...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING...
THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS
EVENING.
* SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY AND ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE SNOW WILL TAPER
OFF BY LATE AFTERNOON. STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED
TO RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES.
* NORTH WINDS WILL AVERAGE 10 TO 20 MPH TODAY AND MAY CAUSE AREAS
OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES.
* TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL...AND POOR VISIBILITIES IN SNOW AND
BLOWING SNOW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO IMPACT THE AREA THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT OUT OF THE ROCKIES TODAY...AND STRENGTHEN AS IT CROSSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OF THIS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL LEAD TO FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS AFTERNOON.
AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES IN THIS EVENING...THE PRECIPITATION WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN EAST OF A COLUMBUS TO HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG KANSAS LINE...ANDA MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET... AND SNOW TO THE WEST.
SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE WESTERN AREAS...HOWEVER ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND RESULTING SLICK SURFACES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WILL POSE THE BIGGER PROBLEM. THE PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING.
PHILLIPS-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PHILLIPSBURG...ORD...FULLERTON...LOUP CITY...ST. PAUL...CENTRAL CITY...LEXINGTON...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND...ELWOOD...HOLDREGE...MINDEN...HASTINGS...BEAVER CITY...ALMA...FRANKLIN
1206 PM CST TUE JAN 19 2010
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY...
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST WEDNESDAY.
* PERIODS OF LIGHT FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL OCCUR THIS
AFTERNOON...GRADUALLY BECOMING MORE STEADY AS THE AFTERNOON WEARS ON. THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL TURN TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW THIS EVENING...AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT BEFORE ENDING FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY MORNING.
* ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTHEAST OF A LEXINGTON NEBRASKA TO MANKATO KANSAS LINE...WITH LIGHTER ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH EXPECTED TO THE SOUTHWEST. THESE ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL ADD UP MAINLY THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING... ALTHOUGH THE FREEZING DRIZZLE WILL PRODUCE A LIGHT COATING OF ICE ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER OUTDOOR SURFACES INITIALLY. SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS AROUND AN INCH OR LESS ARE EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH SLIGHTLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM ORD TO LEXINGTON.
* LIGHT ICING FROM THE MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL LEAD TO SLICK
SURFACES INCLUDING ROADWAYS...WHICH WILL CAUSE SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS. ICE ACCUMULATIONS UP TO A COUPLE TENTHS OF AN INCH MAY ALSO COAT POWER LINES...TREES...AND OTHER ELEVATED SURFACES...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS LIKELY OCCURRING IN THE FULLERTON TO CENTRAL CITY AREA. WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY LIGHT THROUGH THE EVENT...MITIGATING ADDITIONAL STRESS ON TREES AND POWER LINES FROM BLOWING.
* ALTHOUGH VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE SOMEWHAT THIS AFTERNOON AS
THE DENSE MORNING FOG GIVES WAY TO FREEZING DRIZZLE... VISIBILITIES WILL STILL REMAIN REDUCED IN THE PRECIPITATION AND SOME LINGERING FOG.
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.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY
...WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO IMPACT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT OUT OF THE ROCKIES
TODAY...AND STRENGTHEN AS IT CROSSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OF
THIS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL LEAD TO FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING THE
DAY TODAY. AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES IN THIS EVENING...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING
RAIN EAST OF A COLUMBUS TO HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG
KANSAS LINE...AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TO THE
WEST. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
WESTERN AREAS...HOWEVER ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND RESULTING SLICK
SURFACES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WILL POSE THE BIGGER PROBLEM. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
THROUGH MIDDAY WEDNESDAY...
.AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL LIFT OUT OF THE ROCKIES
TODAY...AND STRENGTHEN AS IT CROSSES THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT
AND WEDNESDAY. INCREASING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND LIFT AHEAD OF
THIS UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL LEAD TO FREEZING DRIZZLE DURING THE
DAY TODAY. AS THE UPPER LEVEL ENERGY MOVES IN THIS EVENING...THE
PRECIPITATION WILL PICK UP IN INTENSITY AND TRANSITION TO FREEZING
RAIN EAST OF A COLUMBUS TO HASTINGS NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG
KANSAS LINE...AND A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW TO THE
WEST. SOME LIGHT SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE
WESTERN AREAS...HOWEVER ICE ACCUMULATIONS AND RESULTING SLICK
SURFACES ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA WILL POSE THE BIGGER PROBLEM. THE
PRECIPITATION WILL END FROM SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST WEDNESDAY
MORNING.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
SEVERE WEATHER ALERT
DONIPHAN-TRUMBLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS WILL BE CLOSED WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 2010 DUE TO HAZARDOUS WEATHER CONDITIONS.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY
THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STOUT NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL BLAST INTO THE
REGION ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND A POWERFUL COLD FRONT.
* THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND POWDERY SNOWFALL WILL CREATE
BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...DOWN TO LESS THAN
1/2 OF A MILE AT TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING
SNOW.
* MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ALONG WITH THE INCREASED NORTHWEST
WINDS...WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30
BELOW ZERO.
A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM WEDNESDAY TO 6 AM CST THURSDAY.
* LIGHT SNOW WILL BEGIN TONIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE ANTICIPATED BY
THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STOUT NORTHWEST WINDS OF
25 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH WILL BLAST INTO THE
REGION ON WEDNESDAY BEHIND A POWERFUL COLD FRONT.
* THE COMBINATION OF THE WINDS AND POWDERY SNOWFALL WILL CREATE
BLOWING SNOW WITH REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITIES...DOWN TO LESS THAN
1/2 OF A MILE AT TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...SOME ROADS MAY BECOME IMPASSABLE DUE TO DRIFTING
SNOW.
* MUCH COLDER AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO THE REGION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND ALONG WITH THE INCREASED NORTHWEST
WINDS...WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 TO 30
BELOW ZERO.
Friday, December 25, 2009
IMPORTANT UPDATE 6:20 AM DEC 23, 2009
BLIZZARD WARNING
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
616 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
* STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.
* WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.
* TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
616 AM CST FRI DEC 25 2009
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST SATURDAY...
* STRONG WINDS...BLOWING SNOW...AND PERIODS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT.
* SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS FOR TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES.
* WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH ARE LIKELY INTO TONIGHT. THIS WILL CREATE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS...WITH WHITE OUT SITUATIONS IN OPEN COUNTRY.
* TRAVEL CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS THROUGH TONIGHT AND TRAVEL SHOULD BE AVOIDED. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING SNOW AND NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.
A winter storm system will continue to make its presence known across the region today. Here are some of the details:
Strong northwest winds will lead to Blizzard conditions across parts of south central Nebraska through tonight. Sustained speeds of 25 to 40 mph will be common and gusts may exceed 50 mph at times. Blowing and drifting snow, along with white out conditions are likely, especially in open country. A Blizzard Warning is in effect through tonight for areas generally north of a line from Gothenburg to Hebron in south central Nebraska. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect south of that line.
* Snow has been spreading south across central Nebraska, and this area of snow is expected to expand in coverage today. This snow is wrapping around the backside of a very powerful low pressure system which will be shifting north into Iowa today and eventaully the Upper Mississippi River Valley through the weekend.
* Travel conditions will remain dangerous into tonight, and is not recommened in the area covered by the Blizzard Warning. Ice and snow covered roads should be anticipated with significant snow drifts also likely. The combination of snow and strong winds, will also create white out conditions with near zero visibility.
SEE IMAGES BELOW
Strong northwest winds will lead to Blizzard conditions across parts of south central Nebraska through tonight. Sustained speeds of 25 to 40 mph will be common and gusts may exceed 50 mph at times. Blowing and drifting snow, along with white out conditions are likely, especially in open country. A Blizzard Warning is in effect through tonight for areas generally north of a line from Gothenburg to Hebron in south central Nebraska. A Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect south of that line.
* Snow has been spreading south across central Nebraska, and this area of snow is expected to expand in coverage today. This snow is wrapping around the backside of a very powerful low pressure system which will be shifting north into Iowa today and eventaully the Upper Mississippi River Valley through the weekend.
* Travel conditions will remain dangerous into tonight, and is not recommened in the area covered by the Blizzard Warning. Ice and snow covered roads should be anticipated with significant snow drifts also likely. The combination of snow and strong winds, will also create white out conditions with near zero visibility.
SEE IMAGES BELOW
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