Ice Storm Warning


SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATION LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA...ALONG WITH SNOW IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...

.COLD TEMPERATURES NEAR THE GROUND COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY WARM
AND MOIST AIR ALOFT WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR
FREEZING RAIN OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL AFFECT ALL
AREAS AT SOME POINT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE
ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE.

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ015-032>034-042>045-050>053-
065>068-150445-
/O.UPG.KOAX.WS.A.0002.170115T1800Z-170117T0900Z/
/O.NEW.KOAX.IS.W.0001.170115T1800Z-170117T0900Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-THURSTON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-
BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY...

WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...

RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...

SHENANDOAH...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...STANTON...

WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...

COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...

ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...PAPILLION...LA VISTA...

SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRASKA CITY
237 PM CST SAT JAN 14 2017

...ICE STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
TUESDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED AN ICE
STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON SUNDAY TO 3 AM CST
TUESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* TIMING...LIGHT FREEZING RAIN...POSSIBLY MIXING WITH LIGHT
SLEET...MAY BEGIN BY AROUND MIDDAY AROUND THE INTERSTATE 80
CORRIDOR AND AREAS NORTH OF THERE IN THE AFTERNOON. FREEZING
RAIN WILL INCREASE IN INTENSITY ON SUNDAY EVENING...CONTINUING
THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. SOME AREAS MAY SEE A BRIEF CHANGE TO
RAIN ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME FROZEN AGAIN
BY SUNDAY EVENING...ENDING AS A DUSTING OF SLEET OR SNOW ON
SUNDAY NIGHT.

* ICE ACCUMULATIONS...ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A QUARTER INCH OR MORE
ARE POSSIBLE.

* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS...A TENTH TO A HALF INCH OF SLEET
AND SNOW ACCUMULATION IS POSSIBLE.

* IMPACT...HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE TRAVEL DUE TO ICY OR SNOW-
PACKED ROADS IS LIKELY. SIDEWALKS AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE VERY
SLIPPERY AS WELL. SOME DAMAGE TO TREE LIMBS AND POWER OUTAGES
ARE POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN ICE STORM WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE ACCUMULATIONS
WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. TRAVEL IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED. COMMERCE WILL LIKELY BE SEVERELY IMPACTED. IF YOU
MUST TRAVEL, KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT, FOOD, AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND WINDS WILL
LIKELY LEAD TO SNAPPED POWER LINES AND FALLING TREE BRANCHES THAT
ADD TO THE DANGER.

About katcountryhub
I am a graduate of Northeast Community College with a degree in journalism. I am married to Jeff Gilliland. We have two grown children, Justin and Whitney and four grandchildren, Grayce, Grayhm, Charli and Penelope. I will be covering Lyons, Decatur, Bancroft and Rosalie and am hoping to expand my horizons as time progresses!

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