URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1104 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ015-018-032>034-042>045-
050>053-065>068-078-088>093-270300-
BURT-BUTLER-CASS-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-
HARRISON IA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS IA-MONONA IA-
MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-
RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY IA-STANTON-THURSTON-
WASHINGTON-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BEATRICE...BELLEVUE...BLAIR...
CLARINDA...COLUMBUS...COUNCIL BLUFFS...CRETE...FAIRBURY...
FALLS CITY...FREMONT...HARLAN...LINCOLN...NEBRASKA CITY...OMAHA...
ONAWA...RED OAK...SEWARD...SIDNEY...TEKAMAH...WAYNE
1104 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THIS AFTERNOON OVER PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA HAS UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM
WARNING...WHICH WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING. THIS
UPGRADE WAS PROMPTED DUE TO GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH
CONTINUING THROUGH THIS EVENING...CREATING AREAS OF BLOWING AND
DRIFTING SNOW WITH VISIBILITIES BEING REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF
MILE IN SOME LOCATIONS. ALSO...DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 15 BELOW TO
25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON ACROSS THE AREA.

TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THIS EVENING SHOULD BE IN THE 7 TO 12
INCH RANGE.

THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE
IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

$$

NEZ011-012-016-017-030-031-270300-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-CEDAR-KNOX-MADISON-PIERCE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...HARTINGTON...NELIGH...NORFOLK
1104 AM CST MON JAN 26 2004

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
NORTHEAST NEBRASKA THROUGH THIS EVENING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
TAPER OFF GRADUALLY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND SHOULD END BY
EARLY EVENING. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE
FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES. GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WILL PERSIST
THROUGH THIS EVENING...CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES. ALSO...
DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS FROM 15 BELOW TO 25 BELOW ZERO WILL BE COMMON
ACROSS THE AREA.

IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY...DRIVE WITH EXTREME CAUTION. REDUCE DRIVING
SPEEDS...LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM BETWEEN VEHICLES...AND ALLOW EXTRA
TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION. CHECK THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS BY
DIALING 511 FROM ANY PHONE ACROSS NEBRASKA OR IOWA. CONTINUE TO
MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR
ADDITIONAL DETAILS.