Alert archive / Nebraska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2011
Winter Storm Warning 4, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this winter storm warning at Mar 7, 2011, 12:32 PM CST for 6 counties in Kansas; 20 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 8, 2011, 3:00 AM CST. It was in force for 8 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 7, 2011, 12:32 PM CST (18:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 8, 2011, 3:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2011, 11:27 AM CST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 26 counties
Jewell County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 8, 7:29 AM CST | SNOW 2.4 | Osceola, NE | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 7 AM. |
| Mar 8, 7:31 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 7 Sse Lexington, NE | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 7 AM. |
| Mar 8, 7:31 AM CST | SNOW 4.6 | 4 Ne Kearney, NE | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 7 AM. |
| Mar 8, 8:02 AM CST | SNOW 2 | 3 Ne Shelby, NE | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 8 AM. |
| Mar 8, 8:02 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Cambridge, NE | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 8 AM. |
| Mar 8, 8:06 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Damar, KS | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 8 AM. |
| Mar 8, 8:17 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Mankato, KS | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 8 AM. |
| Mar 8, 8:30 AM CST | SNOW 3 | 2 W Orleans, NE | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL ENDING AT 8 AM. |
| Mar 8, 9:59 AM CST | SNOW 1 | 19 Se Stockville, NE | REPORT FROM RED WILLOW DAM. |
| Mar 8, 10:05 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Holdrege, NE | 24 HOUR SNOWFALL TOTAL ENDING AT 10 AM. |
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, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 545 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
956 WWUS43 KGID 071832 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1232 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...A SECOND WINTER STORM TO CROSS THE AREA ON TUESDAY... .A MID LEVEL DISTURBANCE CROSSING THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE LETTING UP THIS EVENING. ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE IN SOME LOCATIONS. A SECOND AND MUCH STRONGER WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS ON TUESDAY... SPREADING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACROSS THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOWFALL CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THIS SYSTEM...ALONG WITH SOMEWHAT STRONGER WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. NEZ041-047>049-062>064-076-077-087-080245- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.110308T1200Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-CLAY-FILLMORE-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY... OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA... HEBRON 1232 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STRONGER NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH ON TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL LIKELY LIMIT THIS SOMEWHAT. 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. && $$ NEZ061-073>075-084>086-080245- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.110308T0900Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ BUFFALO-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...KEARNEY...HOLDREGE...MINDEN... HASTINGS...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON 1232 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STRONGER NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH ON TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL LIKELY LIMIT THIS SOMEWHAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ072-082-083-080245- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.110308T0900Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T0900Z-110309T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ GOSPER-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELWOOD...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 1232 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STRONGER NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH ON TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL LIKELY LIMIT THIS SOMEWHAT. 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. && $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-080245- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.110308T0900Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T0900Z-110309T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 1232 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 8 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STRONGER NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH ON TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL LIKELY LIMIT THIS SOMEWHAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ039-040-046-080245- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.110308T1200Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WW.Y.0009.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY 1232 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STRONGER NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH ON TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL LIKELY LIMIT THIS SOMEWHAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ060-080245- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.110308T0900Z-110309T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WW.Y.0009.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ DAWSON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...LEXINGTON 1232 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * ANOTHER INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE THE SNOW TAPERS OFF THIS EVENING. * AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT WITH THE SECOND SYSTEM. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * STRONGER NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WITH ON TUESDAY WILL RESULT IN AT LEAST MINOR BLOWING AND DRIFTING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...ALTHOUGH THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW WILL LIKELY LIMIT THIS SOMEWHAT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ EWALD
7 follow-up statements
484 WWUS43 KGID 072142 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 342 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 NEZ041-047>049-061>064-073>077-084>087-080545- /O.CAN.KGID.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-PHELPS- KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY... OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD... SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 342 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. && $$ NEZ072-082-083-080545- /O.CAN.KGID.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T0900Z-110309T0600Z/ GOSPER-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELWOOD...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 342 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ039-040-046-060-080545- /O.CAN.KGID.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110308T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0009.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-DAWSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...LEXINGTON 342 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-080545- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T0900Z-110309T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 342 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ EWALD
118 WWUS43 KGID 072328 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 528 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 NEZ041-047>049-061>064-073>077-084>086-080730- /O.NEW.KGID.WW.Y.0010.110307T2328Z-110308T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-PHELPS- KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY... OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD... SUPERIOR...NELSON 528 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO DEVELOP...WHICH WILL CREATE SLICK OUTDOOR SURFACES. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ072-082-083-080730- /O.NEW.KGID.WW.Y.0010.110307T2328Z-110308T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T0900Z-110309T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-GOSPER-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...ELWOOD...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 528 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO DEVELOP...WHICH WILL CREATE SLICK OUTDOOR SURFACES. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ007-019-080730- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T0900Z-110309T0600Z/ JEWELL-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...BELOIT 528 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... * 6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. && $$ NEZ087-080730- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HEBRON 528 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ039-040-046-060-080730- /O.NEW.KGID.WW.Y.0010.110307T2328Z-110308T0600Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0009.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-DAWSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...LEXINGTON 528 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO DEVELOP...WHICH WILL CREATE SLICK OUTDOOR SURFACES. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
475 WWUS43 KGID 080312 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 912 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 NEZ041-047>049-061>064-073>077-084>086-081100- /O.EXT.KGID.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110308T0900Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-PHELPS- KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY... OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD... SUPERIOR...NELSON 912 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THE NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO DEVELOP...CREATING SLICK OUTDOOR SURFACES. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ005-006-017-018-NEZ072-082-083-081100- /O.EXT.KGID.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110308T0900Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T0900Z-110309T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-OSBORNE-GOSPER-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...ELWOOD...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 912 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THE NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO DEVELOP...CREATING SLICK OUTDOOR SURFACES. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM MID MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ KSZ007-019-081100- /O.EXB.KGID.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110308T0900Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T0900Z-110309T0600Z/ JEWELL-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...BELOIT 912 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THE NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO DEVELOP...CREATING SLICK OUTDOOR SURFACES. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ087-081100- /O.EXB.KGID.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110308T0900Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...HEBRON 912 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED INTO THE NIGHT. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO DEVELOP...CREATING SLICK OUTDOOR SURFACES. * 6 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 11 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. 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 WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ039-040-046-060-081100- /O.EXT.KGID.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-110308T0900Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0009.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-DAWSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...LEXINGTON 912 PM CST MON MAR 7 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CST TUESDAY. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TUESDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. * A COMBINATION OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW IS EXPECTED THROUGH THE EVENING. THE WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION MAY CAUSE A GLAZE OF ICE TO DEVELOP...CREATING SLICK OUTDOOR SURFACES. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME SNOW ENDS EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. * LIGHT SNOW SHOULD BEGIN DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON TUESDAY WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW ANTICIPATED FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 15 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW...THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
048 WWUS43 KGID 081004 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 404 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 NEZ041-047>049-061>064-073>075-084-081800- /O.CAN.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T1200Z-110309T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KGID.WW.Y.0009.110308T1004Z-110309T0600Z/ NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-PHELPS- KEARNEY-ADAMS-FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY... OSCEOLA...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...HOLDREGE... MINDEN...HASTINGS...FRANKLIN 404 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ALTHOUGH ONLY VERY LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING...AREAS OF LOCALLY DENSE FOG AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD RESULT IN A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. BETWEEN THE MID MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON HOURS...AN AREA OF STEADIER LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW PULLS OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TONIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WETTER NATURE OF THE SNOW...ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ072-082-083-081800- /O.CAN.KGID.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/ /O.EXB.KGID.WW.Y.0009.110308T1004Z-110309T0600Z/ GOSPER-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ELWOOD...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 404 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * ALTHOUGH ONLY VERY LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING...AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD RESULT IN A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. BETWEEN THE MID MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON HOURS...AN AREA OF STEADIER LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW PULLS OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TONIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WETTER NATURE OF THE SNOW...ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. 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PRIMARILY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AN AREA OF STEADIER LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. * 2 TO 4 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW PULLS OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. * NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 20 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE JUST A BIT TONIGHT. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WETTER NATURE OF THE SNOW...ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ PFANNKUCH
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751 WWUS43 KGID 081453 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 853 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 NEZ076-077-085>087-082300- /O.EXP.KGID.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110308T1500Z/ /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.110308T1500Z-110309T0600Z/ CLAY-FILLMORE-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...RED CLOUD... SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 853 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 AM CST THIS MORNING. A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * ALTHOUGH ONLY VERY LIGHT SNOW IS LIKELY EARLY THIS MORNING... AREAS OF DENSE FOG AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD RESULT IN A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS. BETWEEN THE MID MORNING AND MID AFTERNOON HOURS...AN AREA OF STEADIER LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH. * 5 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW PULLS OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. * NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE A BIT TONIGHT FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WETTER NATURE OF THE SNOW...ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. 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. && $$ KSZ005>007-017>019-082300- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT 853 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH THIS MORNING. THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON BEFORE DIMINISHING TONIGHT. * 5 TO 7 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW PULLS OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LIMITED SOMEWHAT BY TEMPERATURES HOVERING AT OR JUST ABOVE FREEZING. * NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE A BIT TONIGHT FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WETTER NATURE OF THE SNOW...ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>075-082>084-082300- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN- FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN... HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN 853 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * AREAS OF LOCALLY DENSE FOG AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD RESULT IN A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS THIS MORNING. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW PULLS OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. * NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE A BIT TONIGHT FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WETTER NATURE OF THE SNOW...ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
816 WWUS43 KGID 081727 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1127 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ076-077-085>087-090130- /O.CAN.KGID.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/ /O.EXA.KGID.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-CLAY-FILLMORE- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA... RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 1127 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOW WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * 3 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW PULLS OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. * NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE A BIT TONIGHT FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WETTER NATURE OF THE SNOW...ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>075-082>084-090130- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-110309T0600Z/ VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN- FRANKLIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY... ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN... HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN 1127 AM CST TUE MAR 8 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. * AREAS OF LOCALLY DENSE FOG AND LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE COULD RESULT IN A THIN GLAZE OF ICE ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA FROM THE SOUTH INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS...IT SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE GRADUALLY DIMINISHING. * 2 TO 5 INCHES OF NEW SNOW ARE POSSIBLE TODAY INTO THIS EVENING BEFORE SNOW PULLS OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT. * NORTHEAST WINDS AT 10 TO 15 MPH DURING THE DAYTIME WILL INCREASE A BIT TONIGHT FROM THE NORTH AND NORTHWEST. THIS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES SOMEWHAT AND RESULT IN TRAVEL PROBLEMS FOR THOSE VENTURING OUT. HOWEVER DUE TO THE WETTER NATURE OF THE SNOW...ANY BLOWING AND DRIFTING SHOULD NOT BE AS PROBLEMATIC AS NORMALLY EXPERIENCED WITH THESE STORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Mar 7, 11:40 AM CST, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 7, 11:40 AM CST, 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1140 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011
.AVIATION...18Z TAF. IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MOST OF
THE PERIOD. THE SNOW THIS MORNING WILL LET UP SOME DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE MAY BE SOME LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE
DURING THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT. LATE TONIGHT THE NEXT
UPPER LEVEL LOW MOVES INTO THE AREA AND BRINGS A RETURN TO JUST
SNOW. DURING THE MORNING TUESDAY SNOW WILL INCREASE...VISIBILITIES
AND CEILINGS WILL DECREASE. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO HAVE LIFR
FOR MUCH OF THE MORNING. WINDS WILL ALSO INCREASE AND MAY CAUSE
SOME BLOWING SNOW.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 736 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011/
UPDATE...RAN A QUICK UPDATE MAINLY TO ADD A MENTION OF LIGHT
SLEET TO PARTS OF KANSAS ZONES. A SMALL WARM LAYER ALOFT EVIDENT
BY RUC ANALYZED H85 TEMPS OF +1-2C IS APPARENTLY RESULTING IN SOME
LIGHT SLEET VIA WET BULB COOLING EFFECTS...CONFIRMED BY
COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORT IN SMITH CENTER WITHIN THE LAST HOUR.
CURRENTLY NOT ANTICIPATING LEGITIMATE FREEZING RAIN DUE TO SUCH A
SMALL WARM LAYER...BUT THIS WILL NEED MONITORED. ALSO NUDGED
HIGHS DOWN A DEGREE OR TWO IN SOME AREAS...MAINLY CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST. NO SIGNIFICANT OTHER CHANGES MADE AT THIS TIME.
PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 531 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011/
DISCUSSION...NEEDLESS TO SAY...A VERY COMPLEX FORECAST DURING THE
NEXT FEW DAYS...WITH ESSENTIALLY ALL FOCUS ON THE UPCOMING PAIR OF
WINTER SYSTEMS.
UNFORTUNATELY...CONFIDENCE IN THE PLACEMENT OF THE HEAVIEST SNOW
POTENTIAL WITH THE PRIMARY SYSTEM TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT HAS
WANED SOMEWHAT...AND OVERALL ACCUMULATION POTENTIAL SEEMS TO BE
SOMEWHAT MORE IN QUESTION DUE TO SLIGHTLY WARMER SURFACE
TEMPERATURES EVIDENT IN LATEST MODEL RUNS...AND HINT OF WARMER AIR
ALOFT WORKING INTO SOUTHEAST COUNTIES...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN MORE
OF A RAIN/SNOW MIX OR PREDOMINANTLY SLUSH IN THOSE AREAS.
STARTING OFF WITH THE HERE AND NOW...BROAD AND FAIRLY DEEP LAYER
ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE HAS BROUGHT THE EXPECTED ONSET OF MAINLY LIGHT
SNOW TO PRIMARILY AREAS ALONG/NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WITH THIS
FORCING FOCUSED TO THE NORTH OF AN EAST-WEST ORIENTED H3 JET
STREAK POKING EASTWARD OUT OF THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES TOWARD THE
KS/OK BORDER. SO FAR THROUGH 11Z BELIEVE THAT MOST LOCATIONS THAT
HAVE PICKED UP SNOW ARE AT OR UNDER 1 INCH. SO FAR...SNOW HAS
STRUGGLED TO OVERCOME DRY LOW LEVELS IN MOST AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80...BUT EXPECT THIS TO CHANGE AS THE NEXT SEVERAL
HOURS WEAR ON GIVEN EXPANSIVE AREA OF RADAR ECHOES ALOFT AND
PERSISTENT ISENTROPIC LIFT. LEFT WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY GOING
THROUGH 06Z TONIGHT FOR ALL NEB COUNTIES...ALTHOUGH WILL ADMIT UP
FRONT THAT CONFIDENCE HAS WANED IN SOUTHERN TWO ROWS OF COUNTIES
BETWEEN I-80 AND THE STATE LINE MEETING THE 3-INCH ADVISORY
CRITERIA...WITH MORE CONFIDENCE ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.
ALTHOUGH SNOW WILL TAPER OFF QUITE A BIT BY EVENING...LET ADVISORY
RIDE THROUGH MIDNIGHT DUE TO AT LEAST A SLIGHT CONCERN FOR LIGHT
FREEZING DRIZZLE TAKING HOLD DUE TO A PRONOUNCED LACK OF
SATURATION IN THE DENDRITIC LAYER EVIDENT ON CROSS SECTIONS FROM
THE 06Z NAM. OBVIOUSLY SNOW IS THE BIGGER STORY...AND LATER SHIFTS
MAY VERY WELL BE ABLE TO LET THE ADVISORY GO EARLY IF THE FREEZING
DRIZZLE ASPECT DOES NOT PAN OUT.
TEMPERATURE WISE TODAY...BUMPED UP HIGHS INTO THE MID TO UPPER 30S
ACROSS MOST KS ZONES...LIKELY RESULTING IN MORE OF A RAIN/SNOW MIX
OR OUTRIGHT RAIN. WILL ALSO NEED TO MONITOR FOR A BIT OF FREEZING
RAIN IN KS ZONES THIS MORNING AS SLIGHTLY ABOVE 0C H85 TEMPS
LINGER NEARBY...BUT THIS DOES NOT APPEAR OVERLY LIKELY AND DON/T
HAVE ANY FZRA IN THE FCST AT THIS TIME.
THE ULTIMATE DILEMMA AND TIME KILLER TONIGHT WAS FIGURING OUT WHAT
TO DO WITH THE SECOND...STRONGER SYSTEM SLATED TO ARRIVE TOMORROW
INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. GENERAL TRENDS IN LATEST NAM/ECMWF/GFS HAS
BEEN TO BRING PRIMARY H7 LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS
CENTRAL OR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...BUT STILL SOME VARIANCE BY
AROUND 100 MILES OR SO. AS HAS BEEN THE CASE ALL ALONG...THIS
SYSTEM HAS PLENTY GOING FOR IT WITH DEEP LAYER FRONTOGENESIS AND
MID LEVEL DEFORMATION....AND EVEN SOME WEAK INSTABILITY IN THE
SOUTH/SOUTHEAST COUNTIES. ALTHOUGH NOT IN THE OFFICIAL
FORECAST...WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE A FEW RUMBLES OF THUNDER
IN THE SOUTHEAST COUNTIES DURING THE TIME OF GREATEST SYNOPTIC
FORCING DURING THE DAY TUESDAY.
ALTHOUGH SNOW IS STILL A GIVEN PREDOMINANT PRECIP TYPE ACROSS MOST
OF THE CWA...THE LATEST NAM AND ESPECIALLY SREF WARM THE SURFACE
TO H85 LAYER ENOUGH TO SERIOUSLY BRING INTO QUESTION JUST HOW MUCH
OF THE PCPN WILL FALL AS SNOW...VERSUS A SLUSHY RAIN/SNOW MIX OR
EVEN OUTRIGHT RAIN. MEANWHILE...THE PLACEMENT OF MAXIMUM QPF IS
ALSO PUT INTO QUESTION AS THE GFS/ECMWF ALL FAVOR THE SOUTHEAST
HALF OF THE CWA WHERE SOME OF THIS WARMER AIR RESIDES...WHILE THE
NAM SWINGS A FAIRLY INTENSE EAST-WEST BAND OF PRECIP NORTHWARD
ACROSS THE HEART OF THE NEB CWA TUESDAY AFTERNOON...WHICH WOULD OF
COURSE BE SNOW. AS A RESULT...CONFIDENCE IN QPF HAS DIMINISHED
SOMEWHAT...AND A BLEND WAS USED. ALSO DUE TO THE WARMER NEAR-
SURFACE TEMPERATURES...SUSPECT THAT SNOW ACCUMULATION EFFICIENCY
WILL BE HAMPERED SOMEWHAT...EXCEPT OF COURSE IN THE MOST INTENSE
POTENTIALLY BANDED PRECIPITATION. WHEN ALL WAS SAID AND
DONE...ENDED UP WITH 5-8 INCH SNOW TOTALS ACROSS THE MAJORITY OF
THE CWA...WITH LESSER 3-4 INCH AMOUNTS IN THE FAR NORTH AND
SOUTHEAST. THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A REDUCTION OF A FEW INCHES FROM LAST
FEW FORECASTS...BUT SEEMS TO REFLECT THE LATEST MODEL AND QPF
CONSENSUS. AS WITH ANY STRONGLY FORCED EVENT...IT ONLY TAKES ONE
PERSISTENT BAND TO BLOW THESE TOTALS AWAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IS
STILL TOO LOW TO PINPOINT AT THIS TIME.
AS FOR THE WATCH...AFTER MUCH DEBATE DECIDED TO KEEP IT GOING
GIVEN SO MUCH UNCERTAINTY WITH PLACEMENT OF HEAVIEST PCPN AND HOW
MUCH INFLUENCE THE WARMER AIR MOVING INTO THE SOUTH WILL HAVE ON
CUTTING INTO SNOW TOTALS. ALTHOUGH WOULD NORMALLY HAVE MADE A
DECISION ON TRANSITIONING OVER TO WARNING OR ADVISORY BY
NOW...GIVEN THAT THE VAST MAJORITY OF PCPN WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM
WON/T FALL UNTIL AFTER 12Z TUESDAY OPTED TO KEEP WATCH GOING PER
COLLABORATION WITH NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. HOWEVER...DID
MAKE A MINOR TWEAK BY SEGMENTING WATCH WITH SOUTHWEST SEGMENT
DELAYED UNTIL 09Z...AND NORTHEAST SEGMENT UNTIL 12Z. EVEN
SO...PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST CWA COULD STRUGGLE TO SEE MUCH OF
ANYTHING WITH THIS SECOND SYSTEM UNTIL NOON TUESDAY...AND FURTHER
TWEAKS TO HEADLINES/TIMING ARE HIGHLY LIKELY.
FORTUNATELY...WINDS CONTINUE TO LOOK FAIRLY MANAGEABLE WITH THIS
SYSTEM COMPARED TO A FEW DAYS AGO...WITH SUSTAINED SPEEDS IN THE
15-25 MPH RANGE...AND SOME GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH OR SO. STRONGEST
WINDS WILL LIKELY ARRIVE AS SNOW IS MOVING OUT TUESDAY NIGHT AND
SURFACE LOW PASSES NEAR KANSAS CITY. HOWEVER...GIVEN THE WET
NATURE OF SNOW SUSPECT THAT BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL BE MITIGATED
SOMEWHAT.
MADE ESSENTIALLY NO CHANGES WHATSOEVER BEYOND WEDNESDAY...AND HAVE
HIGHS WEDNESDAY IN THE LOW TO MID 30S ACROSS THE CWA.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT FOR
NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE TUESDAY
NIGHT FOR NEZ039>041-046>049-062>064-076-077-087.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
FOR NEZ060-061-072>075-082>086.
KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT
FOR KSZ005>007-017>019.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 7, 6:15 AM CST, 6 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 615 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-081200- VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO- HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 615 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW IS IN EFFECT THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT...WHICH ALSO COVERS THE POSSIBILITY OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS SNOW ENDS. FOLLOWING THIS FIRST ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER...A WINTER STORM WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR A SECOND STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND WINTER STORM WATCH PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THE TWO SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 7 TO 10 INCHES ACROSS MOST OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH PRODUCT FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL REPORTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE APPRECIATED. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) KSZ005>007-017>019-081200- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL- 615 AM CST MON MAR 7 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE FIRST OF TWO WINTER STORMS WILL BRING LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 1 INCH OR LESS TO NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS TODAY...WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE FOR PARTS OF THE AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING AS SNOW ENDS. FOLLOWING THIS FIRST ROUND OF WINTER WEATHER...A WINTER STORM WATCH GOES INTO EFFECT LATE TONIGHT FOR A SECOND STORM SYSTEM THAT WILL BRING SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL SNOW TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND WINTER STORM WATCH PRODUCTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR ALL KANSAS COUNTIES IN THE OUTLOOK AREA. TOTAL SNOWFALL FROM THE TWO SYSTEMS IS EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 5 TO 9 INCHES. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST WINTER STORM WATCH PRODUCT FOR MORE DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. HOWEVER...SNOWFALL REPORTS OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS WILL BE APPRECIATED. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) PFANNKUCH
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 7, 8:54 AM CST, 3 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
854 AM CST MON MAR 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0853 AM SNOW MILLER 40.93N 99.39W
03/07/2011 M2.0 INCH BUFFALO NE CO-OP OBSERVER
2.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL MEASURED SO FAR.
&&
NWSLocal storm report, Mar 7, 10:01 AM CST, 2 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1001 AM CST MON MAR 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0959 AM SNOW 1 N BURR OAK 39.88N 98.30W
03/07/2011 M1.0 INCH JEWELL KS CO-OP OBSERVER
1 INCH OF MEASURED SNOWFALL REPORTED ON THE GROUND AT 930
AM.
&&
NWSLocal storm report, Mar 7, 10:10 AM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1010 AM CST MON MAR 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM SNOW FULLERTON 41.36N 97.97W
03/07/2011 M2.0 INCH NANCE NE CO-OP OBSERVER
2.0 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED BY 7 AM.
&&
NWSLocal storm report, Mar 7, 11:01 AM CST, 1 hour 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1101 AM CST MON MAR 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0548 AM SNOW GOTHENBURG 40.93N 100.16W
03/07/2011 E2.0 INCH DAWSON NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF SNOW SO FAR
0700 AM SNOW FULLERTON 41.36N 97.97W
03/07/2011 M2.0 INCH NANCE NE CO-OP OBSERVER
2.0 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED BY 7 AM.
0707 AM SNOW 2 S COZAD 40.83N 99.99W
03/07/2011 M1.0 INCH DAWSON NE CO-OP OBSERVER
1 INCH OF SNOWFALL SO FAR.
0707 AM SNOW LOUP CITY 41.28N 98.97W
03/07/2011 M1.5 INCH SHERMAN NE CO-OP OBSERVER
1.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL MEASURED SO FAR.
0707 AM SNOW WILSONVILLE 40.11N 100.11W
03/07/2011 M1.0 INCH FURNAS NE CO-OP OBSERVER
1 INCH OF SNOWFALL MEASURED SO FAR.
0707 AM SNOW OSCEOLA 41.18N 97.55W
03/07/2011 M1.3 INCH POLK NE CO-OP OBSERVER
MEASURED SNOWFALL OF 1.3 INCHES SO FAR THIS MORNING.
0707 AM SNOW 3 NE SHELBY 41.22N 97.39W
03/07/2011 M1.8 INCH POLK NE CO-OP OBSERVER
SNOWFALL MEASURED SO FAR THIS MORNING AS OF 730 AM WAS
1.8 INCHES.
0804 AM SNOW ORD 41.60N 98.93W
03/07/2011 M3.0 INCH VALLEY NE CO-OP OBSERVER
3 INCHES OF SNOWFALL MEASURED SO FAR AT 8 AM.
0816 AM SNOW CAMBRIDGE 40.28N 100.17W
03/07/2011 M1.0 INCH FURNAS NE CO-OP OBSERVER
1 INCH OF SNOWFALL MEASURED SO FAR AT 8 AM.
0816 AM SNOW 8 S ELWOOD 40.47N 99.86W
03/07/2011 M2.0 INCH GOSPER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
2.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL MEASURED SO FAR AT 8 AM.
0841 AM SNOW ARCADIA 41.42N 99.13W
03/07/2011 M2.0 INCH VALLEY NE CO-OP OBSERVER
2.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL MEASURED SO FAR AT 8 AM.
0853 AM SNOW MILLER 40.93N 99.39W
03/07/2011 M2.0 INCH BUFFALO NE CO-OP OBSERVER
2.0 INCHES OF SNOWFALL MEASURED SO FAR.
0959 AM SNOW 1 N BURR OAK 39.88N 98.30W
03/07/2011 M1.0 INCH JEWELL KS CO-OP OBSERVER
1 INCH OF MEASURED SNOWFALL REPORTED ON THE GROUND AT 930
AM.
&&
NWSLocal storm report, Mar 7, 11:28 AM CST, 1 hour 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1128 AM CST MON MAR 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1117 AM SNOW 2 NE AXTELL 40.50N 99.10W
03/07/2011 M2.5 INCH KEARNEY NE BROADCAST MEDIA
2.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL MEASURED OUTSIDE THE NTV STUDIOS.
&&
NWSLocal storm report, Mar 7, 11:42 AM CST, 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1142 AM CST MON MAR 07 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1142 AM SNOW GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT 40.97N 98.32W
03/07/2011 M1.2 INCH HALL NE OFFICIAL NWS OBS
1.2 INCHES OF SNOWFALL SNOW FAR.
&&
NWSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 12:32 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 34 hr |
| Mar 7, 5:28 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | GID | Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 10 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.