Winter Weather Advisory

WINTER STORM IMPACTING NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND WEST CENTRAL
IOWA...

.A STRONG SPRING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE PLAINS
TODAY WILL BRING WIDESPREAD SNOWS AND STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF
WESTERN AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AS WELL AS SOUTH DAKOTA...EXTENDING
EAST THROUGH NORTHERN IOWA AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SNOWFALL IS
EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST FROM WESTERN NEBRASKA ACROSS THE SOUTH
DAKOTA AND NEBRASKA BORDER AND ON INTO NORTHERN IOWA. STRONG NORTH
WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO AFFECT MUCH
OF THE REGION.

IAZ043-NEZ015-018-030>034-042-240100-
/O.CON.KOAX.WW.Y.0007.160324T0000Z-160324T0900Z/
MONONA-THURSTON-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...PENDER...MACY...

WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WAYNE...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...

STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...

DECATUR...COLUMBUS
1159 AM CDT WED MAR 23 2016

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM THIS
EVENING TO 4 AM CDT THURSDAY...

* TIMING...RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON IS FORECAST TO MIX WITH SLEET
AND SNOW BY LATE AFTERNOON...THEN CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS
EVENING. A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW IS POSSIBLE DURING THE EVENING
AS WELL. THEN THE SNOW WILL BEGIN TO TAPER A BIT BY MIDNIGHT
BEFORE ENDING BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.

* SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES OF SNOW ARE POSSIBLE.

* MAIN IMPACT...SOME TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES DUE TO THE WET
SNOW AND STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. TRAVEL IS ALSO
EXPECTED TO BECOME HAZARDOUS AS ROADWAYS BECOME SLUSHY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND STRONG
WINDS WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY
ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES.