Winter Storm Watch
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Winter Storm Watch
January 9, 2018 Leave a comment
Snow and blowing snow likely from Wednesday evening through Thursday morning…
.Rain will change to snow on Wednesday evening through Wednesday night, with accumulating snow expected through Thursday morning. Strong northwest winds will create blowing and drifting snow, with reduced visibilities. The winds will combine with plunging temperatures to cause wind chills to drop to the teens below zero. Additionally, the plunging temperatures may cause wet surfaces to freeze quickly, leaving a layer of ice beneath the snow.
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…
* WHAT…Snow and blowing snow likely. Plan on difficult travel conditions, including during the morning commute on Thursday. Tree branches could fall, as well. Total snow accumulations of 3 to 5 inches, with isolated higher amounts, are possible.
* WHERE…Portions of east central, northeast and southeast Nebraska and west central Iowa.
* WHEN…From Wednesday evening through Thursday morning.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Significant reductions in visibility are possible. Cold wind chills as low as 15 below zero will cause frostbite in as little as 30 minutes to exposed skin. Rapidly falling temperatures on Wednesday night may cause wet surfaces to freeze quickly, leaving a layer of ice beneath the snow.
A Winter Storm Watch means there is potential for significant snow, sleet, or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.
Winter Storm Watch
February 22, 2017 Leave a comment
Winter Storm Watch in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening... The National Weather Service in Omaha/valley has issued a Winter Storm Watch, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening. * Timing... rain, or a rain and snow mix on Thursday night will become all snow Friday. Snow is then expected through the day on Friday, ending on Friday evening. * Snow accumulations... snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches are possible from this storm system. * Winds... north winds of 10 to 20 mph on Thursday night are expected to become northwest 15 to 30 mph on Friday with gusts over 35 mph. This has the potentially to create blowing and drifting of the new snow. * Impacts... the combination of snowfall and winds will create difficult travel from Thursday night into Friday night due to snow packed roadways and low visibility. Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Winter Storm Watch means there is a potential for significant snow, sleet, or ice accumulations that may impact travel. Continue to monitor the latest forecasts.
Winter Storm Watch
January 12, 2017 Leave a comment
MAJOR WINTER STORM POSSIBLE SUNDAY AND MONDAY... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL EMERGE INTO THE PLAINS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH RELATIVELY WARM AND MOIST AIR ALOFT RIDING OVER THE COLDER SURFACE AIR WILL SET THE STAGE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FREEZING RAIN OVER A GOOD PART OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. HOWEVER A COMBINATION OF FREEZING RAIN...SNOW AND SLEET WILL LIKELY AFFECT ALL AREAS AT SOME POINT SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD... RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA... SHENANDOAH...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...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT... BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...ASHLAND...YUTAN...OMAHA...BELLEVUE... PAPILLION...LA VISTA...SEWARD...MILFORD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH... NEBRASKA CITY 400 PM CST THU JAN 12 2017 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT. * TIMING...FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD MOST OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA ON SUNDAY...AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY. THE FREEZING RAIN COULD MIX WITH OR CHANGE TO SLEET AND SNOW SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS WELL. FREEZING RAIN IS MORE LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80...WHILE MORE OF A MIX IS EXPECTED NORTH AND NORTHWEST OF THE INTERSTATE. TOTAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA TO A QUARTER INCH OR MORE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS COULD REACH OVER 4 INCHES IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WHILE REMAINING CLOSER TO AN INCH OR SO NEAR THE INTERSTATE. * MAIN IMPACT...HAZARDOUS 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... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW, SLEET, OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Winter Storm Watch
January 30, 2016 Leave a comment
POWERFUL WINTER STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... .AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE AT THE SURFACE IS EXPECTED TO ORGANIZE OVER THE OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE BY MONDAY EVENING. THIS WILL THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS KANSAS AND TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO THE NORTH OF THE TRACK OF THE SYSTEM. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE TUESDAY...WITH BLOWING SNOW AND LOW VISIBILITY. WHITE OUT OR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP. MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-THURSTON-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT- PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY... WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL... WINNEBAGO...ALBION...ST. EDWARD...NORFOLK...STANTON... WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR... COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR 320 PM CST SAT JAN 30 2016 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD START TO ACCUMULATE BY LATE MONDAY EVENING AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. SNOW WILL TAPER OFF TUESDAY EVENING...THEN WINDS WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH BY LATE TUESDAY NIGHT. * MAIN IMPACT...POTENTIAL FOR SNOW AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES OR MORE. * OTHER IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS...WITH GUSTS OF AROUND 40 MPH OR HIGHER. THIS WILL LEAD TO BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Winter Storm Watch for Tomorrow
December 27, 2015 Leave a comment
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE- BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON- 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...COLUMBUS...SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR 426 AM CST SUN DEC 27 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE MONDAY NIGHT... * TIMING...SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTH INTO THE AREA MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO MONDAY NIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOWFALL ARE POSSIBLE LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY AFTERNOON. * ACCUMULATIONS...HIGH POTENTIAL FOR 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW MAY BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Winter Storm Watch
November 28, 2015 Leave a comment
A MIX OF PRECIPITATION OVER EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA THE NEXT FEW DAYS... .UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL BE THE RULE THE NEXT FEW DAYS FOR EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT... ESPECIALLY FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THIS MAY CAUSE TRAVEL PROBLEMS WITH ICY ROADS. PRECIPITATION WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY BY SUNDAY NIGHT...WITH A MIX OF RAIN...FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW. THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO SEE SNOW ACCUMULATIONS IS ACROSS NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND AMOUNTS COULD BE SIGNIFICANT. THE AREA FROM AROUND SEWARD AND LINCOLN TOWARD OMAHA...COUNCIL BLUFFS AND HARLAN IOWA WILL BE WHERE MIXED PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED. THIS AREA COULD SEE ICING AND/OR SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW. THURSTON-CUMING-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO... WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR... SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR 259 PM CST SAT NOV 28 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP AND INCREASE IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT. SNOW WILL LIKELY CONTINUE MONDAY AND INTO MONDAY NIGHT. SOME SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN MAY OCCUR MONDAY. * MAIN IMPACT...POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW...POSSIBLY OVER 6 INCHES. THERE IS ALSO POTENTIAL FOR ICING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
Winter Storm Watch
November 19, 2015 Leave a comment
.WINTER WEATHER HEADING TOWARD THE REGION... .A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FRIDAY. THIS WILL SPREAD SNOW INTO THE AREA FOR FRIDAY AND THAT WILL CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. THE HIGHEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM AROUND NELIGH TO TEKAMAH AND THEN TO HARLAN IOWA. GUSTY NORTH WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. THE WINDS SHOULD CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT. HARRISON-SHELBY-KNOX-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-STANTON-CUMING-BURT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MISSOURI VALLEY...WOODBINE...LOGAN... DUNLAP...HARLAN...CREIGHTON...BLOOMFIELD...CROFTON...WAUSA... VERDIGRE...NIOBRARA...NELIGH...ELGIN...PIERCE...PLAINVIEW... OSMOND...STANTON...WEST POINT...WISNER...TEKAMAH...OAKLAND... LYONS...DECATUR 405 AM CST THU NOV 19 2015 ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN FALLING MID TO LATE MORNING FRIDAY AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY EVENING. SNOW SHOULD DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY NIGHT. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO SATURDAY MORNING. * ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 6 INCHES. LOCALLY HEAVIER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. * MAIN IMPACT...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES AS GUSTY NORTH WINDS CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TRAVEL MAY BE IMPACTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.
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