Sunday, February 20, 2011

2-20-2011 Ice storm 17:00 update Sioux City

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Winter Storm Warning
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PUSHING INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY
ON MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY
LATER IN THE EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY SNOW.

MNZ080-081-089-090-210530-
/O.CON.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SLAYTON...FULDA...WINDOM...
MOUNTAIN LAKE...WORTHINGTON...JACKSON...LAKEFIELD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH THE HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS NORTH OF HIGHWAY
30. LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SWITCH
TO THE NORTH TONIGHT. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD PRODUCE LOCALIZED
BLOWING SNOW...MAINLY IN OPEN AREAS...WITH OCCASIONAL VISIBILITIES
BELOW A MILE. IN ADDITION... POWER LINE AND TREE STRESS MAY OCCUR
IN AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE BEEN SEEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

&&

$$
JM/JH
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...VERY HEAVY SNOW AND INCREASING WINDS TO IMPACT THE AREA...

.AS MUCH AS 5 TO 8 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATED IN JUST A FEW SHORT
HOURS THIS MORNING IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN AREAS SUCH AS
ALBERT LEA...OWATONA...MANKATO...NEW ULM...AND ST. JAMES. HEAVY
SNOW IS SPREADING NORTH AND EXPANDING INTO THE EAU CLAIRE
AREA...THE TWIN CITIES METRO AND AREAS FROM HUTCHINSON TO WILLMAR
TO MONTEVIDEO.

A BLIZZARD WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON MONDAY FOR AREAS WEST
OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR...TO NEW ULM IN MINNESOTA.

WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE
SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS
WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL NOON MONDAY. SNOW WILL
CONTINUE TO EXPAND NORTH THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. BY EVENING MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD SEE
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 INCHES OR MORE. SNOW WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT
AND INTO MONDAY AND WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES ESPECIALLY ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WILL SEE SOME SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN MIXED WITH THE SNOW THIS
AFTERNOON.

NORTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON AND REMAIN GUSTY
INTO MONDAY WHICH WILL CAUSE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS ACROSS MUCH OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THEN TOWARD MANKATO AND NEW ULM. BLOWING
SNOW WILL ALSO BE A PROBLEM ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA
CONTRIBUTING TO LOW VISIBILITY.

THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE IN THE 10 TO 15 INCH
RANGE...FROM WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AROUND MONTEVIDEO...TOWARD
THE TWIN CITIES...TO NEAR EAU CLAIRE. AREAS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...NORTH OF A LINE FROM MORRIS TO ST
CLOUD...TO LADYSMITH CAN EXPECT 6 TO 10 INCHES. 6 TO 10 INCH SNOW
TOTALS WILL ALSO BE COMMON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THIS BLAST OF WINTRY WEATHER IS DUE TO A STRONG LOW PRESSURE AREA
MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA TO DES MOINES THIS EVENING AND
THEN INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS TONIGHT.

MNZ076-082>085-091>093-210230-
/O.CON.KMPX.WS.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110221T1800Z/
LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
FREEBORN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LE SUEUR...ST. JAMES...MANKATO...
WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA
1221 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY...

A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST MONDAY.

* TIMING...SNOW MIXED WITH SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN TODAY WITH
PERIODS OF SNOW INTO MONDAY. INCREASING NORTHEAST WINDS WILL
CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING.

* MAIN IMPACT...ICE ACCUMULATIONS AROUND TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH
SOUTH OF MANKATO AND WASECA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10
INCHES.

* OTHER IMPACTS...WINTER WEATHER COULD MAKE FOR DIFFICULT TRAVEL.
BLUSTERY WINDS COULD CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW
INTO MONDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE AND SNOW ARE
FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN
EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.

&&

$$
BAP
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Silver Spring, MD 20910
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Winter Weather Advisory
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PUSHING INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY
ON MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY
LATER IN THE EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY SNOW.

SDZ050-063-064-210530-
/O.CAN.KFSD.BZ.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0031.110220T2125Z-110221T1200Z/
GREGORY-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GREGORY...BURKE...WAGNER...PLATTE...
LAKE ANDES...MARTY...ARMOUR...CORSICA...DELMONT
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY...
...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL 6 AM CST MONDAY. THE BLIZZARD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.



* TIMING...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH
THE EVENING...AND REMAIN STRONG THROUGH THE NIGHT.

* ACCUMULATIONS...WHILE LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
TONIGHT...ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION WILL BE LESS THAN HALF AN
INCH.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL AVERAGE 20 TO 30
MPH WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 30 AND 40 MPH. THESE WINDS WILL PRODUCE
BLOWING SNOW WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN
AREAS.

* WIND CHILL VALUES...WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 15 BELOW
WILL BE LIKELY TONIGHT ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES RIVER.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES
WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE
CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PUSHING INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY
ON MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY
LATER IN THE EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY SNOW.

IAZ001-MNZ098-SDZ061-062-065>067-210530-
/O.CAN.KFSD.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0031.110220T2125Z-110221T0600Z/
LYON-ROCK-MCCOOK-MINNEHAHA-HUTCHINSON-TURNER-LINCOLN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ROCK RAPIDS...GEORGE...INWOOD...
LARCHWOOD...LUVERNE...SALEM...CANISTOTA...BRIDGEWATER...
MONTROSE...SIOUX FALLS...PARKSTON...FREEMAN...MENNO...TRIPP...
PARKER...CENTERVILLE...MARION...VIBORG...HURLEY...CHANCELLOR...
CANTON...LENNOX...TEA...HARRISBURG
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* TIMING...A MIX OF FREEZING DRIZZLE...SLEET AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO
SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...LITTLE IF ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS THIS EVENING WILL BE AROUND AN INCH OR
LESS.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THIS
EVENING. THESE WINDS MAY CAUSE SOME STRESS ON ICE-LADEN POWER LINES
AND TREES IN THOSE AREAS WHERE SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCUMULATIONS HAVE
BEEN SEEN.

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.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWESTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST
LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...PUSHING INTO ILLINOIS BY EARLY
ON MONDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION
INTO EARLY THIS EVENING...BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY
LATER IN THE EVENING. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED...WITH ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATION OF 1 TO 3 INCHES
POSSIBLE NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN
ADDITION...NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 30 TO 40 MPH WILL CAUSE
BLIZZARD CONDITIONS IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY SNOW.

IAZ002-003-210530-
/O.CAN.KFSD.IS.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110221T0600Z/
/O.NEW.KFSD.WW.Y.0031.110220T2125Z-110221T0600Z/
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SIBLEY...SPIRIT LAKE...MILFORD...
ARNOLDS PARK
325 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...
...ICE STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR MIXED PRECIPITATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT. THE ICE STORM WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.

* TIMING...AREAS OF LIGHT FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WILL CHANGE TO LIGHT
SNOW BY THIS EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL ICE ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LIGHT...
WITH LESS THAN AN INCH OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED THIS EVENING.

* WIND AND VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WILL SWITCH
AROUND TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING. THE WINDS COULD CAUSE SOME STRESS
ON ICE-LADEN POWER LINES AND TREES.

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.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
335 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER STORM CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THE EVENING...

.THE STORM SYSTEM THAT HAS BROUGHT HEAVY SNOW TO MUCH OF THE AREA
WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTH DAKOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING AND EXIT
THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SNOW HAS GENERALLY ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEASTERN WYOMING AND FAR SOUTHWESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. HOWEVER...
SNOWFALL WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING ACROSS NORTHWESTERN AND
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...WITH ADDITIONAL LIGHT ACCUMULATIONS
EXPECTED. GUSTY NORTH WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE AREAS OF
BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ACROSS MUCH OF THE WESTERN AND SOUTH
CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA PLAINS...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF THE
BLACK HILLS. WINDS AND SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THESE AREAS
LATE THIS EVENING.

SNOWFALL TOTALS ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON HAVE
GENERALLY RANGED FROM 4 TO 8 INCHES. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP
TO A FOOT OR MORE HAVE FALLEN FROM NORTHWEST SOUTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEASTWARD INTO SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA.

THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA ARE AVAILABLE BY
CALLING 511...OR 1-866-697-3511. IN WYOMING...CALL 511...OR 1-888-
996-7623.

SDZ012-025-026-031-043-046-047-049-072-073-210600-
/O.CON.KUNR.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T0600Z/
BUTTE-NORTHERN FOOT HILLS-RAPID CITY-PENNINGTON CO PLAINS-JACKSON-
MELLETTE-TODD-TRIPP-STURGIS/PIEDMONT FOOT HILLS-
SOUTHERN MEADE CO PLAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELLE FOURCHE...SPEARFISH...
RAPID CITY...WALL...KADOKA...WHITE RIVER...MISSION...WINNER...
STURGIS...UNION CENTER
335 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011 /435 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011/

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ THIS EVENING...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MST
/MIDNIGHT CST/ THIS EVENING.

* SNOW WILL TAPER OFF ACROSS THE AREA BY EARLY THIS EVENING WITH
ANY ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY AN INCH OR LESS.

* NORTH WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS WILL
PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILLS OF 10 BELOW TO 25
BELOW ZERO. WINDS WILL DIMINISH OVERNIGHT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS REDUCED
VISIBILITY WILL CREATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. USE CAUTION WHEN
OUTDOORS OR TRAVELING.

&&

$$
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
350 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

.LOW PRESSURE BETWEEN OMAHA AND DES MOINES WILL CONTINUE TRACKING
ACROSS IOWA THIS EVENING...REACHING WESTERN ILLINOIS BY MIDNIGHT.
NORTH OF ITS PATH SCATTERED LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND SOME LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN WILL GRADUALLY TRANSITION TO INTERMITTENT FREEZING
DRIZZLE.

IAZ004>007-015>017-210200-
/O.CON.KDMX.WW.Y.0008.000000T0000Z-110221T1200Z/
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...FOREST CITY...
NORTHWOOD...EMMETSBURG...GARNER...MASON CITY
350 PM CST SUN FEB 20 2011

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST
MONDAY.

* SHORT TERM TRENDS...SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS...WHICH MAY BE
FREEZING AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE ADVISORY AREA
THIS EVENING. LATER TONIGHT THE SHOWERS WILL TRANSITION TO
INTERMITTENT FREEZING DRIZZLE WHICH MAY LAST THROUGH THE
NIGHTTIME HOURS.

* STORM TOTAL ICE/SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ANY ADDITIONAL ICING
TONIGHT WOULD BE MINOR...NO MORE THAN A FEW HUNDREDS OF AN INCH.

* IMPACTS...ROADS WERE PARTIALLY COVERED IN SNOW AND ICE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEY WILL REMAIN SLICK AND ICY IN SPOTS THROUGH
DAYBREAK MONDAY DUE TO ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LIGHT
FREEZING RAIN OR FREEZING DRIZZLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW...SLEET...OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. IN THIS INSTANCE...
LIGHT FREEZING RAIN AND FREEZING DRIZZLE ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.
BE PREPARED FOR SLIPPERY ROADS...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING.

&&

$$

SMALL
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
NOAA National Weather Service
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
E-mail: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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Flood Advisory
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
555 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011

NEC039-210000-
/O.NEW.KOAX.FA.Y.0008.110219T2355Z-110221T0000Z/
/00000.N.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CUMING NE-
555 PM CST SAT FEB 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD ADVISORY FOR ICE JAM FLOODING IN...
CENTRAL CUMING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEBRASKA

* UNTIL 600 PM CST SUNDAY

* AT 545 PM CST...LOCAL OFFICIALS REPORTED TWO ICE JAMS ALONG THE
ELKHORN RIVER. THE FIRST ICE JAM WAS LOCATED JUST UPSTREAM FROM
THE TOWN OF WISNER. THE SECOND ICE JAM WAS LOCATED JUST
DOWNSTREAM FROM WEST POINT. AREAL PHOTOGRAPHY OF THESE ICE JAMS
INDICATE LOW LAND AGRICULTURAL FLOODING WAS UNDERWAY. CONTINUED
ICE JAMMING AND OVERNIGHT RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO CONTINUED MINOR
FLOODING IN THESE AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO
CROSS SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4192 9674 4185 9669 4174 9670 4174 9676
4183 9676 4189 9682 4198 9702 4203 9702

$$

BOUSTEAD
U.S. Dept. of Commerce
NOAA National Weather Service
1325 East West Highway
Silver Spring, MD 20910
E-mail: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
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