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Wind Chill Warning 1, NWS Omaha, NE

December 16, 201611 counties in Nebraska; Harrison County, Monona County, Shelby County, Iowa

NWS Omaha, NE issued this wind chill warning at Dec 16, 2016, 3:35 AM CST for 11 counties in Nebraska; Harrison County, Monona County, Shelby County, Iowa. It took effect at Dec 17, 2016, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 23 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 16, 2016, 3:35 AM CST (09:35 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 17, 2016, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 18, 2016, 11:00 AM CST
In force
23 hr
Issued by
NWS Omaha, NE

Counties Harrison County, IA, Monona County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Knox County, NE, Madison County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Wayne County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-12-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2016-12-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 344 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
93 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
344 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
866 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

893 
WWUS43 KOAX 160935
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
335 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION TODAY...SNOW SATURDAY...THEN
SHARPLY COLDER...

.A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE AND
SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY...AND MAINLY SNOW ON SATURDAY. THEN
SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.
LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ALONG WITH 1 TO 4
INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME BLOWING SNOW COULD ALSO
DEVELOP WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY...THEN WIND CHILLS DROP TO 20 TO
30 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

IAZ043-NEZ015-033-034-162000-
/O.NEW.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.EXT.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.161216T1500Z-161218T0000Z/
MONONA-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...PENDER...MACY...
WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...
LYONS...DECATUR
335 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM
CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING
  AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SOME SLEET COULD ALSO OCCUR. THE
  FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND
  CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.

* ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH
  OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM TONIGHT INTO
  SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY
  MIDDAY SATURDAY AND 30 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING...
  THUS LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. ICING IS
  ESPECIALLY LIKELY ON UNTREATED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...PARKING
  LOTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WHEN SNOW DEVELOPS...NORTH TO
  NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS
  OF BLOWING SNOW.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-162000-
/O.NEW.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161217T1800Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.EXT.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.161216T1800Z-161217T1800Z/
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...
WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...
COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...
WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON
335 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO NOON
CST SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 11 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO 11 AM
CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. SOME
  PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY DEVELOP FOR AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE
  THE SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH
  COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY
  ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW
  COVERED ROADS. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY
  MIDDAY SATURDAY AND 30 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ042>045-050>053-065>068-078-
088>093-162000-
/O.NEW.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.EXT.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.161216T1500Z-161218T0000Z/
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-
PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN...
DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...
HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...COLUMBUS...
SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...
YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...
MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...
WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
335 AM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING
TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM CST
SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO 11 AM
CST SUNDAY. 

* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID MORNING
  AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SOME SLEET COULD ALSO OCCUR. THE
  FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND
  CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH
  OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM FRIDAY NIGHT
  INTO SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY
  SATURDAY EVENING AND 25 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING...
  THUS LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. ICING IS
  ESPECIALLY LIKELY ON UNTREATED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...PARKING
  LOTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WHEN SNOW DEVELOPS...NORTH TO
  NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS
  OF BLOWING SNOW.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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

&&

$$
9 follow-up statements
845 
WWUS43 KOAX 161905
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
105 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION TODAY...SNOW SATURDAY...THEN
SHARPLY COLDER...

.A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
SLEET AND SNOW TO THE AREA TODAY...AND MAINLY SNOW ON SATURDAY.
THEN SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY INTO
SUNDAY. LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ALONG WITH
1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME BLOWING SNOW COULD
ALSO DEVELOP WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY...THEN WIND CHILLS DROP TO 20
TO 30 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

IAZ043-NEZ015-033-034-170315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
MONONA-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...PENDER...MACY...
WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...
LYONS...DECATUR
105 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MIXED WITH
  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SOME
  SLEET COULD ALSO OCCUR. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO
  SNOW THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.

* ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE OR NO ICE ACCUMULATION IS
  EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL
  RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY 
  MIDDAY SATURDAY AND 30 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING... 
  THUS LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. ICING IS 
  ESPECIALLY LIKELY ON UNTREATED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...PARKING 
  LOTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WHEN SNOW DEVELOPS...NORTH TO 
  NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS 
  OF BLOWING SNOW. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-170315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161217T1800Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...
WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...
COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...
WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON
105 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SOME
  PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY DEVELOP FOR AN HOUR OR TWO BEFORE
  THE SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH 
  COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY 
  ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW 
  COVERED ROADS. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY 
  MIDDAY SATURDAY AND 30 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ042>045-050>053-065>068-078-
088>093-170315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-
PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN...
DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...
HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...COLUMBUS...
SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...
YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...
MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...
WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
105 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO
  THIS EVENING. THE MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT AND
  CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH
  OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE FROM LINCOLN TO NEBRASKA CITY WITH A
  TRACE TO LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH FARTHER NORTH. LIGHT SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS FROM HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OR SO.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY 
  SATURDAY EVENING AND 25 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
  SUNDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING... 
  THUS LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. ICING IS 
  ESPECIALLY LIKELY ON UNTREATED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...PARKING 
  LOTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES. WHEN SNOW DEVELOPS...NORTH TO 
  NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS 
  OF BLOWING SNOW. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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

&&

$$

ZAPOTOCNY
372 
WWUS43 KOAX 162140
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
340 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...MIXED WINTRY PRECIPITATION THIS EVENING...SNOW AND WIND
SATURDAY...THEN SHARPLY COLDER...

.A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL BRING A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE
SLEET AND SNOW TO THE AREA THIS EVENING...AND MAINLY SNOW ON
SATURDAY. THEN SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY
INTO SUNDAY. LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...ALONG
WITH 1 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW THROUGH SATURDAY. SOME BLOWING SNOW
COULD ALSO DEVELOP WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY...THEN WIND CHILLS DROP
TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO SATURDAY INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

IAZ043-NEZ015-033-034-170545-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
MONONA-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...PENDER...MACY...
WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...
LYONS...DECATUR
340 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WITH SOME PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MIXED WITH
  SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. SOME SLEET COULD ALSO
  OCCUR. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW THIS
  EVENING AND CONTINUE THROUGH MIDDAY SATURDAY.

* ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SLIGHT ICE ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE
  BEFORE THE FREEZING DRIZZLE CHANGES TO SNOW. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
  FROM TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30
  BELOW BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AND AROUND 30 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT
  INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING...
  THUS LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. ICING IS
  ESPECIALLY LIKELY ON UNTREATED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...PARKING
  LOTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ALONG WITH CAR WINDSHIELD. WHEN
  SNOW DEVELOPS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30
  MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-170545-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161217T1800Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...
WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...
COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...
WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON
340 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. SOME
  PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE MAY DEVELOP FOR A FEW HOURS BEFORE THE
  PRECIPITATION CHANGES TO SNOW.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH 
  COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY 
  ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW 
  COVERED ROADS. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 30 BELOW BY
  MIDDAY SATURDAY AND CONTINUE AROUND 30 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT
  INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ042>045-050>053-065>068-078-
088>093-170545-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-
PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN...
DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...
HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...COLUMBUS...
SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...
YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...
MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...
WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
340 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE INTO 
  THIS EVENING. THE MIX WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT 
  AND CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 

* ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A
  TENTH OF AN INCH ARE FORECAST. LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM
  HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OR TWO ARE EXPECTED.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY 
  SATURDAY EVENING AND 25 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
  SUNDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT...SURFACE TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW FREEZING...
  THUS LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. ICING IS
  ESPECIALLY LIKELY ON UNTREATED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...PARKING
  LOTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...ALONG WITH WINDSHIELDS. WHEN
  SNOW DEVELOPS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30
  MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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

&&

$$

ZAPOTOCNY
848 
WWUS43 KOAX 170340
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
940 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TURNS TO ALL SNOW WITH WIND AND
COLD TO FOLLOW...

.A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WAS TRIGGERING AREAS OF FREEZING
DRIZZLE AND LIGHT SNOW FRIDAY EVENING. AS THAT SYSTEM TRACKS
FARTHER EAST SATURDAY MORNING...ALL PRECIPITATION WILL TURN TO
SNOW ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. ALSO...NORTH
WINDS WILL INCREASE INTO THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE...BRINGING AREAS
OF BLOWING SNOW AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS.

IAZ043-NEZ015-033-034-171145-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
MONONA-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...PENDER...MACY...
WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...
LYONS...DECATUR
940 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL END EARLY SATURDAY MORNING
  WITH OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW PERSISTING OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY
  MORNING BEFORE TAPERING OFF. STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL DEVELOP
  OVERNIGHT AS WELL...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ON
  SATURDAY...AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...A LIGHT GLAZING OF ICE ALREADY ON
  ROADS WILL NOT ACCUMULATE MUCH MORE BEFORE SNOW BECOMES THE
  PRIMARY PRECIPITATION TYPE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3
  INCHES ARE FORECAST BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS BY MID DAY
  SATURDAY.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 TO 30 
  BELOW BY MIDDAY SATURDAY AND AROUND 30 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT 
  INTO EARLY SUNDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT...LIGHT ICING ACCUMULATIONS CAN BE EXPECTED. ICING
  IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY ON UNTREATED ROADS...SIDEWALKS...PARKING
  LOTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES ALONG WITH CAR WINDSHIELDS. WHEN
  SNOW DEVELOPS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30
  MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL DROP
  VISIBILITIES BELOW A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-171145-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161217T1800Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...
WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...
COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...
WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON
940 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SATURDAY TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH ABOUT NOON
  SATURDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF. NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
  INCREASE OVERNIGHT...REACHING THE 15 TO 30 MPH RANGE BY EARLY
  SATURDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH 
  COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY 
  ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW 
  COVERED ROADS. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 30 BELOW BY 
  MIDDAY SATURDAY AND CONTINUE AROUND 30 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT 
  INTO EARLY SUNDAY. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ042>045-050>053-065>068-078-
088>093-171145-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-
PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN...
DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...
HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...COLUMBUS...
SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...
YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...
MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...
WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
940 PM CST FRI DEC 16 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST
SATURDAY...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SATURDAY TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY
  DISSIPATE PAST MIDNIGHT...WITH LIGHT SNOW BECOMING THE PRIMARY
  PRECIPITATION TYPE AT THAT TIME. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL
  PERSIST INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* ICE AND SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SEVERAL HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH OF
  ICING HAS BEEN REPORTED THROUGH THE EVENING...WITH A COUPLE MORE
  HUNDREDTHS POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY SATURDAY MORNING...BRINGING
  TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO A TENTH OF AN INCH. LIGHT SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS FROM HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH OR TWO ARE EXPECTED
  FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY 
  SATURDAY EVENING AND 25 BELOW SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY 
  SUNDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT...ICING IS ESPECIALLY LIKELY ON UNTREATED ROADS...
  SIDEWALKS...PARKING LOTS...BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES...ALONG WITH
  WINDSHIELDS. WHEN SNOW DEVELOPS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS
  INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
  WHICH MAY DROP VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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

&&

$$
798 
WWUS43 KOAX 170928
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
328 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...SNOW TODAY WITH WIND AND COLD TO FOLLOW...

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION TODAY
AS A BAND OF SNOW DEVELOPS SOUTH ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH
THE INTRUSION OF AN ARCTIC AIR MASS TO CREATE DANGEROUSLY COLD
WIND CHILLS WHICH WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

IAZ043-NEZ015-033-034-171730-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
MONONA-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...PENDER...MACY...
WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...
LYONS...DECATUR
328 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE
  MORNING BEFORE GRADUALLY TAPERING OFF THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG
  NORTH WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS
  WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW BY
  AFTERNOON AND AROUND 30 BELOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE UNDERLYING THE ACCUMULATING
  SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON
  UNTREATED ROADS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO A HALF A
  MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-171730-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161217T1800Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...
WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...
COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...
WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON
328 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST
TODAY...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 11 AM
CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WILL PERSIST THROUGH ABOUT NOON
  TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF. STRONG NORTH WINDS AND FALLING
  TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TODAY INTO
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

* IMPACTS...NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CREATE
  AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
  AREAS. TRAVEL MAY BE HAZARDOUS WITH SNOW COVERED ROADS.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 25 BELOW THIS
  MORNING AND 30 BELOW THIS AFTERNOON. THE DANGEROUS COLD WILL
  PERSIST TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ042>045-050>053-065>068-078-
088>093-171730-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-
PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN...
DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...
HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...COLUMBUS...
SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...
YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...
MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...
WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
328 AM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE AT TIMES...WILL DEVELOP SOUTH ACROSS
  THE AREA TODAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING
  TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO
  SUNDAY MORNING. 

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
  POSSIBLE.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY THIS
  EVENING AND 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE UNDERLYING THE ACCUMULATING
  SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON
  UNTREATED ROADS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO A HALF A
  MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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

&&

$$
741 
WWUS43 KOAX 171805
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1205 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...SOME WINTRY WEATHER WITH LIGHT SNOW...WIND...AND COLD...

.A WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE REGION THIS
AFTERNOON WITH LIGHT SNOW FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA. IN ADDITION...STRONG NORTH WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE
INTRUSION OF AN ARCTIC AIR MASS TO CREATE BLOWING SNOW THROUGH
THIS EVENING AND DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS WHICH WILL PERSIST
THROUGH TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-180215-
/O.EXP.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161217T1800Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...
WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...
COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...
WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON
1205 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT NOON CST TODAY...

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...READINGS WILL FALL TO 30 BELOW THIS
  AFTERNOON. THE DANGEROUS COLD WILL PERSIST TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY
  MORNING. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ043-NEZ015-033-034-180215-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
MONONA-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...PENDER...MACY...
WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...
LYONS...DECATUR
1205 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO
11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG
  NORTH WINDS AND FALLING TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS
  WIND CHILLS THIS AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE
  MINOR, HOWEVER BLOWING SNOW WILL CONTINUE.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 TO 28 THIS
  AFTERNOON AND AROUND 30 BELOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE UNDERLYING THE ACCUMULATING
  SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON
  UNTREATED ROADS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO AROUND A
  MILE IN BLOWING SNOW.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ042>045-050>053-065>068-078-
088>093-180215-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-
PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-
PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN...
DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...
HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...COLUMBUS...
SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...
YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...
MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...
WILBER...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...
PAWNEE CITY...TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
1205 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
  SOUTHWEST IOWA TAPERING OFF ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON INTO
  EARLY EVENING. STRONG NORTH WINDS COMBINED WITH FALLING
  TEMPERATURES WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS TONIGHT INTO
  SUNDAY MORNING.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...STORM TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE 
  POSSIBLE. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW BY THIS 
  EVENING AND 25 BELOW TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. 

* MAIN IMPACT...A LIGHT GLAZE OF ICE UNDERLYING THE ACCUMULATING 
  SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY 
  ON UNTREATED ROADS. VISIBILITIES MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO A HALF 
  A MILE OR LESS DUE TO BLOWING SNOW. 

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW... SLEET...
OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

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

&&

$$

ZAPOTOCNY
949 
WWUS43 KOAX 172157
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
357 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...THE SNOW IS TAPERING OFF...HOWEVER IT WILL BE BITTER COLD... 

IAZ055-056-180600-
/O.CAN.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
/O.UPG.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
/O.EXA.KOAX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
HARRISON-SHELBY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN...
DUNLAP...HARLAN
357 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WIND
CHILL WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY. THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE WIND CHILL
ADVISORY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...COLDEST WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE AROUND 31
  BELOW ZERO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ043-NEZ015-033-034-180600-
/O.CAN.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KOAX.WC.W.0001.161217T2157Z-161218T1700Z/
MONONA-THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...PENDER...MACY...
WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...
LYONS...DECATUR
357 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...COLDEST WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE AROUND 35
  BELOW ZERO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ069-NEZ042>045-050>053-065-180600-
/O.CAN.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
/O.EXT.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.161217T2157Z-161218T1700Z/
POTTAWATTAMIE-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-
DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...
FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...
BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD
357 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY...
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS CANCELLED THE
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. 

* WIND CHILL VALUES...COLDEST WIND CHILLS SHOULD BE AROUND 26 BELOW
  ZERO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$

NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032-180600-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...
WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...
COLERIDGE...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...
WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON
357 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...COLDEST WIND CHILL VALUES WILL BE AROUND 35
  BELOW ZERO THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE 
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ066>068-078-088>093-180600-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0010.000000T0000Z-161218T0000Z/
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.161218T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...
TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...LINCOLN...
PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...WILBER...FAIRBURY...
BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
357 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY...


* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL THROUGH EARLY
  EVENING. STORM TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...READINGS WILL FALL TO 20 BELOW THIS EVENING
  AND 25 BELOW LATER TONIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL RESULT IN HAZARDOUS
  DRIVING CONDITIONS...ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED ROADS. VISIBILITIES
  MAY ALSO BE REDUCED TO A MILE OR TWO DUE TO BLOWING SNOW.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL 
  CAUSE FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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

&&

$$

ZAPOTOCNY
950 
WWUS43 KOAX 180514
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1114 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...BITTER COLD OVERNIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING...

IAZ043-055-056-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-181315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-
BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY...
WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...
CROFTON...WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...
RANDOLPH...COLERIDGE...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...
NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...WAYNE...ALBION...
ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...
OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR
1114 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE AROUND 31 BELOW
  ZERO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE 
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ066>068-078-088>093-181315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...
TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...LINCOLN...
PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...WILBER...FAIRBURY...
BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
1114 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE AROUND 26 BELOW
  ZERO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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

&&

$$

IAZ069-NEZ042>045-050>053-065-181315-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
POTTAWATTAMIE-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-
DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...
FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...
BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD
1114 PM CST SAT DEC 17 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST SUNDAY...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...COLDEST WIND CHILLS WILL BE AROUND 26 BELOW
  ZERO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE 
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
103 
WWUS43 KOAX 180917
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
317 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...MODERATING WIND CHILLS BY MIDDAY...

IAZ043-055-056-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-181700-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-
BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY...
WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...
CROFTON...WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...
RANDOLPH...COLERIDGE...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...
NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...WAYNE...ALBION...
ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...
OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR
317 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 30 BELOW AT SUNRISE
  WILL GRADUALLY MODERATE TOWARD MIDDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE 
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WIND CHILL WARNING MEANS THE COMBINATION OF VERY COLD AIR AND
STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES. THIS
WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA OR DEATH IF
PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

&&

$$

IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ066>068-078-088>093-181700-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...
TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...LINCOLN...
PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...WILBER...FAIRBURY...
BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
317 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 25 BELOW AT
  SUNRISE WILL GRADUALLY MODERATE TOWARD MIDDAY.

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE 
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE
TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED
VISIBILITIES... AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

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

&&

$$

IAZ069-NEZ042>045-050>053-065-181700-
/O.CON.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
POTTAWATTAMIE-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-
DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...
FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...
BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD
317 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS
MORNING...

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 20 TO 25 BELOW AT
  SUNRISE WILL GRADUALLY MODERATE TOWARD MIDDAY. 

* IMPACTS...THE DANGEROUSLY LOW WIND CHILL VALUES WILL CAUSE 
  FROST BITE TO EXPOSED SKIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

$$
893 
WWUS43 KOAX 181655
WSWOAX

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1055 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

IAZ043-055-056-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-181800-
/O.EXP.KOAX.WC.W.0001.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-
BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY...
WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...
CROFTON...WAUSA...VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...
RANDOLPH...COLERIDGE...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...
NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW...OSMOND...WAYNE...ALBION...
ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...
OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR
1055 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST THIS MORNING...

TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS WILL SLOWLY MODERATE THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON. 

$$

IAZ079-080-090-091-NEZ066>068-078-088>093-181800-
/O.EXP.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...
TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...SHENANDOAH...LINCOLN...
PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY...CRETE...WILBER...FAIRBURY...
BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...STERLING...AUBURN...PAWNEE CITY...
TABLE ROCK...FALLS CITY
1055 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST THIS MORNING...

TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS WILL SLOWLY MODERATE THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON. 

$$

IAZ069-NEZ042>045-050>053-065-181800-
/O.EXP.KOAX.WC.Y.0004.000000T0000Z-161218T1700Z/
POTTAWATTAMIE-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-
DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COUNCIL BLUFFS...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...
FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...
BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD
1055 AM CST SUN DEC 18 2016

...WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 11 AM CST THIS MORNING...

TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS WILL SLOWLY MODERATE THROUGH MID
AFTERNOON. 

$$

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this wind chill warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this wind chill warning went out at Dec 15, 10:59 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 15, 10:59 PM CST, 4 hours 36 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE
1059 PM CST Thu Dec 15 2016

.SHORT TERM...(tonight through Sunday)
Issued at 138 PM CST Thu Dec 15 2016

...Mixed Wintry Precipitation Expected on Friday Then Sharply
Colder for Saturday...

Messy and complicated winter weather coming up in the next 72
hours. Light snow/flurries that moved through areas north of I80
this morning is pushing off the east and out of the area this
afternoon. Attention shifting to expected precipitation that will
develop Friday as the next wave now moving through the central
Rockies begins to move onto the Plains.

Isentropic lift will continue to develop across the area overnight,
with low levels becoming saturated from south to north through
time by daybreak Friday. The mid levels do not saturate though,
while the upper levels are already saturated. This compounds
precipitation types. There will be sufficient lift in the column.
From the various top down methods, ice crystals should be present
aloft, but they could evaporate in the dry mid levels. At the low
levels, low level warm air advection should develop drizzle, and
surface temperatures will be below zero in many areas for most of
the day. Thus we are expecting widespread freezing drizzle to
develop, but this could switch over to just drizzle south of I80
during the afternoon as surface temperatures warm to just above
freezing in that area. Those temps then fall back below freezing
as the sun sets sending everything back over to freezing drizzle
Friday evening. Thus, this sets the stage for a lengthy period of
freezing drizzle over a 12-18 hour period. Actual accumulations
in rain gauges will be quite light, but the prolonged period of
freezing drizzle may be able to accumulate a few hundredths of an
inch which will cause a very thin glaze on untreated roads,
sidewalks, parking lots, etc. For this reason alone, we will be
issuing a winter weather advisory to account for this, staggering
start times from south to north at 12z and 15z.

Farther north, along the NE/SD border, saturation will be deep
enough for snow to develop during the afternoon, and remain snow
for the duration of the event. This eventually moves a little
further south, but significant accumulations never really get
further south than the Platte River in eastern NE. Thus, will
start a winter weather advisory in that area at 21z for snow and
blowing snow.

One thing we are less certain of is whether any sleet will mix in
with the precip on Friday. Bufkit soundings suggest this is
possible, via a couple of methods. Using the top down method, if
the ice crystals melt, but do not evaporate, rain drops will be
entering a fairly deep sub freezing column up to 5000' deep. This
could be enough to freeze those droplets back into ice pellets.
However, our internal forecasting processes suggest this is a very
low probability thus we have not introduced sleet at this time,
but will need to watch for this development on Friday.

Wintry precip lingers through about 6z Saturday, with snow in our
north and freezing drizzle in our south. Precip rates then really
wind down as the dynamics from the first piece of this wave push
east of the area, however the next piece should be moving into the
areas north of I80 06-12 with a little more snow and blowing snow,
which then pushes through the area during the day Saturday.
Temperatures will be dropping during the day Saturday, while wind
chills head down to 15 to 25 below.

All snow should be southeast of the forecast area by Saturday
evening, and then it just gets bitterly cold. Actual air temps by
Sunday morning drop to -7 to -17, and even though winds will be
diminishing as high pressure moves overhead, wind chills remain -15
to -30 through early Sunday morning. At this point, we'll have to
transition to wind chill advisories and warnings as the winter
precipitation will be over by then.

All said and done, we are forecasting 1" to 4" inches of snow
through the event, with the higher amounts in northeast NE. Snow
ratios will be eventually become quite high due to the frigid
temps, so this range may eventually need to be widened. Icing
accumulation Friday range up to 0.10" in some spots.

Overall primary impacts include slick and hazardous roads due to
the icing potential. Untreated secondary roads, sidewalks, and
parking lots will be especially icy. While the forecast snowfall
is not especially heavy, it will provide another layer of
slickness on an already thin glaze which may compound the problem.
Increasing winds 20 to 30 mph combined with the snow will also
create areas of blowing snow, especially in open areas, with
reduced visibilities down to 1/2 miles, considering that snow
ratios will be 15-20 to 1. The final punch is the arctic air
intrusion at the end of the event, with hypothermia becoming a
risk as wind chills drop to 20 to 30 below zero. Given that this
is the last weekend before the upcoming Christmas holiday is
another mitigating factor for the issuance of winter weather
advisories.

.LONG TERM...(Sunday night through Thursday)
Issued at 138 PM CST Thu Dec 15 2016

There is good news. Temperatures do rebound fairly quickly as
zonal flow develops aloft. This should help boost temps back into
the upper 20s to lower 30s for Monday, although these numbers may
need to be adjusted down based on snowfall. There is a weak
trough that moves across the area Tuesday, but we actually warm
up into the 35-40 degree range for daytime highs for the remainder
of the week. Although, models are not in good agreement by days
6-7 thus forecast confidence is pretty low that far out. Model
blends suggest a slightly rain/snow chance south of I80 both
Wednesday and Thursday.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Friday night)
Issued at 1056 PM CST Thu Dec 15 2016

VFR ceilings are expected through the night, but these will
quickly lower to MVFR and then IFR by mid morning, and then LIFR
at all 3 sites. We still expect FZDZ to develop during the late
morning at KLNK/KOMA and continue through the afternoon before
pushing off to the east after 02Z. Ice accumulations are expected
at both terminals during the day. We may see some light FZDZ at
KOFK during the mid afternoon time frame, but this is expected to
give way to -sn by late afternoon and continue through the
evening.

&&

.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...Winter Weather Advisory from 9 AM Friday to noon CST Saturday
     for NEZ015-033-034-042>045-050>053.

     Winter Weather Advisory from 6 AM Friday to midnight CST Friday
     night for NEZ065>068-078-088>093.

     Winter Weather Advisory from 3 PM Friday to noon CST Saturday
     for NEZ011-012-016>018-030>032.

IA...Winter Weather Advisory from 9 AM Friday to noon CST Saturday
     for IAZ043-055-056-069.

     Winter Weather Advisory from 6 AM Friday to midnight CST Friday
     night for IAZ079-080-090-091.

&&

SHORT TERM...DeWald
LONG TERM...DeWald
AVIATION...Boustead
Hazardous weather outlook, Dec 15, 5:03 PM CST, 10 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
503 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-161315-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
503 PM CST THU DEC 15 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND FRIDAY

FREEZING DRIZZLE IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA
FRIDAY AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES THROUGH THE REGION.
FARTHER NORTH, NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER, SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP LATER
IN THE DAY. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE NOW IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY
INTO SATURDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY

A WINTRY MIX CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT, WITH SNOW
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80, AND FREEZING DRIZZLE CHANGING TO SNOW
SOUTH. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY WHICH COULD RESULT IN AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW
WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

LIGHT ICING UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH COULD OCCUR WITH THE
FREEZING DRIZZLE. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE FORECAST
WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

SHARPLY COLDER TEMPERATURES WILL ARRIVE SATURDAY INTO EARLY
SUNDAY. WIND CHILL TEMPERATURES WILL DROP TO 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO
SATURDAY, AND DROP EVEN FURTHER TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO BY EARLY
SUNDAY MORNINGS. ACTUAL AIR TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE 5 TO 20 BELOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

DEWALD

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 16, 3:35 AM CSTWind Chill AdvisoryOAXButler, Cass, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas, Gage and 13 more55 hr

Nearby

Wind Chill Warnings in Nebraska, 2016Wind Chill Warnings in Iowa, 2016Every wind chill warning in 2016

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.