVAL TODAY. TRAVEL DURING THIS STORM REMAINS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE MANY ROAD CLOSURES. THIS IS STILL A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION OVER PARTS OF THE REGION IF YOU WOULD BECOME STRANDED. NEZ012-015-017-018-031>034-042>044-050-051-065-066-078-088-089- 261845- /O.CAN.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1200Z/ /O.EXT.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.091226T1036Z-091227T0000Z/ CEDAR-THURSTON-PIERCE-WAYNE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE- COLFAX-DODGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON- GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...PENDER...PIERCE...WAYNE... NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER... FREMONT...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...CRETE... FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 436 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW...MOSTLY LIGHT...WILL CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF THE AREA TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL SHOULD GENERALLY BE AN INCH OR SO. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND MANY ROADS REMAIN DRIFTED SHUT. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS THAT ARE OPEN WILL CREATE CHANGEABLE AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST DRIVE TODAY. && $$ NEZ011-016-030-261845- /O.EXT.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.EXT.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.091226T1800Z-091227T0000Z/ KNOX-ANTELOPE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...NELIGH...ALBION 436 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...BLIZZARD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE MUCH OF TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL SHOULD BE AN INCH OR TWO. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS MORNING. * IMPACTS...ALTHOUGH SOME VISIBILITIES HAVE IMPROVED...THEY REMAIN NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...MANY ROADS ARE DRIFTED SHUT AND CONTINUED DRIFTING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THOSE ROADS THAT ARE OPEN. SOME ROAD CREWS HAVE DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL COUNTIES. 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. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ045-052-053-067-068-090>093- 261845- /O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE- RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...BLAIR... OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH... AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 436 AM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE OVER THE REGION MUCH OF TODAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL TODAY WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 1 INCH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 T0 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...ARE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT WITH CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SOME ROADS REMAIN DRIFTED SHUT AND CONTINUED DRIFTING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THOSE ROADS THAT ARE OPEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED AT TIMES DUE TO STRONG WINDS. SNOW PACKED ROADS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CHERMOK
000 WWUS43 KOAX 261817 WSWOAX URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1217 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...STORM WINDING DOWN BUT HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS CONTINUE... .OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. HOWEVER WIND SPEEDS HAVE DIMINISHED INTO THE 20 TO 30 MPH ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN NEBRASKA...AND EVEN LIGHTER IN SOUTHWEST IOWA. BUT STILL...THE LIGHT SNOW COMBINED WITH BLOWING OF SNOW ALREADY ON THE GROUND WILL CAUSE CONTINUED HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA. VISIBILITIES OF A MILE OR LESS AND DRIFTING OF SNOW OVER ROADS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. TRAVEL CONTINUES TO BE DISCOURAGED DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF FALLING...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND THE MANY ROAD CLOSURES. THIS IS STILL A POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING SITUATION OVER PARTS OF THE REGION IF YOU WOULD BECOME STRANDED. NEZ011-016-030-270000- /O.EXP.KOAX.BZ.W.0003.000000T0000Z-091226T1800Z/ /O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ KNOX-ANTELOPE-BOONE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLOOMFIELD...NELIGH...ALBION 1217 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... ...BLIZZARD WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE BLIZZARD WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL SHOULD HOLD AT AN INCH OR LESS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS STILL LIKELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. VISIBILITIES LESS THAN A MILE COULD OCCUR IN OPEN AREAS. IN ADDITION...MANY ROADS ARE DRIFTED SHUT AND CONTINUED DRIFTING CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THOSE ROADS THAT ARE OPEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ045-052-053-067-068-090>093- 270000- /O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-CASS-OTOE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE- RICHARDSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN... COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...BLAIR... OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...TECUMSEH... AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...FALLS CITY 1217 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL WILL BE LESS THAN AN INCH. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...THIS WINTER WEATHER EVENT WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT WITH CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. SOME ROADS REMAIN DRIFTED SHUT AND CONTINUED DRIFTING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THOSE ROADS THAT ARE OPEN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED AT TIMES DUE TO GUSTY WINDS. SNOW PACKED ROADS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ012-015-017-018-031>034-042>044-050-051-065-066-078-088-089- 270000- /O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0020.000000T0000Z-091227T0000Z/ CEDAR-THURSTON-PIERCE-WAYNE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE- COLFAX-DODGE-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-LANCASTER-SALINE-JEFFERSON- GAGE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HARTINGTON...PENDER...PIERCE...WAYNE... NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER... FREMONT...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...SEWARD...LINCOLN...CRETE... FAIRBURY...BEATRICE 1217 PM CST SAT DEC 26 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOWFALL SHOULD BE AN INCH OR LESS. * WINDS...NORTHWEST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...SOME VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL PERSIST TODAY AND MANY ROADS REMAIN DRIFTED SHUT. IN ADDITION...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS ROADS THAT ARE OPEN WILL CREATE CHANGEABLE AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION IF YOU MUST DRIVE TODAY. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this blizzard warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this blizzard warning went out at Dec 24, 5:41 AM CST, 10 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 24, 5:41 AM CST, 10 hours 19 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...FORMAT COR
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
541 AM CST THU DEC 24 2009
.DISCUSSION...TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
WV IMAGERY THIS MORNING ALREADY SHOWING NRN PLAINS SHORTWAVE
MIGRATING SWD WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY PHASE WITH TX VORT MAX AND EVOLVE
INTO A DEEP CLOSED UPPER LOW ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS. MEANWHILE...
SCARY ARCTIC AIRMASS WAS SPILLING SWD THRU MT/WRN DAKOTAS/WY AND INTO
THE NEB PANHANDLE. SFC PRESS INCREASES AROUND 4MB LAST FEW HRS OUT
WEST ARE RESULTING IN NW WIND G30-40MPH. FOR TODAY...CONDITIONS TAKE
A TURN FOR THE WORSE IN RESPONSE TO STRENGTHENING SYSTEM OVER THE
REGION. EARLY THIS MORNING...THERE MAY BE A FEW LOCATIONS IN EXTREME
SW IA AND EXTREME SE NEB WHERE BRIEF FREEZING RAIN MAY CAUSE
ISSUES...BUT CHANGE OVER TO FROZEN WILL COME QUICK ADVANCING CAA. AS
MENTIONED...DETERIORATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED BY THIS AFTN WHEN
SNOWFALL BECOMES A BIT MORE INTENSE AND BLOWING SNOW ENVELOPS THE
CWA. FALLING TEMPS THRU TODAY COUPLED WITH NW WINDS WILL PUSH WIND
CHILL INDIES TO AROUND ZERO TWD AFTN RUSH HOUR. DOWN STREAM BLOCKING
WILL SLOW THE UPPER LOW WHEN IT MOVES INTO IA FRIDAY AFTN. BY THEN
MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT MID LYR QG-FRONTOGENESIS AXIS WILL SHIFT
SLIGHTLY EAST AND DISPLACE ASSOCIATED TRANSVERSE AGEOSTROPHIC ASCENT.
THIS COUPLED WITH BACKSIDE VORT ENERGY RIDING DOWN THROUGH WRN IA
WILL THEN LIKELY FOCUS BEST FORCING ORIENTED NORTH/SOUTH GENERALLY
ALONG THE MO RIVER VLY AND ALL THE WAY INTO CNTRL IA. THUS HAVE
TRENDED SNOW ACCUMULATION TOTALS AS SUCH...WITH GENERALLY 8-12
INCHES OVER SW IA...6-9 INCHES NORTHEAST NEB...AND 2-6 INCHES OVER
THE REST OF THE CWA. EXPECT SNOW/BLOWING SNOW WILL GRADUALLY TAPER
OFF SOMETIME ON SUNDAY WHEN THE SYSTEM FINALLY EJECTS EWD TO THE
GREAT LAKES/OH VLY REGION.
.AVIATION...
TAF SITES KOFK/KOMA/KLNK
06Z TAFS
IFR CONDS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED THRU THE PERIOD. SOME DRIER AIR IS
WORKING IN FM THE NW BEHIND AN INVERTED TROF THIS MRNG AND HAS
ALLOWED FOR SOME MVFR CONDS AT BOTH LNK/OFK. THIS IS LIKELY TO CONT
AT THE OFK AND OCCASIONALLY LNK THRU THE MRNG AND INTO THE AFTN
HOURS. SPOTTY LIGHT SNOW HAS BEEN PERSISTING AT THE TAF SITES THIS
MRNG BUT SHLD GENERALLY SEE A BREAK IN PRECIPITATION THIS MRNG INTO
THE AFTN. WL START THE SN THIS AFTN AT OMA FIRST AND THEN BACK TO
THE W INTO LNK AND OFK. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY AS THE TIMING OF THE
HEAVIEST SN WL TEND TO KEEP THINGS IN THE IFR RANGE WITH SN THIS
EVNG AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF
LIFR AT OMA/OFK FOR A TIME OVERNIGHT. NW WINDS WL INCREASE THRU THE
DAY AND LEAD TO BLSN AT THE TAF SITES OVERNIGHT FURTHER REDUCING
VSBYS THRU 12Z FRI. CONDS ARE NOT LIKELY TO IMPROVE AT THE TAF
SITES STILL SOMETIME SAT MRNG.
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR NEZ034-045-
051>053-065>068-078-088>093.
WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR NEZ011-012-
015>018-030>033-042>044-050.
IA...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY FOR IAZ043-055-056-
069-079-080-090-091.
&&
DEE/JBHazardous weather outlook, Dec 24, 12:52 PM CST, 3 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1252 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-250900- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 1252 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES AND STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW THROUGH TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE COLD WINDCHILLS OF 10 TO 20 BELOW ZERO. A POWERFUL WINTER STORM IS TAKING AIM AT THE AREA...AND ALTHOUGH THE PRECIPITATION WILL BE MIXED AND LIGHT INITIALLY...AS THE STORM STRENGTHENS AND MOVES INTO IOWA...WILL BRING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA. LOOK FOR DETERIORATING CONDITIONS OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING 40 TO 50 MPH WILL MAKE NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS PROBABLE MAINLY FROM FRIDAY NIGHT UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON. AS OF NOW...IT APPEARS TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THEN SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE FROM 5 TO 16 INCHES OVER THE REGION. THUS...THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL EARLY SATURDAY MORNING OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. CAUTION...THIS WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL HAVE MAJOR IMPACTS OVER THE ENTIRE MISSOURI VALLEY REGION. KEEP ABREAST OF FORECAST UPDATES... ESPECIALLY THOSE PLANNING TO TRAVEL DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA. ZAPOTOCNY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Dec 24, 2:16 PM CST, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
216 PM CST THU DEC 24 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0215 PM SNOW AUBURN 40.39N 95.84W
12/24/2009 M1.0 INCH NEMAHA NE CO-OP OBSERVER
SINCE PRECIPITATION CHANGED TO SNOW AT 11AM. 5 INCHES ON
THE GROUND.
&&
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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.