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Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE

December 18, 20129 counties in Nebraska

NWS North Platte, NE issued this winter storm warning at Dec 18, 2012, 12:20 PM MST for 9 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Dec 19, 2012, 5:00 AM MST. It was in force for 16 hr. 30 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 18, 2012, 12:20 PM MST (19:20 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 19, 2012, 5:00 AM MST
Expired
Dec 19, 2012, 9:00 PM MST
In force
16 hr
Issued by
NWS North Platte, NE

Counties Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Dec 19, 7:00 AM MSTSNOW 48 Wsw Callaway, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 4 INCHES.
Dec 19, 8:00 AM MSTBLIZZARD2 Nw Eustis, NECOOPERATIVE OBSERVER NEAR EUSTIS REPORTED WHITEOUT AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. DELAYED REPORT FROM 12/19/2012.
Dec 19, 9:48 AM MSTSNOW 0Sutherland, NEVISIBILITY AT TIME OF REPORT WAS LESS THAN 1/4 MILE WITH SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
Dec 19, 9:50 AM MSTSNOW 0.44 W Big Springs, NEGROUND NEARLY COVERED. SNOW BEGAN 20 MINUTES AGO. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW AT TIME OF REPORT.
Dec 19, 10:30 AM MSTBLIZZARDImperial, NEBLIZZARD CONDITIONS REPORTED WITH PROLONGED PERIOD OF VISIBILITY BELOW ONE QUARTER MILE...IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BEGAN AT 1130 AM CST AND PERSISTED THROUGH 500 PM CST. REPORT DELAYED FROM 12/19/2012.
Dec 19, 11:00 AM MSTSNOW 0.43 Ene North Platte, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL THROUGH NOON CST AT LEE BIRD FIELD IN NORTH PLATTE.
Dec 19, 11:30 AM MSTSNOW 01 E North Platte, NE*** 1 FATAL, 1 INJ *** VEHICLE ACCIDENT OCCURRED NEAR MILE MARKER 179 ON INTERSTATE 80. TIME OF ACCIDENT APPROXIMATED.
Dec 19, 12:00 PM MSTSNOW 2Imperial, NEWHITEOUT WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
Dec 19, 12:19 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 04 W Big Springs, NENEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WAS REPORTED WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
Dec 19, 12:19 PM MSTHEAVY SNOW 2.54 W Big Springs, NENEAR WHITE-OUT CONDITIONS WAS REPORTED WITH HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
Dec 19, 1:20 PM MSTSNOW 2Hayes Center, NESNOWING SINCE 1100 AM CST WITH ROADS SLICK AND ZERO VISIBILITY.
Dec 19, 1:20 PM MSTBLIZZARDHayes Center, NEWHITEOUT CONDITIONS WITH 2 INCHES OF SNOW SINCE 11 AM.
Dec 19, 2:42 PM MSTBLIZZARDWallace, NEPOWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN WALLACE. WHITE-OUTS AND DRIFTS THREE FEET OR DEEPER WERE REPORTED AS WELL.
Dec 19, 3:30 PM MSTBLIZZARDGrant, NEVISIBILITY 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 MSTSNOW 2.7North Platte, NE2.7 INCHES OF SNOW MEASURED SO FAR...MELTING DOWN TO 0.17 INCHES LIQUID.
Dec 19, 6:34 PM MSTSNOW 55 E Milburn, NESNOW ACCUMULATION ESTIMATE...STILL SNOWING. DRIFTS AS HIGH AS TWO FEET.
Dec 19, 7:34 PM MSTSNOW 5Imperial, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 5 INCHES.
Dec 19, 7:34 PM MSTSNOW 6Anselmo, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 6 INCHES.
Dec 19, 7:44 PM MSTSNOW 2.9North Platte, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 2.9 INCHES WITH 0.18 INCHES LIQUID MOISTURE.
Dec 19, 7:44 PM MSTSNOW 48 Wsw Callaway, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 4 INCHES.
Dec 19, 7:49 PM MSTSNOW 61 Nw Eustis, NESNOWFALL ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED AT 5-6 INCHES. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY.
Dec 19, 7:49 PM MSTSNOW 62 Nw Eustis, NESNOWFALL ACCUMULATION ESTIMATED AT 5-6 INCHES. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY.
Dec 19, 7:50 PM MSTSNOW 41 Nw Hayes Center, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 4 INCHES.
Dec 19, 7:50 PM MSTSNOW 6Curtis, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL IS 6 INCHES.
Dec 19, 7:50 PM MSTSNOW 6Wellfleet, NE
Dec 19, 7:52 PM MSTSNOW 62 Nw Eustis, NESNOWFALL ACCUMULATION ESTIMATE OF 5-6 INCHES. STILL SNOWING LIGHTLY AT THIS TIME.
Dec 19, 8:00 PM MSTSNOW 32 W Wallace, NESTORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 3 INCHES.
Dec 19, 8:00 PM MSTBLIZZARD2 Nw Eustis, NECOOPERATIVE 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 MSTBLIZZARDRed Willow Dam, NEWHITEOUT 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.
Dec 19, 8:01 PM MSTSNOW 55 W Stapleton, NEESTIMATED SNOWFALL REPORT. SNOW HAS STOPPED FALLING.

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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 44 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-12-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2012-12-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3201 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
92 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

626 
WWUS43 KLBF 181920
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
120 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW
ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND POSSIBLY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...

.A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY
AND WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD SNOW. INCREASING WIND IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO GENERATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN AREAS.

NEZ058-069>071-191045-
/O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0003.121219T1200Z-121220T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0003.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
120 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /1220 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO
9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE 
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE SNOW SHOULD END BY EARLY WEDNESDAY 
  EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED ACROSS PERKINS...CHASE...HAYES AND FRONTIER COUNTIES
  WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY 23.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL
  CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY 
  IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND 
  BLOWING SNOW. 


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...


A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE
EXPECTED. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL
VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

&&

$$

NEZ056-057-059-191045-
/O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0003.121219T1200Z-121220T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
NORTH PLATTE
120 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /1220 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO
9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. THE
WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY CONTINUING
  INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80
  CORRIDOR.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE 
  POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY 
  IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND 
  BLOWING SNOW. 


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.

&&

$$

NEZ022-035>038-191045-
/O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...
BROKEN BOW
120 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /1220 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO
9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...POSSIBLY CONTINUING
  INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE 
  POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY 
  IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND 
  BLOWING SNOW.

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
8 follow-up statements
365 
WWUS43 KLBF 190206
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
806 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012

...WINTER STORM CONDITIONS INCLUDING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ARE
EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY EVENING. HEAVIEST SNOW IS
ANTICIPATED TO FALL DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...

.A STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO CROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY
AND WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD SNOW. INCREASING WIND IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO GENERATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING IN AREAS MAKING TRAVEL
DIFFICULT AT TIMES.

NEZ056-057-059-191015-
/O.UPG.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
/O.EXA.KLBF.WS.W.0003.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
NORTH PLATTE
806 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /706 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO
9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS
IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/
WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO
  WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED DURING
  THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER ACCUMULATIONS ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80
  CORRIDOR.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY IN
  OPEN AREAS DUE TO RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND BLOWING
  SNOW. THIS INCLUDES THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHWEST AND
  SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

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.

&&

$$

NEZ058-069>071-191015-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...
CURTIS...EUSTIS
806 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /706 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM
MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/
TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO
  WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED DURING
  THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED ACROSS PERKINS...CHASE...HAYES AND FRONTIER COUNTIES.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL 
  CREATE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY 
  IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND 
  BLOWING SNOW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE 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.

&&

$$

NEZ023>029-191015-
/O.EXA.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING...
TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT
806 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /706 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO
9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MODERATE SNOW AND AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/
WEDNESDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY
  EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY 
  IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND 
  BLOWING SNOW. 

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.

&&

$$

NEZ022-035>038-191015-
/O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...
BROKEN BOW
806 PM CST TUE DEC 18 2012 /706 PM MST TUE DEC 18 2012/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM
MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM CST /5 AM
MST/ TO 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ WEDNESDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE INTO
  WEDNESDAY EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED.

* WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL MAY BECOME DIFFICULT WEDNESDAY...ESPECIALLY 
  IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO RESTRICTED VISIBILITY IN FALLING AND 
  BLOWING SNOW. 

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.

&&

$$

MARTIN/JACOBS
411 
WWUS43 KLBF 190916
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
316 AM 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...

.A WINTER STORM WILL CROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY...SPREADING
ACCUMULATING SNOW AND STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. BY THIS EVENING...LOCATIONS
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 COULD SEE ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO
7 INCHES. ACROSS THE SAND HILLS AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA 3
TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND NORTHERLY WINDS
OF 20 TO 35 MPH...WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING
SNOW...MAKING TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AS THE SYSTEM LIFTS EAST
AND WINDS BEGIN TO SUBSIDE.

NEZ056>059-069>071-192100-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
316 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /216 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM
MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM
MST/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BEGIN TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO MID EVENING...WITH
  THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...4 TO 7 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY 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 QUICKLY DETERIORATE
  THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS DUE TO SNOW AND BLOWING
  SNOW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.  SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE 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.

&&

$$

NEZ022>029-035>038-192100-
/O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.121219T1200Z-121220T0300Z/
GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-
MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...
DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...
STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW
316 AM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /216 AM 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.

&&

$$

CLB
461 
WWUS43 KLBF 191829
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1229 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. 

NEZ037-038-200230-
/O.UPG.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/
/O.EXA.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/
LOGAN-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW
1229 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNO...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 


* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS 
  EXPECTED. 

* WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON...
  ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

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.
&&

$$

NEZ056>059-069>071-200230-
/O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
1229 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /1129 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM
MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM
MST/ THIS EVENING. 

* TIMING...SNOW WILL BCONTINUE 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>029-035-036-200230-
/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
1229 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /1129 AM 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
358 
WWUS43 KLBF 191904 CCA
WSWLBF

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1241 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. 

NEZ037-038-200300-
/O.UPG.KLBF.WW.Y.0012.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/
/O.COR.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/
LOGAN-CUSTER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW
1241 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING. THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT. 


* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS 
  EXPECTED. 

* WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTY.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME HAZARDOUS THIS AFTERNOON...
  ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED
  VISIBILITIES. VISIBILITY WILL BE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES.

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.
&&

$$

NEZ056>059-069>071-200300-
/O.COR.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-121220T0300Z/
DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA...
GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS
1241 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /1141 AM MST WED DEC 19 2012/

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 PM
MST/ THIS EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST /8 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
1241 PM CST WED DEC 19 2012 /1141 AM 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
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
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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 17, 7:53 PM MSTWinter Storm WatchLBFChase, Deuel, Frontier, Hayes, Keith, Lincoln and 1 more16 hr
Dec 18, 12:20 PM MSTWinter Weather AdvisoryLBFArthur, Blaine, Custer, Deuel, Garden, Garfield and 9 more32 hr

Nearby

Winter Storm Warnings in Nebraska, 2012Every winter storm warning in 2012

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.