Watches Warnings Advisories
CARTER LAKE IOWA - WINTER STORM WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
745 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
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040945-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.W.0001.120204T0600Z-120205T0600Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-BURT-DODGE-
WASHINGTON-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-LANCASTER-CASS-SALINE-JEFFERSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY...
WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...
RED OAK...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...FREMONT...BLAIR...
WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...
LA VISTA...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...CRETE...WILBER...FAIRBURY
745 PM CST FRI FEB 3 2012
...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT
TO MIDNIGHT CST SATURDAY NIGHT...
* ACCUMULATIONS...A BAND OF SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES
IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND FROM SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA ROUGHLY
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR AND INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA.
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS UP TO A FOOT ARE POSSIBLE WITHIN THAT
BAND OF HEAVY SNOW.
* UNCERTAINTY...IF RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW EARLIER THAN FORECAST...
AMOUNTS COULD BE HEAVIER...AND IF RAIN CHANGES TO SNOW LATER
THAN FORECAST...SNOW TOTALS COULD BE LIGHTER.
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT ONCE THE SNOW BEGINS.
HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED AND SOME BLOWING SNOW POSSIBLE. THE
COMBINATION OF SNOWFALL AND WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL REDUCE
VISIBILITIES TO A HALF MILE OR LESS AT TIMES.
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.
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ALL CURRENT ADVISORIES:
Hazardous Weather Outlook
Winter Storm Warning
Hazardous Weather Outlook
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 SATURDAY
RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY
MORNING...WITH SNOW CONTINUING THROUGHOUT SATURDAY. THE HEAVIEST
BAND OF SNOW WILL DEVELOP ROUGHLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR
IN CENTRAL TO EASTERN NEBRASKA...WHERE WIDESPREAD 6 TO 9 INCH SNOW
TOTALS ARE EXPECTED. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF AROUND A FOOT ARE
POSSIBLE WITHIN THAT BAND. THE HEAVY SNOW IS EXPECTED TO EXTEND
INTO WEST CENTRAL IOWA...WHERE 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. ON EITHER SIDE OF THE
BAND IN EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA...SNOW TOTALS OF 2 TO 4
INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...TAPERING TO AROUND AN INCH IN NORTHERN
NEBRASKA. NORTHEAST WINDS OF AROUND 15 TO 30 MPH MAY CONTRIBUTE TO
REDUCING VISIBILITIES AS WELL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER FORECAST INFORMATION FOR
UPDATES REGARDING THE WINTER STORM.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
SNOW WILL MOVE OUT OF THE AREA THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH SATURDAY...BUT
REPORTS OF SNOW AMOUNTS THROUGHOUT AND AT THE END OF THE STORM ARE
APPRECIATED.
