OMA Upgrades to Warning

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
950 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2004

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UPGRADED TO WINTER STORM WARNING SUNDAY...

.STRONG LOW PRESSURE OVER THE TEXAS PANHANDLE WILL TRACK ACROSS
OKLAHOMA SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. GULF MOISTURE AND RELATIVELY WARM
AIR WILL OVERRIDE A WARM FRONT LAYING ACROSS NORTHERN PARTS OF
OKLAHOMA. A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION INCLUDING FREEZING
RAIN...FREEZING DRIZZLE AND SLEET IS PREDICTED TO DEVELOP NORTH OF
THE FRONT ACROSS PARTS OF MISSOURI...KANSAS INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA
AND IOWA...WITH SNOW FARTHER NORTH. A SECOND WEATHER DISTURBANCE
TRACKING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WILL PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
SNOWFALL AND EXTEND THE SNOW INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST
WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO
MONDAY...PRODUCING CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW.

IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ043>045-050>053-065>068-078-
088>093-251100-
BUTLER-CASS-COLFAX-DODGE-DOUGLAS-FREMONT-GAGE-HARRISON-JEFFERSON-
JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE-PAWNEE-
POTTAWATTAMIE-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY-
WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AUBURN...BEATRICE...BELLEVUE...BLAIR...
CLARINDA...COUNCIL BLUFFS...CRETE...DAVID CITY...FAIRBURY...FALLS
CITY...FREMONT...GLENWOOD...HARLAN...LINCOLN...LOGAN...NEBRASKA
CITY...OMAHA...PAWNEE CITY...RED OAK...SCHUYLER...SEWARD...
SIDNEY...TECUMSEH...WAHOO...WEEPING WATER
950 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...
...THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA NEBRASKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING TO REPLACE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY ISSUED. OVERNIGHT...A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING
PRECIPITATION...SLEET...AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD NORTH. THE
FREEZING PRECIPITATION IS MORE LIKELY SOUTH OF LINCOLN TO
NEBRASKA CITY...TO CLARINDA IOWA...WITH SNOW FARTHER NORTH. THE
PRECIPITATION SHOULD CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. TOTAL
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES BY MONDAY
MORNING.

MONDAY MORNING...STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COLD TEMPERATURES...
COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE NEAR ZERO WIND CHILLS.

REMEMBER...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.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

$$

IAZ043-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042-251100-
ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-CEDAR-CUMING-KNOX-MADISON-MONONA-PIERCE-PLATTE-
STANTON-THURSTON-WAYNE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...CENTER...COLUMBUS...
HARTINGTON...NELIGH...NORFOLK...ONAWA...PIERCE...STANTON...
TEKAMAH...THURSTON...WAYNE...WEST POINT
950 PM CST SAT JAN 24 2004

...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA NEBRASKA HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING. BY SUNDAY MORNING...LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP. THE
SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET. DURING THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...THE SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES. TOTAL SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD RANGE FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES BY MONDAY MORNING.

MONDAY MORNING...STRENGTHENING NORTHWEST WINDS WILL RESULT IN
CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. COLD TEMPERATURES...
COMBINED WITH THE STRONG WINDS WILL PRODUCE SUB ZERO WIND CHILLS.

REMEMBER...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.

IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN
YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE YOU BECOME STRANDED.

$$

ZAPOTOCNY/LANDSVORK/NIETFELD

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