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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
335 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2004
...WINTER STORM WATCH EXPANDED NORTHWARD...
.A WINTER STORM APPROACHING THE FOUR CORNERS AREA WILL HEAD TOWARD
THE CENTRAL PLAINS WEDNESDAY. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BRING
HEAVY SNOWFALL TO PARTS OF NEBRASKA...KANSAS...IOWA...AND MISSOURI
THROUGH THURSDAY.
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ030>034-042>045-050>053-
065>068-078-088>093-040500-
BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CASS-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-DOUGLAS-FREMONT-GAGE-
HARRISON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MADISON-MILLS-MONONA-MONTGOMERY-
NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE-PAWNEE-PLATTE-POTTAWATTAMIE-RICHARDSON-SALINE-SARPY-
SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY-STANTON-WASHINGTON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ALBION...AUBURN...BEATRICE...BELLEVUE...
BLAIR...CLARINDA...COLUMBUS...COUNCIL BLUFFS...CRETE...DAVID
CITY...FAIRBURY...FALLS CITY...FREMONT...GLENWOOD...HARLAN...
LINCOLN...LOGAN...NEBRASKA CITY...NORFOLK...OMAHA...ONAWA...PAWNEE
CITY...RED OAK...SCHUYLER...SEWARD...SIDNEY...STANTON...TECUMSEH...
TEKAMAH...WAHOO...WEEPING WATER...WEST POINT
335 PM CST TUE FEB 3 2004
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS EXPANDED THE WINTER STORM
WATCH. THE WATCH NOW INCLUDES AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
PETERSBURG...TO NORFOLK...TO WISNER...AND MAPLETON IOWA. SNOWFALL OF
6 TO 8 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BY 6PM THURSDAY.
LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE WESTERN PLAINS TONIGHT...
BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVY AT TIMES AS IT SPREADS INTO
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA LATE WEDNESDAY. THE SNOW WILL
CONTINUE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...DECREASING TO FLURRIES
THURSDAY NIGHT.
SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. NORTHWEST WINDS ARE FORECAST AT 15 TO 30 MPH
LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THESE STRONGER WINDS COULD PRODUCE
SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING OF SNOW. COLD TEMPERATURES IN THE
TEENS...COMBINED WITH BRISK NORTHWEST WINDS FRIDAY...SHOULD RESULT
IN COLD WIND CHILLS VALUES FROM 5 TO 15 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.
REMEMBER...A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR A
HAZARDOUS WINTER WEATHER EVENT IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. THOSE
PLANNING TRAVEL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY SHOULD KEEP INFORMED OF
THE LATEST FORECASTS OF THIS POTENTIAL WINTER STORM.
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ZAPOTOCNY/DEWALD