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WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT

katrina

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Winter Storm Warning


/O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0007.061230T0000Z- 061231T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W. 0004.061230T0000Z-061231T1200Z/ /O.CON. KLBF.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z- 061230T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-HOOKER- THOMAS-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-PERKINS- LINCOLN- CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE... MULLEN...THEDFORD...TRYON... STAPLETON...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE... IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER... CURTIS... EUSTIS 435 AM CST FRI DEC 29 2006 /335 AM MST FRI DEC 29 2006/
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY... ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING TO 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON.

FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR A MAJOR WINTER STORM SHOULD BE COMPLETED THIS MORNING AS WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CRIPPLE A LARGE PARTS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS WEEKEND. THIS MEANS MANY ROADS COULD BE CLOSED AND THE POTENTIAL FOR POWER OUTAGES IS HIGH.

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING. ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN 1/4 INCH AND SNOWFALL OF LESS THEN 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THIS MORNING. SIGNIFICANT TRAVEL PROBLEMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED THIS MORNING.

PERIODS OF SLEET...SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE SATURDAY. THE ICE AND SNOW WILL BE VERY HEAVY AND WET MAKING TRAVEL DIFFICULT FOR ORDINARY VEHICLES ON SATURDAY.

BY SATURDAY NIGHT...MANY RURAL ROADS COULD BE IMPASSABLE. WHILE SECONDARY ROADS MAY BE PASSABLE EARLY ON...WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL INTO THE LOWER 20S. SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE. SOME AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 WILL BE COLD ENOUGH FOR THE PRECIPITATION TO FALL MAINLY AS SNOW SATURDAY NIGHT. SIGNIFICANT BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY DANGEROUS.

THE STORM WILL EXIT THE REGION SUNDAY. A STORM OF THIS MAGNITUDE CAN LAST FOR MANY HOURS AND THE WINTER STORM WARNING MAY HAVE TO BE EXTENDED INTO SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS CONDITIONS WARRANT.

A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET... AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.

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
 

katrina

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Got em on Haymaker......
And the generator full of gas....Protection dozed for the calves and a bale wind protection for the bulls.. My only worry is that we have a son wrestling in Rochestor at the clash and how he will ever get home is beyond me.... Guess will just have to wait and see..... :???:
 

Jassy

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Gee thanks Katrina...just what I needed to read...there goes my New Years Eve Hottub and Cold Duck party for 2! lol
 

Gulchrider

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Yeah, but now I'm lookin' at 4-9 inches of snow by tomorrow night. I bet I get to spend New Year's Eve truckin' snow out for The City.
Gulchy
 

Jassy

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Ya Katrina..so far so good...got a few flurrys this morning but thats all. I hope it stays away from us this go around...still have plenty of snow left from last week! So hottub party is a GO!
 

Gulchrider

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Well, guess we got 8" of snow. Got my stuff cleared out, mostly. I've got the parking lot of our church left to do, I'll get that tomorrow morning. Tomorrow at midnight I'll be in my dumptruck helping haul snow off city streets. Happy New Year!
Gulchy
 
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