Alert archive / Nebraska / Blizzard Warnings in 2012
Blizzard Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this blizzard warning at Dec 19, 2012, 1:30 PM MST for 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 8 hr. 14 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 19, 2012, 1:30 PM MST (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 19, 2012, 9:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2:42 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Wallace, NE | POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN WALLACE. WHITE-OUTS AND DRIFTS THREE FEET OR DEEPER WERE REPORTED AS WELL. |
| Dec 19, 3:30 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Grant, NE | VISIBILITY A QUARTER MILE OR LESS. SNOW DRIFTS TO THREE AND A HALF FEET WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULTIONS 4 TO 6 INCHES. |
| Dec 19, 5:23 PM MST | SNOW 2.7 | North Platte, NE | 2.7 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED SO FAR...MELTING DOWN TO 0.17 INCHES LIQUID. |
| Dec 19, 7:34 PM MST | SNOW 5 | Imperial, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 5 INCHES. |
| Dec 19, 7:44 PM MST | SNOW 2.9 | North Platte, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 2.9 INCHES WITH 0.18 INCHES LIQUID MOISTURE. |
| Dec 19, 7:49 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 1 Nw Eustis, NE | SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED AT 5-6 INCHES. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Dec 19, 7:49 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 2 Nw Eustis, NE | SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED AT 5-6 INCHES. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY. |
| Dec 19, 7:50 PM MST | SNOW 4 | 1 Nw Hayes Center, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 4 INCHES. |
| Dec 19, 7:50 PM MST | SNOW 6 | Curtis, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 6 INCHES. |
| Dec 19, 7:50 PM MST | SNOW 6 | Wellfleet, NE | |
| Dec 19, 7:52 PM MST | SNOW 6 | 2 Nw Eustis, NE | SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION ESTIMATE OF 5-6 INCHES. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY AT THIS TIME. |
| Dec 19, 8:00 PM MST | SNOW 3 | 2 W Wallace, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 3 INCHES. |
| Dec 19, 8:00 PM MST | BLIZZARD | 2 Nw Eustis, NE | COOPERATIVE OBSERVER NEAR EUSTIS REPORTED WHITEOUT AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. DELAYED REPORT FROM 12/19/2012. |
| Dec 19, 8:00 PM MST | BLIZZARD | Red Willow Dam, NE | WHITEOUT AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WERE REPORTED BY A COOP OBSERVER AT RED WILLOW DAM...FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. VISIBILITY WAS DOWN TO 100 YARDSS DURING THE BLIZZARD. DELAYED REPORT FROM 12/19/2012. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 1821 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
556 WWUS43 KLBF 192030 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 230 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TODAY THROUGH MID EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW AS IT CROSSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. NEZ058-059-069>071-200400- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.BZ.W.0002.121219T2030Z-121220T0400Z/ PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 230 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /130 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL MOST LIKELY THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS AND WORST TRAVEL CONDITIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH WILL CREATE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ037-038-056-057-200400- /O.EXT.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0400Z/ LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...CHAPPELL... BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA 230 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /130 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST /9 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL MOST LIKELY DURING THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ022>029-035-036-200300- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/ GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR- MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON 230 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /130 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ SPRINGER
3 follow-up statements
408 WWUS43 KLBF 200129 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 729 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND END THIS EVENING... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEFORE ENDING LATE THIS EVENING. NEZ058-069-200230- /O.CAN.KLBF.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T0400Z/ PERKINS-CHASE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT...IMPERIAL 629 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS PERKINS AND CHASE COUNTY. IN ADDITION...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO 15 TO 20 MPH...ENDING THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. $$ NEZ056-057-200230- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0400Z/ DEUEL-KEITH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA 629 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS DEUEL AND KEITH COUNTY. IN ADDITION...WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED TO 15 TO 20 MPH...ENDING THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. $$ NEZ022>025-035-036-200230- /O.CAN.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/ GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... ARTHUR...TRYON 729 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /629 PM MST WED DEC 19 2012/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. WINDS HAVE ALSO DIMINISHED TO 10 TO 15 MPH. $$ NEZ059-070-071-200400- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T0400Z/ LINCOLN-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH PLATTE...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS... EUSTIS 729 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPPER OFF AND END THROUGH LATE EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATION AROUND 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS ACROSS SOUTHEAST LINCOLN AND FRONTIER COUNTY. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW A MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ037-038-200400- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0400Z/ LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 729 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL MOST LIKELY DURING THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR ZERO AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ026>029-200300- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/ BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT 729 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN LATER TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES. 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. && $$ NWS
255 WWUS43 KLBF 200301 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 901 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE AND END THIS EVENING... .AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MOVING EAST ACROSS KANSAS AND NEBRASKA WILL BRING LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TO PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA BEFORE ENDING LATE THIS EVENING. NEZ026>029-200415- /O.EXP.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/ BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT 901 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW WILL END BY LATE EVENING. ADDITIONAL SNOW AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN 1 INCH. $$ NEZ059-070-071-200415- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T0400Z/ LINCOLN-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH PLATTE...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS... EUSTIS 901 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL TAPPER OFF AND END THROUGH LATE EVENING... * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...NEW SNOW ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE BELOW A MILE AT TIMES IN OPEN AREAS IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ037-038-200415- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0400Z/ LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 901 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END ACROSS THE WARNED AREA BY LATE EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH OF NEW SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE IN CUSTER COUNTY. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. VISIBILITY IS EXPECTED TO BE AS LOW AS A MILE AT TIMES IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS... AND WIND WILL PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ ROBERG
481 WWUS43 KLBF 200359 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 959 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 NEZ059-070-071-200500- /O.EXP.KLBF.BZ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-121220T0400Z/ LINCOLN-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTH PLATTE...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS... EUSTIS 959 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW HAS ENDED AND THE THREAT FOR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY STILL CAUSE SOME PATCHY BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. WINDS HOWEVER WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH TONIGHT TO 5 TO 15 MPH. $$ NEZ037-038-200500- /O.EXP.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0400Z/ LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 959 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 ...WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CST THIS EVENING... THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM CST THIS EVENING. LIGHT SNOW AND WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW HAS ENDED. NORTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL DIMINISH TO 5 TO 15 MPH OVERNIGHT. $$ KAR
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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.