Alert archive / Nebraska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2012
Winter Storm Warning 1, NWS Hastings, NE
NWS Hastings, NE issued this winter storm warning at Feb 2, 2012, 2:33 PM CST for 24 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in Kansas. It took effect at Feb 3, 2012, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 28 hr. 60 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 2, 2012, 2:33 PM CST (20:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 3, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Feb 4, 2012, 3:39 PM CST
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Hastings, NE
All 28 counties
Jewell County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Smith County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley 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, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 14 N Holdrege, NE | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 2 INCHES NORTH OF HOLDREGE ON HIGHWAY 183. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS REPORTED. |
| Feb 3, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Atlanta, NE | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 2 INCHES. VISIBILITY LESS THAN 1/4 MILE AND ROADS IN POOR CONDITION. |
| Feb 3, 7:35 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Holdrege, NE | |
| Feb 3, 7:53 PM CST | SNOW 1 | Kearney, NE | DISPATCH ESTIMATED 1 INCH OF SNOWFALL. |
| Feb 3, 8:40 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Zurich, KS | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 3 TO 4 INCHES. |
| Feb 3, 8:57 PM CST | SNOW 3 | Phillipsburg, KS | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 2 TO 3 INCHES. |
| Feb 3, 8:57 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Plainville, KS | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 3 TO 4 INCHES. |
| Feb 3, 9:06 PM CST | SNOW 1 | 8 S Elwood, NE | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 1 INCH. |
| Feb 3, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | 1 N Kearney, NE | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 2 INCHES. |
| Feb 3, 9:20 PM CST | SNOW 2 | Elm Creek, NE | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 2 INCHES. HEAVY SNOW CURRENTLY FALLING. |
| Feb 3, 10:01 PM CST | SNOW 2.5 | 2 S Holdrege, NE | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 2.5 INCHES. VISIBILITY ABOUT 1/4 OF A MILE. |
| Feb 3, 11:41 PM CST | SNOW 4 | Kearney, NE | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED AT 4 INCHES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF KEARNEY. |
| Feb 3, 11:55 PM CST | SNOW 3.1 | 4 N Hastings, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR AT NWS HASTINGS OFFICE. |
| Feb 4, 12:07 AM CST | SNOW 2.2 | Grand Island, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR IN NORTHWEST GRAND ISLAND |
| Feb 4, 1:48 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Mccool Junction, NE | SNOWFALL ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES. POWER OUTAGES IN MCCOOL JUNCTION. |
| Feb 4, 2:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 4 N Hastings, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOW SO FAR AT NWS HASTINGS OFFICE...AND STILL SNOWING MODERATELY |
| Feb 4, 2:12 AM CST | SNOW 4.5 | Grand Island, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR...TREE BRANCHES STARTING TO HANG LOW |
| Feb 4, 2:33 AM CST | SNOW 9.5 | 2 Ene Axtell, NE | SNOW SO FAR AT NTV. HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. |
| Feb 4, 2:34 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Elm Creek, NE | HEAVY SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL. |
| Feb 4, 3:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 4 N Hastings, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOW SO FAR AT NWS HASTINGS OFFICE...AND STILL SNOWING MODERATELY |
| Feb 4, 4:20 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Cozad, NE | |
| Feb 4, 4:20 AM CST | SNOW 4 | Lexington, NE | ALSO REPORT OF SEVERAL JACK-KNIFED SEMIS ON INTERSTATE 80 WITHIN DAWSON COUNTY |
| Feb 4, 4:20 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Overton, NE | |
| Feb 4, 5:30 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Geneva, NE | ESTIMATED STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL 4-6 INCHES |
| Feb 4, 5:56 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 4 N Hastings, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOW SO FAR AT NWS HASTINGS...INCLUDING 5.9 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Feb 4, 5:59 AM CST | SNOW 8.3 | Grand Island, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR...INCLUDING 6.1 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. |
| Feb 4, 6:09 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | York, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER LAST 24 HOURS WAS 9.0 INCHES. LIQUID EQUIVALENT TOTAL OVER LAST 24 HOURS WAS 0.96 INCH. |
| Feb 4, 6:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 3.2 | Hebron, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 3.2 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 6:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 5.2 | 4 Wnw Plainville, KS | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 5.2 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 6:44 AM CST | SNOW 8 | Osceola, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 8.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 6:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Ravenna, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 8.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 6:55 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Stromsburg, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR...STILL SNOWING |
| Feb 4, 7:00 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Bruning, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER LAST 24 HOURS WAS 7.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:01 AM CST | SNOW 5 | Loup City, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS |
| Feb 4, 7:19 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Hubbell, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 2.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:19 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 E Scotia, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 5.0 INCHES. COURTESY OF A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER. |
| Feb 4, 7:19 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 6 Sse Lexington, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 6.5 INCHES AT CANADAY STEAM PLANT. |
| Feb 4, 7:19 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Benedict, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 7.0 INCHES. COURTESY OF A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER. |
| Feb 4, 7:19 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Clay Center, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 7.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:19 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.3 | Bradshaw, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 12.3 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Wilsonville, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 6.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:39 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 10.5 | 1 E Stromsburg, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 10.5 INCHES. COURTESY OF A NEBRASKA RAINFALL ASSESSMENT AND INFORMATION NETWORK OBSERVER. |
| Feb 4, 7:52 AM CST | SNOW 1.5 | 1 N Burr Oak, KS | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 1.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:52 AM CST | SNOW 2 | Cozad, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 2.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:52 AM CST | SNOW 3 | Lebanon, KS | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 3.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:52 AM CST | SNOW 4 | 6 Ese Clay Center, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 4.0 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:52 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | Greeley, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 6.5 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 7:52 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | Aurora, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL RANGED FROM 10 TO 11 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 8:13 AM CST | SNOW 3.2 | Smith Center, KS | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 3.2 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 8:13 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 11 | 2 Ene Axtell, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS HOURS WAS 11 INCHES AT NTV STUDIO. |
| Feb 4, 8:16 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Ord, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS |
| Feb 4, 8:34 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Fullerton, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. |
| Feb 4, 8:35 AM CST | SNOW 5.1 | Miller, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS |
| Feb 4, 8:56 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | St. Paul, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. |
| Feb 4, 8:59 AM CST | SNOW 5 | 4 Se Phillips, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS. |
| Feb 4, 9:05 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8.4 | 3 Ne Shelby, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 8.4 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 9:17 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12.2 | Minden, NE | SNOWFALL TOTAL OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS WAS 12.2 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 9:43 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 1 Sw Cairo, NE | SNOWFALL WAS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES. |
| Feb 4, 9:44 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | Kearney, NE | SNOWFALL WAS ESTIMATED AT 7 INCHES ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF KEARNEY. |
| Feb 4, 9:48 AM CST | HEAVY SNOW 12 | Geneva, NE | COUNTY OFFICIAL REPORTS 10 TO 12 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES HAVE OCCURED AND SEVERAL VEHICLES IN DITCHES, INCLUDING SEMI TRACTOR TRAILERS ON HWY 81. LOW VISIBILITY IN RURAL AREAS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2360 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
165 WWUS43 KGID 022033 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 233 PM CST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM ON TRACK TO POUND THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL PUSH INTO THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 24 TO 36 HOURS. INITIALLY...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN...BUT A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH IN SOME LOCATIONS. WITH THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. NEZ039-046-060-061-072-073-082-030400- /O.UPG.KGID.BZ.A.0001.120203T1800Z-120205T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WS.W.0001.120203T1800Z-120205T0000Z/ VALLEY-SHERMAN-DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY 233 PM CST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE BLIZZARD WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...PERIODS OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE DAY FRIDAY WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY SUNSET. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH MOST OF THAT ACCUMULATION OCCURRING FRIDAY NIGHT AND VERY EARLY SATURDAY. * UNCERTAINTY...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN LOWERED SLIGHTLY...AS WARMER AIR WILL KEEP THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY. SHOULD THE RAIN CHANGE TO SNOW EARLIER...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL INCREASE. THE FAR WESTERN EDGE OF DAWSON...GOSPER...AND FURNAS COUNTIES ARE THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR AN EARLIER CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...AND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS SHOULD DROP OFF QUICKLY BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. 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. && $$ KSZ005-NEZ040-041-047>049-062>064-074>076-083>085-030400- /O.EXT.KGID.WS.A.0001.120204T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-GREELEY-NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...FULLERTON...ST. PAUL... CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...MINDEN... HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD 233 PM CST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EARLY TO MID EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY FROM LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THERE MAY BE SOME LOCATIONS WHICH EXCEED ONE FOOT OF SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * UNCERTAINTY...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW. IF THAT CHANGE IS LATER FRIDAY...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LOWER. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW COULD ALSO SHIFT DURING THE NIGHT FRIDAY...AND EARLY SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALSO INFLUENCE WHICH LOCATIONS RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS AT BEST...AND LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO DANGEROUS IN SOME CASES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ KSZ006-007-017>019-NEZ077-086-087-030400- /O.CON.KGID.WS.A.0001.120204T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-FILLMORE-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...PLAINVILLE... STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...GENEVA...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 233 PM CST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...PERIODS OF HEAVIER RAIN WILL RETURN TO THE AREA BY MID EVENING FRIDAY. THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW AROUND MIDNIGHT...POSSIBLY LATER IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. SNOW WILL LINGER INTO THE DAY SATURDAY. THERE MAY BE PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW. THERE COULD ALSO BE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET JUST PRIOR TO THE RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE FORECAST. THE LESSER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY IN NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 24. TO THE NORTH...THERE MAY BE SOME 10 INCH AMOUNTS IN PARTS OF FILLMORE OR NUCKOLLS COUNTIES BY THE END OF THE STORM. * UNCERTAINTY...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE HIGHLY DEPENDENT ON THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW. IF THIS OCCURS CLOSER TO DAWN SATURDAY...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LOWER. CONVERSELY...AN EARLIER CHANGEOVER WILL PROMOTE HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...THE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE HAZARDOUS...TO AT TIMES...TREACHEROUS TRAVEL IN SOME LOCATIONS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
8 follow-up statements
671 WWUS43 KGID 030339 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 939 PM CST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM ON TRACK TO POUND THE AREA FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST INTO THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 18 TO 36 HOURS. INITIALLY...PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS RAIN...BUT A CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW WILL OCCUR FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY IN SOME LOCATIONS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THE SNOW WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH. DUE TO THE HIGH LIKELIHOOD OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATION AND STRONG WINDS...VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE DURING THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM. NEZ039-046-060-061-072-073-082-031100- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0001.120203T1800Z-120205T0000Z/ VALLEY-SHERMAN-DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY 939 PM CST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON FRIDAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...PERIODS OF RAIN AND SNOW DURING THE DAY FRIDAY WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY SUNSET. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST THE MORNING HOURS SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 11 INCHES ARE FORECAST...WITH MOST OF THAT ACCUMULATION OCCURRING FRIDAY NIGHT AND VERY EARLY SATURDAY. * UNCERTAINTY...SEVERAL FACTORS CONTINUE TO PROVIDE SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS STORM...INCLUDING THE TRACK AND SPEED OF THE SYSTEM ALONG WITH THE AMOUNT OF WARM AIR INGESTED INTO THE STORM. THIS WARM AIR COULD DELAY THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW UNTIL LATER IN THE AFTERNOON FRIDAY. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH...AND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. WINDS SHOULD DROP OFF QUICKLY BEGINNING SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND POOR VISIBILITY WILL CAUSE DIFFICULT TO POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. 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-NEZ040-041-047>049-062>064-074>077-083>087- 031100- /O.CON.KGID.WS.A.0001.120204T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-GREELEY-NANCE-HOWARD- MERRICK-POLK-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE- HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...OSBORNE...BELOIT...FULLERTON...ST. PAUL... CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...MINDEN... HASTINGS...CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD... SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 939 PM CST THU FEB 2 2012 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE EVENING HOURS FRIDAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY FROM LATE FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY. THERE MAY BE SOME LOCATIONS WHICH EXCEED ONE FOOT OF SNOW. SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. * UNCERTAINTY...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE DEPENDENT UPON THE CHANGEOVER FROM RAIN TO SNOW. IF THAT CHANGE IS LATER FRIDAY...TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LOWER. THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW COULD ALSO SHIFT DURING THE NIGHT FRIDAY...AND EARLY SATURDAY. THIS WILL ALSO INFLUENCE WHICH LOCATIONS RECEIVE THE HEAVIEST SNOW. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY. TRAVEL WILL BE TREACHEROUS AT BEST...AND LIKELY BECOME VERY DIFFICULT TO DANGEROUS IN SOME CASES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ EWALD
250 WWUS43 KGID 030935 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 335 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA TODAY AND SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS RAIN...BUT WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THROUGH THE DAY TODAY. SNOW...WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH...WILL ALSO BE OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL SEVERELY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. KSZ005-006-017-NEZ040-041-047>049-062>064-074>077-083>085-031800- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.120204T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KGID.WS.W.0001.120204T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-GREELEY-NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL- HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...FULLERTON...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY... OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...MINDEN...HASTINGS... CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD 335 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TODAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN LIKELY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED SNOW AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ KSZ007-NEZ086-087-031800- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.120204T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ /O.EXB.KGID.WS.W.0001.120204T0300Z-120205T0000Z/ JEWELL-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 335 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TODAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED SNOW AMOUNTS CLOSER TO ONE FOOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ NEZ039-046-060-061-072-073-082-031800- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0001.120203T1800Z-120205T0000Z/ VALLEY-SHERMAN-DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY 335 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER TODAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE THEN LIKELY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED SNOW AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ018-019-031800- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.120204T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.WW.Y.0001.120204T0300Z-120205T0000Z/ OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSBORNE...BELOIT 335 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
790 WWUS43 KGID 031753 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1153 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. PRECIPITATION WILL START OFF AS RAIN...BUT WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SNOW...WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH... ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH...WILL ALSO BE OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL SEVERELY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. NEZ039-046-060-061-072-073-082-040200- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0001.120203T1800Z-120205T0000Z/ VALLEY-SHERMAN-DAWSON-BUFFALO-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ORD...LOUP CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY... ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY 1153 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW DURING THE AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED SNOW AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ KSZ005-006-017-NEZ040-041-047>049-062>064-074>077-083>085-040200- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0001.120204T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-GREELEY-NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-HALL- HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...FULLERTON...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY... OSCEOLA...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...MINDEN...HASTINGS... CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD 1153 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATER THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED SNOW AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ KSZ007-NEZ086-087-040200- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0001.120204T0300Z-120205T0000Z/ JEWELL-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 1153 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW LATE THIS AFTERNOON. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE LIKELY LATE THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 10 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED SNOW AMOUNTS CLOSER TO ONE FOOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ KSZ018-019-040200- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0001.120204T0300Z-120205T0000Z/ OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSBORNE...BELOIT 1153 AM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * PRECIPITATION TYPE...RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS EVENING. PERIODS OF MODERATE SNOW WILL THEN BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES ARE CURRENTLY EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
401 WWUS43 KGID 040148 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 748 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY... .A POWERFUL WINTER STORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY MIX IN WITH RAIN THIS EVENING...WITH PRECIPITATION EVENTUALLY SWITCHING OVER TO ALL SNOW. SNOW...WHICH WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL THEN PERSIST OVER THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF SATURDAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF SATURDAY EVENING. SUSTAINED NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH... ACCOMPANIED BY GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH...WILL ALSO BE OBSERVED WITH THIS STORM SYSTEM. THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS WILL SEVERELY RESTRICT VISIBILITIES...MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. KSZ005-006-017-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>085-041000- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-ROOKS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK- POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY- ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL... CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS... CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD 748 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 TO 12 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH ISOLATED SNOW AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF ONE FOOT NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ KSZ007-NEZ086-087-041000- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0001.120204T0300Z-120205T0000Z/ JEWELL-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MANKATO...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 748 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY DIFFICULT...IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. 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. && $$ KSZ018-019-041000- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0001.120204T0300Z-120205T0000Z/ OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSBORNE...BELOIT 748 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS NEAR 35 MPH...WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITY FOR ANYONE TRAVELING TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. AS A RESULT...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ ADO
612 WWUS43 KGID 040903 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 303 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...MORE HEAVY...WET SNOW TODAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. AFTER HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF AND ENDING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHEN ALL SAID AND DONE...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR MOST AREAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. KSZ005>007-017-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-041800- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD- MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS- KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL... CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS... CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 303 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WITH CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND END THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALMA...TO HASTINGS...TO GENEVA. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ KSZ018-019-041800- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSBORNE...BELOIT 303 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TODAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
654 WWUS43 KGID 041130 CCA WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 529 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...MORE HEAVY...WET SNOW TODAY... .A POTENT WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SNOW ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY. AFTER HEAVY SNOWFALL OVERNIGHT...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF AND ENDING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. WHEN ALL SAID AND DONE...SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES WILL BE COMMON FOR MOST AREAS...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE AS WELL. THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF REDUCED VISIBILITIES AND TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OR NEAR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES. KSZ005>007-017-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-042030- /O.COR.KGID.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD- MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-GOSPER-PHELPS- KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-WEBSTER- NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO... PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL... CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... AURORA...YORK...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS... CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN... RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON...HEBRON 529 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TODAY...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOW OCCURRING DURING THE MORNING HOURS. THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF AND END THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 12 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HIGHER SNOWFALL TOTALS ARE GENERALLY EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALMA...TO HASTINGS...TO GENEVA. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUST BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING...AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ KSZ018-019-042030- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ OSBORNE-MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSBORNE...BELOIT 529 AM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY TODAY...BEFORE TAPERING OFF AND ENDING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATION OF 2 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...AND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
647 WWUS43 KGID 041819 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1219 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 KSZ005-017-NEZ060-072-073-082-083-041930- /O.CAN.KGID.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ PHILLIPS-ROOKS-DAWSON-GOSPER-PHELPS-FURNAS-HARLAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...PLAINVILLE...STOCKTON... LEXINGTON...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...BEAVER CITY...ALMA 1219 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WHILE OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ018-041930- /O.CAN.KGID.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ OSBORNE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...OSBORNE 1219 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WHILE OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON...THE HEAVIEST SNOW HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS THE COUNTY. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ KSZ006-007-NEZ039>041-046>049-061>064-074>077-084>087-050000- /O.CON.KGID.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK- BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...ORD... FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA... KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...MINDEN...HASTINGS... CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON... HEBRON 1219 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATION...SNOW HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY THROUGH MIDDAY...BUT ADDITIONAL SNOW AND ACCUMULATIONS UP TO AN INCH OR TWO WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL WILL BE ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 14. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BEFORE STARTING TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...AREAS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE DRIFTING AND POOR VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. 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. && $$ KSZ019-050000- /O.CON.KGID.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BELOIT 1219 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATION...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION NEAR AN INCH WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 15 TO 25 MPH AND GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 35 MPH THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...BEFORE STARTING TO GRADUALLY TAPER OFF BY THIS EVENING. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF THE SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$
547 WWUS43 KGID 042139 WSWGID URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 339 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 KSZ006-007-NEZ039>041-046>049-061>064-074>077-084>087-042245- /O.CAN.KGID.WS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ SMITH-JEWELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK- BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SMITH CENTER...MANKATO...ORD... FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...OSCEOLA... KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...AURORA...YORK...MINDEN...HASTINGS... CLAY CENTER...GENEVA...FRANKLIN...RED CLOUD...SUPERIOR...NELSON... HEBRON 339 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ENDED...SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED. $$ KSZ019-042245- /O.CAN.KGID.WW.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-120205T0000Z/ MITCHELL- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BELOIT 339 PM CST SAT FEB 4 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. WHILE SOME LIGHT SNOW WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING...THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND STRONGEST WINDS HAVE ENDED...SO THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED. $$ ADO
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 Feb 2, 11:43 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 2, 11:43 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1143 AM CST THU FEB 2 2012
.AVIATION...18Z TAF. MAIN CONCERN DURING THIS PERIOD WILL BE
STARTING TIME OF RAIN. HIGH CLOUDS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS
THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING...BUT LOWER CLOUDS
WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER THIS EVENING. EXPECT THAT MVFR
CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR LATE TONIGHT AS RAIN MOVES INTO THE AREA.
EXPECT RAIN THROUGH THE MORNING. EXPECT SNOW TO HOLD OFF UNTIL
AFTER THE END OF THE PERIOD.
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 451 AM CST THU FEB 2 2012/
12Z THURSDAY THROUGH 00Z FRIDAY...CURRENT ANALYSIS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
SHOWS A ZONAL JET MAXIMUM ACROSS THE OHIO RIVER VALLEY AND ALSO A
DEVELOPING JET MAXIMUM DIVING SOUTH ACROSS BRITISH COLUMBIA INTO
WASHINGTON. AT 500 MB...AT LEAST THREE SHORT WAVE TROUGHS REMAIN
PRESENT ACROSS THE CONUS...THE FIRST PUSHING OFF THE EAST
COAST...THE SECOND JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...AND THE THIRD
MOST PROMINENT STRETCHING ACROSS THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS. A DEFINED
RIDGE AXIS IS PRESENT ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS AT 500 MB AS WELL. AT
THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE CONTINUES ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS
WHILE A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SITS ACROSS THE LOWER ROCKIES AND FOUR
CORNERS REGION.
BY 12Z TODAY...THE RIDGE AXIS HAS BEGUN TO BREAK DOWN ACROSS THE
CENTRAL PLAINS AS IT SLIDES OFF TO THE EAST. HIGH PRESSURE AT THE
SURFACE ALSO BEGINS TO SHIFT EASTWARD AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM
MOVES ACROSS NEW MEXICO. WINDS WILL REMAIN LIGHT FROM THE SOUTHEAST
EARLY THURSDAY MORNING BUT INCREASE TO AROUND 10 KTS BY THE
AFTERNOON AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES CLOSER AND THE PRESSURE
GRADIENT TIGHTENS ACROSS THE PLAINS. CIRRUS CLOUDS HAVE ALREADY
BEGUN TO POUR INTO THE REGION FROM THE IMPENDING SYSTEM AND WILL
CONTINUE.
DECIDED TO KEEP HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW TO MID 50 RANGE DESPITE
WARMER TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 50S IN GUIDANCE. 850 TEMPERATURES
NEAR 4 TO 5 DEGREES IN THE MODELS SUGGEST THE POSSIBILITY FOR CLOSE
TO GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES HOWEVER...LIGHT SOUTHEASTERLY WINDS AT THE
SURFACE...CLOUD COVER AND THE LACK OF MIXING TO 850 WILL LIKELY KEEP
TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY COOLER ACROSS THE REGION.
00Z FRIDAY THROUGH 00Z MONDAY...GUIDANCE FROM THE NAM...OPERATIONAL
GFS...AND EC ARE IN EXCELLENT AGREEMENT REGARDING THE TRACK AND
SPEED OF THE UPCOMING STORM SYSTEM. ALL THREE SETS OF GUIDANCE
SUGGEST THE LONG WAVE TROUGH...CURRENTLY OVER THE WESTERN
CONUS...WILL MOVE OVER THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGE DURING THE DAY
THURSDAY. A MID LEVEL LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AT THE BASE OF
THE TROUGH...OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...BY 00Z FRIDAY. THE MID
LEVEL LOW WILL THEN STRENGTHEN OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO THROUGH 12Z FRIDAY...BEFORE PUSHING EAST/NORTHEAST ACROSS
NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE
MID LEVEL LOW IS THEN EXPECTED TO PUSH OFF INTO THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
MID LEVEL THERMAL ADVECTION AND DPVA AHEAD OF THE MID LEVEL LOW WILL
OVERTAKE OUR AREA DURING THE DAY THURSDAY...WITH SATURATION BEING
REALIZED THROUGH MUCH OF THE TROPOSPHERIC COLUMN BY THURSDAY
EVENING AND PRECIPITATION SPREADING ACROSS OUR CWA BEGINNING AFTER
00Z FRIDAY. MID LEVEL THERMAL ADVECTION AND DPVA ARE THEN EXPECTED
TO PUSH EAST OF THE AREA BY 18Z FRIDAY...WITH A MID LEVEL DRY
INTRUSION PERHAPS CLIPPING PORTIONS OF OUR SOUTHEAST FOR A TIME
THEREAFTER. FARTHER NORTHWEST HOWEVER...INCREASING MID LEVEL
DEFORMATION AND RESULTANT FRONTOGENESIS TO THE NORTH/NORTHWEST OF
THE MID LEVEL LOW SHOULD PROMOTE FURTHER PRECIPITATION THROUGH 12Z
SUNDAY...AT WHICH TIME THE STORM SYSTEM SHOULD BE PUSHING OFF INTO
THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. IN ADDITION TO ABUNDANT LIFT THROUGH
THERMAL ADVECTION...DPVA...AND MID LEVEL DEFORMATION...CROSS
SECTIONS ACROSS OUR CWA PER THE NAM AND OPERATIONAL GFS ALSO
SUGGEST PERSISTENT -EPV WILL PRESENT ITSELF JUST ABOVE THE MID
LEVEL FRONTOGENESIS WITHIN THE DEFORMATION ZONE...WHICH WILL HELP
TO INCREASE PRECIPITATION RATES. THERE IS ALSO EVIDENCE OF A
TROWAL SETTING UP WITHIN THE DEFORMATION ZONE...WITH MOISTURE FLUX
ALSO EXPECTED ALONG THE TROWAL AXIS PROMOTING 500MB DEW POINTS IN
EXCESS OF -25...AND 700MB DEW POINTS IN EXCESS OF -10. OBVIOUSLY
TROPOSPHERIC MOISTURE OF THIS MAGNITUDE...ALONG WITH THE ABUNDANT
LIFT ALSO PRESENT...WILL HAVE LITTLE TROUBLE PRODUCING COPIOUS
AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION. QPF FIELDS FROM THE OPERATIONAL GFS...EC
AND SREF-MEAN ALL RESPOND WITH STORM TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION
AMOUNTS NEAR 2 INCHES...AND THE NAM HIGHER STILL IN EXCESS OF 3
INCHES FOR SOME LOCATIONS ACROSS OUR CWA.
FORECAST PROXIMITY SOUNDINGS FROM THE ACROSS THE CWA PER THE
NAM...OPERATIONAL GFS AND EC ALL SUGGEST THE LOWER TROPOSPHERIC
COLUMN WILL REMAIN WARM ENOUGH FOR RAIN 00Z-12Z FRIDAY...WITH LOW
LEVEL CAA PROMOTING A TRANSITION FROM RAIN TO SNOW PROPAGATING
NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS OUR CWA DURING THE DAY FRIDAY. OF THE
THREE MODELS...THE NAM AND EC ARE THE FASTEST WITH THE RAIN TO SNOW
TRANSITION...SUGGESTING ALL SNOW WILL BE REALIZED ACROSS OUR ENTIRE
CWA...INCLUDING OUR SOUTHEAST...BY 00Z SATURDAY. THE OPERATIONAL GFS
HOWEVER SUGGEST THE LOW LEVEL CAA WILL BE A BIT SLOWER...WITH OUR
SOUTHEAST NOT LIKELY SEEING ALL SNOW UNTIL CLOSER TO 12Z SATURDAY. FOR
THE FORECAST...WILL GO AHEAD SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE...WHICH STILL
SUGGESTS OUR NORTHWESTERN CWA WILL SEE A COMPLETE TRANSITION TO
SNOW BY 18Z FRIDAY...AND OUR SOUTHEAST FINALLY TRANSITIONING TO
ALL SNOW BY 06Z SATURDAY.
WENT AHEAD WITH STORM TOTAL LIQUID PRECIPITATION OF 1-2 INCHES
ACROSS THE CWA...WITH THE HIGHEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS RESIDING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTH/NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA WHERE THE
AXIS OF DEFORMATION IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO SET UP. ASSUMING
BETWEEN A HALF INCH AND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF LIQUID
PRECIPITATION FALLS AS RAIN BEFORE THE TRANSITION TO SNOW
OCCURS...STILL PRESENTS THE POTENTIAL FOR OVER AN INCH OF LIQUID
PRECIPITATION ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE CWA. WITH TEMPERATURES DURING
THIS EVENT GENERALLY REMAINING IN THE UPPER 20S TO LOW 30S...WENT
AHEAD AND CONTINUED TO ASSUME A 10:1 SNOW-WATER RATIO WHICH
GENERALLY PRESENTS STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 8-14
INCHES NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM PHILLIPSBURG TO GENEVA...WITH 4-8
INCHES FARTHER SOUTHEAST. GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED SLANT-WISE
CONVECTION WHICH WILL ALSO BE PRESENT DURING THE STORM...ALSO
CANNOT RULE OUT LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...PERHAPS APPROACHING 16
INCHES...FROM CENTRAL TO NORTH/NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA.
IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY SNOWFALL...GUIDANCE ALSO SUGGEST THE LOW
LEVEL PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL STRENGTHEN SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE NORTH
OF THE SURFACE LOW...THUS PRESENTING WINDY CONDITIONS TO OUR AREA
STARTING BY EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. MET GUIDANCE PRESENTS THE
WORSE-CASE SCENARIO WITH SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS IN THE 25-30KT RANGE
ALONG AND WEST OF A LINE FROM KODX TO KEAR...WITH GUSTS WELL IN
EXCESS OF 35KTS. MAV GUIDANCE IS NOT NEARLY AS SCARY REGARDING THE
SURFACE WINDS...BUT IT IS AWFULLY HARD TO IGNORE THE STRONG WINDS
FROM THE MET GUIDANCE...AND GIVEN THE SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BE
VERY HEAVY AND VISIBILITY RESTRICTIONS WILL LIKELY BE EASY TO
PRODUCE...DECIDED TO PLAY IT SAFE AND GO WITH A BLIZZARD WATCH
ACROSS OUR WEST. THIS IS BY FAR THE MOST CHALLENGING PORTION OF THE
FORECAST...GIVEN HEAVY SNOWFALL BECOMES MORE AND MORE LIKELY WITH
EVERY MODEL RUN...THE REAL QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT WINDS WILL BE
STRONG ENOUGH TO WARRANT A BLIZZARD WARNING. SHOULD THE NAM/MET
GUIDANCE VERIFY...A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL DEFINITELY BE NEEDED
ACROSS OUR WEST/NORTHWEST...AND PERHAPS FARTHER EAST DUE TO THE GUST
POTENTIAL. SHOULD THE GFS/MAV GUIDANCE VERIFY HOWEVER...THEN THE
HEAVY SNOW WILL BE THE BIGGEST THREAT AND A BLIZZARD WARNING WILL
LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED. PLENTY FOR FUTURE SHIFTS TO CONTEMPLATE AS WE MOST
LIKELY BEGIN PREPARING TO ISSUE WARNINGS.
BEYOND 00Z MONDAY...THE MODELS DIVERGE ON
THE PROGRESSION OF THE UPPER LOW SUNDAY NIGHT...BUT THEY GENERALLY
AGREE THAT IT WILL BE EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA WITH HIGH PRESSURE
IN CONTROL AT THE SURFACE. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO DRY WEATHER SUNDAY
NIGHT WITH RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS. AN UPPER WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY/UPPER GREAT LAKES ON MONDAY WILL HELP PUSH
A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN PLAINS. THE FRONT
SHOULD CROSS THE AREA DRY WITH LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FORCING/MOISTURE
IN PLACE AS THE FRONT PASSES.
THE GFS/ECMWF BRING ANOTHER H5 WAVE/LOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS
INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY ON WEDNESDAY. THE 00Z ECMWF IS
NOW FARTHER SOUTH WITH THIS FEATURE THAN THE GFS. THIS IN TURN
ALLOWS THE ECMWF TO PRODUCE MORE FORCING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
THAN THE GFS AS THE WAVE PASSES THE GFS ON THE OTHER HAND BRINGS
INCREASING H85 WARM AIR ADVECTION/ISENTROPIC LIFT (290K SFC) AHEAD
OF THE WAVE. EITHER WAY...BOTH MODELS NOW GENERATE SOME QPF ACROSS
THE FORECAST AREA...WHILE THE ALL BLEND MODEL CONSENSUS KEEPS IT
DRY. THE GFS ENSEMBLE POPS REMAIN LOW...AND WITH LOW CONFIDENCE IN
THE OUTCOME THIS FAR OUT...HAVE STAYED WITH THE ALL BLEND/GFS
ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS AND KEPT IT DRY IN THE GRIDS.
LOOKING AT TEMPERATURES...HAVE GENERALLY GONE A FEW DEGREES BELOW
MEX GUIDANCE THROUGH THE PERIOD TO ACCOUNT FOR THE SNOW WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO FALL FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NEZ040-041-047>049-062>064-074>076-083>085.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR NEZ077-086-087.
BLIZZARD WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
FOR NEZ039-046-060-061-072-073-082.
KS...WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR KSZ005.
WINTER STORM WATCH FROM FRIDAY EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY
AFTERNOON FOR KSZ006-007-017>019.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 2, 4:53 AM CST, 9 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 453 AM CST THU FEB 2 2012 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 031215- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 453 AM CST THU FEB 2 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A BLIZZARD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...GENERALLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE ORD...TO KEARNEY...TO BEAVER CITY. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM ORD...TO KEARNEY...TO BEAVER CITY. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST BLIZZARD WATCH AND WINTER STORM WATCH STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM PLAINVILLE KANSAS TO HEBRON NEBRASKA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE) BRYANT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Hastings, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 3:40 AM CST | Blizzard Watch | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Furnas, Gosper, Phelps, Sherman and 1 more | 11 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.