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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

December 29, 201026 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this winter storm warning at Dec 29, 2010, 1:27 PM MST for 26 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 30, 2010, 8:00 AM MST. It was in force for 39 hr. 45 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 29, 2010, 1:27 PM MST (20:27 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 30, 2010, 8:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 31, 2010, 11:00 PM MST
In force
39 hr
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 20:30 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 30, 1:30 PM MSTSNOW 2.5Oneill, NECOOP OBSERVER AT KBRX RADIO IN ONEILL HAS MEASURED 2.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL SO FAR. SNOW IS WIND DRIVEN BY STRONG WIND GUSTS.
Dec 30, 1:50 PM MSTSNOW 22 W Amelia, NE2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL SO FAR. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE CREATING DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS COUNTY ROADS.
Dec 30, 1:55 PM MSTSNOW 43 Sw Atkinson, NEBLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ALSO REPORTED.
Dec 30, 2:00 PM MSTSNOW 1Ewing, NE
Dec 30, 2:00 PM MSTSNOW 1.5Chambers, NE
Dec 30, 2:00 PM MSTSNOW 5Lynch, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH 300 PM CST. BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.
Dec 30, 2:05 PM MSTSNOW 26 Sw Amelia, NESWAN LAKE COOP OBSERVER REPORTED 2 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL.
Dec 30, 4:00 PM MSTSNOW 0.7Valentine, NESNOWFALL SO FAR HAS BEEN SEVEN TENTHS OF AN INCH.
Dec 30, 4:00 PM MSTSNOW 1.1North Platte, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR HAS BEEN 1.1 INCHES AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE.
Dec 30, 9:58 PM MSTSNOW 1.510 Ne Oshkosh, NECURRENT SNOWING RATE OF 3/4 INCH PER HOUR.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 22 W Ogallala, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 2.516 Ese Long Pine, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 316 Se Stockville, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 34 Wsw Johnstown, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 37 Se Curtis, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 41 Ne Grant, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 41 N Sutherland, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 4Enders, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 58 W Champion, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 5.94 Wnw Big Springs, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 612 Wsw Anselmo, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 66 Ne North Platte, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 6.28 Sw Madrid, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 6:00 AM MSTSNOW 79 Ene Chappell, NEREPORT WAS FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 7:49 AM MSTSNOW 2Bartlett, NESNOWFALL OVER THE PAST 24 HOURS ESTIMATED 2-3 INCHES
Dec 31, 9:00 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 107 Wsw Chappell, NESNOWFALL OF TEN INCHES WITH WATER EQUIVALENT OF 0.78 OF AN INCH. REPORT FURNISHED BY A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER.
Dec 31, 9:07 AM MSTSNOW 22 Ese Anselmo, NESNOWFALL MEASURED THROUGH 7 AM CST THIS MORNING.
Dec 31, 9:26 AM MSTHEAVY SNOW 615 Nne North Platte, NE
Dec 31, 9:49 AM MSTBLIZZARDValentine, NENEDOR REPORTS BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ALL VALENTINE AREA ROADWAYS.
Dec 31, 11:29 AM MSTSNOW 42 Se Ewing, NE
Dec 31, 12:00 PM MSTSNOW 4Bassett, NE
Dec 31, 12:05 PM MSTSNOW 46 N Gordon, NEWAIST HIGH SNOW DRIFTS WITH ESTIMATED 40 MPH WIND GUSTS.VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE. TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF REPORT WAS MINUS 4 DEGREES.
Dec 31, 12:05 PM MSTBLIZZARD6 N Gordon, NEWAIST HIGH SNOW DRIFTS WITH ESTIMATED 40 MPH WIND GUSTS.VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE. TEMPERATURE AT TIME OF REPORT WAS MINUS 4 DEGREES.
Dec 31, 12:30 PM MSTSNOW 6Rushville, NE
Dec 31, 12:30 PM MSTBLIZZARDRushville, NEVISIBILITY ABOUT 100 YARDS. 6 INCHES OF NEW SNOWFALL WITH FIVE FOOT HIGH DRIFTS. WIND SPEED ESTIMATED AT 30 TO 40 MPH.
Dec 31, 12:40 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 71 Ne Kilgore, NE
Dec 31, 12:40 PM MSTBLIZZARD1 Ne Kilgore, NEVISIBILITY 300 FEET IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS ARE 4 TO 5 FEET HIGH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR 7 INCHES.
Dec 31, 12:50 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 5Merriman, NE
Dec 31, 12:50 PM MSTBLIZZARDMerriman, NEVISIBILITY ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR LESS. 5 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WITH DRIFTS OF 2 FEET.
Dec 31, 1:18 PM MSTBLIZZARDHyannis, NESHERIFF ESTIMATED VISIBILITIES FROM THE HOOD ORNAMENT TO 300 FEET. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 8 TO 10 INCHES. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW CONTINUED AT TIME OF REPORT. SNOW DRIFTS THREE FEET HIGH.
Dec 31, 1:20 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 10.510 Ne Oshkosh, NE
Dec 31, 1:20 PM MSTBLIZZARD10 Ne Oshkosh, NEVISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 10.5 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS RANGE FROM TWO TO FIVE FEET HIGH.
Dec 31, 1:23 PM MSTSNOW 4.2Curtis, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL.
Dec 31, 1:30 PM MSTBLIZZARDMullen, NEVISIBILITIES PREDOMINATELY FROM ONE EIGHTH TO ONE QUARTER MILE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. SNOW DRIFTS ARE FOUR TO FIVE FEET HIGH. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 9 INCHES.
Dec 31, 4:11 PM MSTBLIZZARDMullen, NE10 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND WITH SEVERAL 5 FT DRIFTS. WINDS HAVE BEEN GUSTING TO OVER 30 MPH THROUGHOUT THE DAY. VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE OCCASIONALLY FALLING BELOW 1/8 OF A MILE DURING STRONGER GUSTS.

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, 8.5 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2010-12-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2010-12-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

917 
WWUS43 KLBF 292027
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
227 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010

...WINTER STORM IMPACTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...

.THE COMBINATION OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT...AND A DEVELOPING STORM 
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PANHANDLE
OF NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE REGION FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. GUSTY
NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT. SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE TO
THE POWDERY NATURE OF THE SNOW THAT IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTY
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...LOCALIZED AREAS OF NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION. NOW IS THE TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER
STORM. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND UPDATES AS THE STORM
EVOLVES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY PERIOD.

NEZ004-022>024-035-056-057-094-300430-
/O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0002.101230T1800Z-110101T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0003.101230T1800Z-110101T0300Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
127 PM MST WED DEC 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO 8 PM MST
FRIDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
11 AM THURSDAY TO 8 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH HAS BEEN
UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING. 

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST 
  OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE
  HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN
  SHERIDAN COUNTY.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS...DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS...AND PREPARE
  FOR PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING 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 HOLIDAY TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
THAT CAN INCLUDE EXTRA CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ036-058-069-300430-
/O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0002.101230T1800Z-110101T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0003.101230T2300Z-110101T0600Z/
MCPHERSON-PERKINS-CHASE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...TRYON...GRANT...IMPERIAL
227 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 /127 PM MST WED DEC 29 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/
THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW..WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CST
/4 PM MST/ THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING.

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST 
  OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH THE
  HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN
  SHERIDAN COUNTY. 

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS...DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA SHOULD TAKE
  THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS...AND PREPARE FOR PERIODS OF LOCALLY
  HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING 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 HOLIDAY TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
THAT CAN INCLUDE EXTRA CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-059-070-071-300430-
/O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0002.101231T0000Z-110101T0000Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0003.101230T2300Z-110101T0600Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
227 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT
CST FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT
FROM 5 PM THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST FRIDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM
WATCH HAS BEEN UPGRADED TO A WARNING. 

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON THEN EXPAND EAST ACROSS THE REST OF WESTERN AND
  NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM TWO TO SIX INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...WITH
  THE HIGHER SNOWFALL NORTH OF A LINE FROM BIG SPRINGS IN KEITH
  COUNTY TO STAPLETON IN LOGAN COUNTY...TO EWING IN HOLT COUNTY.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS...DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS...AND PREPARE
  FOR PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING 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 HOLIDAY TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
THAT CAN INCLUDE EXTRA CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.


&&

$$
8 follow-up statements
381 
WWUS43 KLBF 292053
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
253 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010

...WINTER STORM IMPACTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...

.THE COMBINATION OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT...AND A DEVELOPING STORM
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT. SNOW
ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE POWDERY NATURE OF THE SNOW THAT IS
EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...
LOCALIZED AREAS OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT
TIMES...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. NOW IS THE
TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND UPDATES AS THE STORM EVOLVES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY
PERIOD.

NEZ004-022>024-035-056-057-094-300500-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.101230T1800Z-110101T0300Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
153 PM MST WED DEC 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO
8 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO
8 PM MST FRIDAY. 

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST 
  OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE...WITH 
  THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN 
  SHERIDAN COUNTY. 

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  CAUSE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN 
  OPEN AREAS...DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS...AND 
  PREPARE FOR PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH BLOWING 
  AND DRIFTING 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 HOLIDAY TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
THAT CAN INCLUDE EXTRA CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ005>010-025>029-036>038-058-059-069>071-300500-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.101230T2300Z-110101T0600Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-
HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
253 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 /153 PM MST WED DEC 29 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CST /4 PM
MST/ THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/
THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST 
  OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE
  NORTH...NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2...THEN 4 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH TO A LINE
  FROM OGALLALA IN KEITH COUNTY...TO STAPLETON IN LOGAN COUNTY AND
  EWING IN HOLT COUNTY. FURTHER SOUTH SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO
  4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  CAUSE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN 
  OPEN AREAS...DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS...AND 
  PREPARE FOR PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH BLOWING 
  AND DRIFTING 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 HOLIDAY TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
THAT CAN INCLUDE EXTRA CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
309 
WWUS43 KLBF 300346 AAA
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
946 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010

...WINTER STORM IMPACTS THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY...

.THE COMBINATION OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT...AND A DEVELOPING STORM
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THEN SPREAD ACROSS
THE REMAINDER OF THE REGION FROM THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT. SNOW
ALONG WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN REDUCED
VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE POWDERY NATURE OF THE SNOW THAT IS
EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...
LOCALIZED AREAS OF NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT
TIMES...AS THE STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. NOW IS THE
TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS WINTER STORM. LISTEN FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND UPDATES AS THE STORM EVOLVES THROUGH THE HOLIDAY
PERIOD.

NEZ004-022>024-035-056-057-094-301200-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.101230T1800Z-110101T0300Z/
SHERIDAN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-ARTHUR-DEUEL-KEITH-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
846 PM MST WED DEC 29 2010

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO
8 PM MST FRIDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THURSDAY TO
8 PM MST FRIDAY. 

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST 
  OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY...WITH THE
  HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN
  SHERIDAN COUNTY.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  CAUSE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN 
  OPEN AREAS...DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS...AND 
  PREPARE FOR PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH BLOWING 
  AND DRIFTING 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 HOLIDAY TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
THAT CAN INCLUDE EXTRA CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ005>010-025>029-036>038-058-059-069>071-301200-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.101230T2300Z-110101T0600Z/
EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-
GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-
HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...
AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...
BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
946 PM CST WED DEC 29 2010 /846 PM MST WED DEC 29 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CST /4 PM
MST/ THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM CST /4 PM MST/
THURSDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA 
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST 
  OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THURSDAY NIGHT INTO 
  FRIDAY. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF SIX INCHES OR MORE ARE LIKELY ACROSS 
  THE NORTH...NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2...THEN 4 TO 6 INCHES SOUTH TO A 
  LINE FROM OGALLALA IN KEITH COUNTY...TO STAPLETON IN LOGAN 
  COUNTY AND EWING IN HOLT COUNTY. FURTHER SOUTH SNOW 
  ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. 

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  CAUSE GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN 
  OPEN AREAS...DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* NOW IS THE TIME TO TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS...AND 
  PREPARE FOR PERIODS OF LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH BLOWING 
  AND DRIFTING 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 HOLIDAY TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
THAT CAN INCLUDE EXTRA CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
340 
WWUS43 KLBF 301005
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
405 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010

...WINTER STORM IMPACTS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...

.THE COMBINATION OF AN ARCTIC COLD FRONT...AND A DEVELOPING STORM
SYSTEM WILL CAUSE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SNOWFALL WILL BEGIN ACROSS THE NORTHWEST
PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA THIS MORNING...THEN SPREAD ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE
EXPECTED BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT. SNOW ALONG WITH BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN REDUCED VISIBILITIES. DUE TO THE
POWDERY NATURE OF THE SNOW THAT IS EXPECTED...ALONG WITH GUSTY
NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH. LOCALIZED AREAS OF NEAR BLIZZARD
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED AT TIMES...AS THE MAIN STORM SYSTEM MOVES
ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

NEZ004>006-008-022>024-035-094-302215-
/O.EXT.KLBF.WS.W.0003.101230T1500Z-110101T0600Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-
ARTHUR-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...ARTHUR...
CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
405 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 /305 AM MST THU DEC 30 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM MST/
THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM CST /8 AM
MST/ THIS MORNING TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
  THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF
  WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL
  DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING...HOWEVER MODERATE SNOW IS
  EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF
  NORTHWEST NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. MORE
  SPECIFICALLY ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM ARTHUR IN ARTHUR
  COUNTY...THROUGH MULLEN AND AINSWORTH...TO MILLS IN KEYA PAHA
  COUNTY.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS...DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILL READINGS OF
  15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW
  WILL BE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FOR THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE DURING
  AND AFTER THIS WINTER STORM. 

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 HOLIDAY TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
THAT CAN INCLUDE EXTRA CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

NEZ007-009-010-025>029-036>038-056>059-069>071-302215-
/O.EXT.KLBF.WS.W.0003.101230T1800Z-110101T0600Z/
BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...
DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...
BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...
NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
405 AM CST THU DEC 30 2010 /305 AM MST THU DEC 30 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/
TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT...

THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM
MST/ TODAY TO MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE PANHANDLE OF NEBRASKA
  THIS MORNING. SNOW WILL THEN SPREAD SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE REST OF
  WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW MAY
  DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL
  NEBRASKA...HOWEVER MODERATE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP
  OVERNIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST
  NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. HIGHEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED
  ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OGALLALA TO ONEILL. LOWER AMOUNTS
  EXPECT ALONG A LINE AND EAST OF A LINE FROM HAYES
  CENTER...THROUGH BROKEN BOW...TO BARTLETT.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  GREATLY REDUCED VISIBILITIES AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS...DUE TO BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WIND CHILL READINGS OF
  15 TO 25 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE.

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW
  WILL BE VERY COLD WIND CHILLS FOR THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE DURING
  AND AFTER THIS WINTER STORM.

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 HOLIDAY TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL
IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT
THAT CAN INCLUDE EXTRA CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER
IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$

MASEK
457 
WWUS43 KLBF 302124
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
324 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010

...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

.SNOW WILL END TEMPORALLY THIS EVENING BUT WILL BEGIN OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT AND EARLY FRIDAY AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM APPROACHES THE
AREA.

AS THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW LIFTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND
INCREASE IN INTENSITY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH BITTERLY
COLD ARCTIC AIR TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. BY
FRIDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY
OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND A
FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-310930-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
324 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 /224 PM MST THU DEC 30 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* SNOW IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN INTENSITY LATER TONIGHT...THEN
  SPREAD NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA INTO CENTRAL AND
  NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FRIDAY MORNING. PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED
  FRIDAY...AND MAY BE MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST
  NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH
  THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOME
  ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA
  AND NEBRASKA BORDER.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL
  READINGS OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY LATER TONIGHT
  AND FRIDAY AS ARCTIC AIR PLUNGES SOUTH INTO THE AREA.

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO
  SNOW...VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD
  WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...BLOWING
SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL WILL BE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES EXTRA
CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...A SHOVEL...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN
CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU VENTURE OUTSIDE...WEAR LAYERS OF
CLOTHING AND COVER UP ALL EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30
BELOW ZERO CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN A MATTER OF
MINUTES.

&&

$$

CLB
033 
WWUS43 KLBF 310426
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1026 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010

...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...

.SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT AS THE MAIN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM
APPROACHES THE AREA.

AS THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW LIFTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA TONIGHT AND FRIDAY...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN
INTENSITY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20
TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL COMBINE WITH BITTERLY COLD
ARCTIC AIR TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. BY
FRIDAY EVENING...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY
OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS AROUND
A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-312200-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL...
BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...
HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
1026 PM CST THU DEC 30 2010 /926 PM MST THU DEC 30 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ FRIDAY NIGHT. 

* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT AND CONTINUE THROUGH
  FRIDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES REDUCING
  VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS 
  SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THROUGH FRIDAY 
  NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL 
  NEBRASKA. SOME ACCUMULATIONS AROUND A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG 
  THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER. 

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL
  READINGS OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP AS ARCTIC
  AIR BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS TONIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...VERY
  COLD TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS
  ARE LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL WILL BE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES EXTRA
CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...A SHOVEL...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU VENTURE OUTSIDE...WEAR
LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND COVER UP ALL EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS OF
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

&&

$$
104 
WWUS43 KLBF 311007
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
407 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...WINTER STORM TAKING AIM AT WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA...

.SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY BEFORE ENDING TONIGHT AS THE MAIN UPPER
LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES OVERHEAD THEN INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS.

AS THIS UPPER LEVEL LOW LIFTS ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN
NEBRASKA TODAY...SNOW WILL CONTINUE...LIGHT TO MODERATE AND
LOCALLY HEAVY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF
20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW...AND COMBINE WITH BITTERLY COLD
ARCTIC AIR TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. BY
TONIGHT...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY OVER
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOME LOCAL AMOUNTS OVER A
FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER.

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-094-312215-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...
HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CODY...
MERRIMAN...KILGORE
407 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /307 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. 

* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. PERIODS
  OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/4
  MILE OR LESS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY NORTH OF
  INTERSTATE 80...ACROSS NORTHWEST NEBRASKA INTO NORTH CENTRAL
  NEBRASKA THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS
  ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. SOME ACCUMULATIONS OVER A FOOT
  ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED 
  VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL 
  READINGS OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP AS ARCTIC 
  AIR BUILDS INTO THE AREA. 

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...VERY COLD
  TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE
  LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL WILL BE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES EXTRA
CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...A SHOVEL...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU VENTURE OUTSIDE...WEAR
LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND COVER UP ALL EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS OF
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

&&

$$

NEZ056>059-069>071-312215-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
407 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /307 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. 

* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY
  SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES THIS MORNING REDUCING VISIBILITY TO
  1/4 MILE OR LESS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST
  NEBRASKA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH THE HEAVIEST
  ACCUMULATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 80.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL 
  CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED 
  VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL 
  READINGS OF 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP AS ARCTIC 
  AIR BUILDS INTO THE AREA. 

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW... VERY COLD
  TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE
  LIKELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL WILL BE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES EXTRA
CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...A SHOVEL...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU VENTURE OUTSIDE...WEAR
LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND COVER UP ALL EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS OF
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

&&

$$

MASEK
537 
WWUS43 KLBF 311531
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
931 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS EVENING
ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

.PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS EVENING.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL LOW TRACKS FROM
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA INTO NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA. MODERATE TO
HEAVY SNOW IS LIKELY ON THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THIS
SYSTEM AS IT LIFTS NORTHEAST ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS RANGING FROM AROUND AN INCH IN
SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA...UP TO 6 INCHES ACROSS CHERRY AND SHERIDAN
COUNTY. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS UP TO 40
MPH ARE LIKELY...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
AND PUSHING WIND CHILLS TO 15 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. 

NEZ004-005-022>024-094-312200-
/O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.101231T1531Z-110101T0600Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
931 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /831 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/

...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. 


* MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE
  DECREASING IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING. IN ADDITION TO
  SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS
  OVER 40 MPH PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF
  SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS. IN ADDITION
  TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL
  COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 15 TO 30 BELOW
  ZERO. 

* THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST (11 PM MST) TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8
  TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY.  

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL
  READINGS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP AS ARCTIC
  AIR BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
  CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...VERY COLD
  TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE
  LIKELY.  

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.

&&

$$

NEZ006>010-025>029-035>038-312200-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-
WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW
931 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /831 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. 

* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT. PERIODS 
  OF HEAVY SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/4 
  MILE OR LESS. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THE
  HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. SOME
  ACCUMULATIONS OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA
  AND NEBRASKA BORDER.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL
  READINGS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP AS ARCTIC
  AIR BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...VERY COLD 
  TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE 
  LIKELY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL WILL BE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES EXTRA
CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...A SHOVEL...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU VENTURE OUTSIDE...WEAR
LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND COVER UP ALL EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS OF
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

&&

$$

NEZ056>059-069>071-312200-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
931 AM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /831 AM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. 

* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY
  SNOW WILL OCCUR AT TIMES REDUCING VISIBILITY TO 1/2 MILE OR
  LESS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS 
  SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH 
  THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 80. 

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THIS WILL LEAD TO REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL
  READINGS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP AS ARCTIC
  AIR BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW... VERY COLD 
  TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE 
  LIKELY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. TRAVEL WILL BE
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES EXTRA
CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...A SHOVEL...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU VENTURE OUTSIDE...WEAR
LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND COVER UP ALL EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS OF
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

&&

$$

BUTTLER
571 
WWUS43 KLBF 312134
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
334 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010

...AN INTENSE WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

.PERIODS OF SNOW...GUSTY WINDS...BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING.

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM NORTH PLATTE TO
ONIELL...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OVER THE WESTERN SANDHILLS AND
THE NORTHEASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY
NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...REDUCING VISIBILITIES...LEADING TO VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL
THIS EVENING. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE
WIND...LEADING TO WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO OVERNIGHT
TONIGHT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE MIDDAY SATURDAY AS TEMPERATURES
RISE INTO THE TEENS AND WINDS DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH. 

NEZ004-005-022>024-094-010600-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WC.Y.0007.110101T0600Z-110101T1800Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-WESTERN CHERRY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE...
OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE
334 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /234 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/

...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM
MST/ TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. A BLIZZARD WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT.


* LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING BEFORE
  DIMINISHING OVERNIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY
  WINDS THIS EVENING OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL
  PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW... REDUCING
  VISIBILITIES TO 1/4 MILE OR LESS. IN ADDITION TO SNOW AND
  BLOWING SNOW...BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES WILL COMBINE WITH THE
  WIND TO PRODUCE WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO.

* THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST (11 PM MST)...AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES
  OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...RESULTING IN TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 9 TO
  13 INCHES IN THE BLIZZARD WARNING AREA. AFTER MIDNIGHT CST (11
  PM MST)...SNOWFALL WILL DECREASE IN INTENSITY BEFORE ENDING
  SATURDAY MORNING.

* WINDS WILL DIMINISH SOME OVERNIGHT...DECREASING THE BLOWING SNOW
  THREAT...HOWEVER...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30
  DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP AS ARCTIC AIR BUILDS INTO THE
  AREA.


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 WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN
FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. 
IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND
GLOVES.

&&

$$

NEZ006>010-025>029-035>038-010600-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WC.Y.0007.110101T0600Z-110101T1800Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-
WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER...AINSWORTH...
BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...
BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW
334 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /234 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. 

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1
  TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW POSSIBLE.  

* TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY WITH THE
  HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20.
  SOME ACCUMULATIONS OVER A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH
  DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. AFTER
  MIDNIGHT...WINDS WILL DIMINISH TO 10 TO 15 MPH...HOWEVER...DANGEROUS
  WIND CHILL READINGS OF 15 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP
  AS ARCTIC AIR BUILDS INTO THE AREA.

* THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE VERY HAZARDOUS TRAVEL 
  CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. IN ADDITION TO SNOW...VERY COLD 
  TEMPERATURES...STRONG WINDS AND BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS ARE 
  LIKELY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES EXTRA
CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...A SHOVEL...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU VENTURE OUTSIDE...WEAR
LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND COVER UP ALL EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS OF
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A
HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

NEZ056>059-069>071-010600-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WC.Y.0007.110101T0600Z-110101T1800Z/
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110101T0600Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
334 PM CST FRI DEC 31 2010 /234 PM MST FRI DEC 31 2010/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST
/11 PM MST/ TONIGHT...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/
TONIGHT TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SATURDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING
REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT. 

* LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL
  INCH OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST
  NEBRASKA...ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH THE HEAVIEST
  ACCUMULATIONS ALONG INTERSTATE 80.

* NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE
  BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS EVENING. THIS WILL LEAD TO
  REDUCED VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. WIND WILL
  DIMINISH TO 10 TO 20 MPH OVERNIGHT...DECREASING THE BLOWING SNOW
  THREAT...HOWEVER...DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30
  DEGREES BELOW ZERO WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT AS ARCTIC AIR BUILDS
  INTO THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE LIKELY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...CARRY A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT THAT INCLUDES EXTRA
CLOTHING...A FLASHLIGHT...A SHOVEL...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU VENTURE OUTSIDE...WEAR
LAYERS OF CLOTHING AND COVER UP ALL EXPOSED SKIN. WIND CHILLS OF
20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO CAN PRODUCE FROSTBITE ON EXPOSED SKIN IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES.

A WIND CHILL ADVISORY MEANS THAT VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS
WILL COMBINE TO GENERATE LOW WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS
ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A
HAT AND GLOVES.

&&

$$

CLB

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 29, 2:36 AM MST, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 29, 2:36 AM MST, 10 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
336 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010

.DISCUSSION...
SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM LOOKING MORE LIKELY FOR WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND HAVE DECIDED TO ISSUE A WINTER STORM WATCH
FOR THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA LATER THURSDAY THOUGH FRIDAY. ALL
MODELS NOW CONVERGING ON A TRACK OF THE H7 LOW...AND MOVES IT FROM
NEAR GOODLAND FRIDAY MORNING TO SIOUX FALLS FRIDAY EVENING. THIS
TRACK IS FAVORABLE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW FOR WESTERN AND NORTH
CENTRAL NEB...MORE ON THIS IN A BIT. FIRST NEED TO TACKLE HIGH
TEMPS TODAY AND FRZ DRZL/DRZL POTENTIAL TONIGHT. WENT SLIGHTLY
ABOVE GUIDANCE FOR HIGHS TODAY...BUT WITH SLIGHT SOUTHEAST
COMPONENT TO WIND AND INCREASING CLOUDS THIS AFTERNOON DIDN/T GO
MUCH. STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR FRZ DRZL TONIGHT AS SOUTHWEST FLOW
ALOFT ADVECTS DRY MID LEVEL AIR OVER A SATURATED BOUNDARY LAYER.
ALSO SEE DECENT LIFT...SO DRZL/FRZL DRZL CHANCES LOOKS PRETTY GOOD.
BEST CHANCE FOR THIS IS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF A VALENTINE TO
NORTH PLATTE LINE.

NOW FOR MORE DETAILS ON THE IMPENDING/POTENTIAL STORM. SNOW LOOKS
TO BEGIN ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AFTER NOON THURSDAY...AND THEN
SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE REST OF THE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. NAM AND GFS CROSS SECTIONS INDICATE THE POTENTIAL FOR
CONVECTIVE BANDED SNOW...SO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES WILL BE
POSSIBLE. STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL WHERE THESE BANDS MAY SET
UP...BUT FIRST GUESS IS FROM NEAR NORTH PLATTE...AND AREAS NORTH
AND EAST INCLUDING THE BROKEN BOW THROUGH BURWELL AREAS. SNOW
SHOULD END BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AS LOW LEVEL WINDS SWING AROUND TO
MORE NORTHWEST AND DOWN-GLIDE DEVELOPS. BLOWING SNOW IS ALSO
EXPECTED THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH GRIDDED MOS DATA AND
BUFFER SOUNDINGS INDICATING THE POTENTIAL FOR 25 MPH SUSTAINED
WINDS...AND GUSTS TO AT LEAST 35 MPH. FOR SNOWFALL TOTALS...STARTED
WITH A 14 TO 1 LIQUID TO SNOW RATIO BEFORE MIDNIGHT THURSDAY...AND
INCREASED THAT TO NEAR 20 TO 1 AFTER MIDNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT AND
THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. THAT GENERALLY GIVES MOST OF THE
FORECAST AREA ABOUT SIX INCHES OF SNOW...WITH TOTALS OVER SEVEN
INCHES ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL INTO NORTHWEST NEBRASKA.

OUTLOOK FOR THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...ONLY A GRADUAL WARM
UP EXPECTED. HIGHS WILL STAY BELOW THE FREEZING MARK...UNTIL
PERHAPS EARLY NEXT WEEK ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST...WHERE MID
30S WILL BE POSSIBLE.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS WILL END TONIGHT WITH THE APPROACH OF A WARM FRONT
AND ASSOCIATED LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM.  CIGS BLO 015 ARE EXPECTED
EXPECTED THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP AROUND
3Z AT KLBF AND 10Z AT KVTN.  DRIZZLE OR FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE
POSSIBLE WITH THE LOW CEILINGS.  WINDS WILL SHIFT FROM SOUTHERLY TO
OUT OF THE NORTH ON THURSDAY AND CEILINGS WILL BECOME VFR/MVFR
DURING THE DAY.  CEILINGS WILL LOWER AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT AND
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL SEE INCREASING CHANCES OF SNOW AND
SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS ABOVE 20 KNOTS LASTING INTO FRIDAY.

&&

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR NEZ004-022>024-035-036-056>
058-069-094.

WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NEZ005>010-025>029-037-038-059-070-071.

&&

DISCUSSION...TAYLOR
AVIATION...HIRSCH
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 29, 9:57 AM MST, 3 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1057 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-301000-
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-
1057 AM CST WED DEC 29 2010 /957 AM MST WED DEC 29 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO ORGANIZE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
ROCKIES WITH CLOUDS TO STEADILY SPREAD EAST THIS AFTERNOON.
TONIGHT A STRONG COLD FRONT MOVES SOUTHEAST INTO THE NORTHWEST
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY MIDNIGHT WITH MIXED PRECIPITATION TO DEVELOP
AND EXPAND EASTWARD THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...THE STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE PLAINS TO PRODUCE A SWATH OF SNOW TO INCLUDE OVER MUCH
OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. TEMPERATURES WILL PEAK
EARLY THURSDAY WITH THE MERCURY FALLING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
NORTHWEST WINDS BEHIND THE COLD FRONT WILL BRING SHARPLY COLDER
AIR AND WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW ZERO. THE COLD FRONT WILL
MOVE SOUTHEAST AROUND NOON WITH ALL PRECIPITATION TRANSITIONING TO
SNOW LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT AS SNOWFALL MAY BECOME HEAVY AT
TIMES THURSDAY EVENING INTO FRIDAY. ROADWAY CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED TO DETERIORATE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST...WITH
REDUCED VISIBILITIES AS SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DIFFICULT FRIDAY.

THOSE PLANNING TRAVEL FROM LATE WEDNESDAY INTO THE WEEKEND SHOULD
CHECK THE LATEST FORECASTS AS THE SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ORGANIZE
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS FOR THE
NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND NORTHWEST.

.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

KECK

The office that day

Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.

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Dec 28, 10:42 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchLBFArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 20 more15 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.