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Winter Storm Watch
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1138 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007

....WINTER STORM POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY
EVENING...

..A STRONG UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM WILL START TO MOVE THROUGH THE
PLAINS ON FRIDAY NIGHT. AS THIS OCCURS...SURFACE LOW PRESSURE
WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY OVER THE WESTERN HIGH PLAINS. THIS AREA OF
LOW PRESSURE IS EXPECTED TO TRACK NORTHEAST THROUGH THE AREA ON
SATURDAY AND INTO THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY
NIGHT. VERY WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE PULLED NORTH INTO THE AREA
STARTING LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS IS LIKELY TO LEAD TO WIDESPREAD
PRECIPITATION DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA BY SATURDAY MORNING. THE
WARM MOIST AIR WILL BE LIFTED OVER THE COLD CANADIAN AIR AT THE
SURFACE. THIS WILL LEAD TO A VARIETY OF PRECIPITATION TYPES
ACROSS THE AREA.

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015018-030034-
042045-050053-065068-078-088093-301745-
/O.CON.KOAX.WS.A.0006.071201T0600Z-071202T0600Z/
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MISSOURI VALLEY...HARLAN...
COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...RED OAK...SIDNEY...CLARINDA...
BLOOMFIELD...HARTINGTON...PENDER...NELIGH...PIERCE ...WAYNE...
ALBION...NORFOLK...STANTON...WEST POINT...TEKAMAH...COLUMBUS...
SCHUYLER...FREMONT...BLAIR...DAVID CITY...WAHOO...OMAHA...
BELLEVUE...SEWARD...LINCOLN...PLATTSMOUTH...NEBRAS KA CITY...
CRETE...FAIRBURY...BEATRICE...TECUMSEH...AUBURN... PAWNEE CITY...
FALLS CITY
1138 PM CST THU NOV 29 2007

....WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING.

SNOW...SLEET AND FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA LATE FRIDAY NIGHT. THE PRECIPITATION
IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY AND CHANGE TO
MAINLY FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON
SATURDAY. AS WARMER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION FROM THE
SOUTH...SURFACE TEMPERATURES OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF
SOUTHWEST IOWA ARE LIKELY TO CLIMB ABOVE FREEZING TURNING THE
PRECIPITATION OVER TO JUST RAIN BY AFTERNOON.

AREAS FARTHER NORTH...PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA...PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN A MIX OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. THIS MAY LEAD TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS OF SNOW OR
FREEZING RAIN BY SATURDAY EVENING.

THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY IN BOTH THE TRACK OF THE STORM SYSTEM...
AS WELL AS HOW MUCH WARM AIR WILL BE ABLE TO MOVE NORTH INTO
EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. THIS WILL HAVE A LARGE
IMPACT IN WHAT AREAS SEE THE HEAVIEST SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATION.

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS.

$$

CHERMOK





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