Winter Weather Advisory URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 400 AM CST SAT JAN 3 2015 ...AN ARCTIC BLAST IS ON THE WAY TODAY INTO SUNDAY... .A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL TRACK ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY. IN ADDITION TO BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT...STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS...COMBINED WITH LIGHT SNOW WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW ALONG WITH DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS. EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP- GARFIELD-WHEELER-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN- CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON CST /11 AM MST/ TODAY TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MORNING ENDING EARLY THIS EVENING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILL READINGS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY EVENING AND CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UNDER AN INCH IN PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...UP TO 2 INCHES OVER FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. * WIND...NORTH AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DIMINISHING SATURDAY NIGHT. * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT SATURDAY. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO 1 MILE OR LESS...WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO A QUARTER MILE IN OPEN AREAS. WIND CHILL READINGS OF 20 BELOW TO 29 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. 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. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND WILL COMBINE TO CREATE BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS. THIS WILL RESULT IN FROST BITE AND LEAD TO HYPOTHERMIA IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN. IF YOU MUST VENTURE OUTDOORS...MAKE SURE TO PROTECT EXPOSED SKIN AND WEAR LAYERED CLOTHING. PETS AND OTHER DOMESTIC ANIMALS CAN SUFFER FROM FROSTBITE AND HYPOTHERMIA AS WELL. BE SURE TO PROVIDE SHELTER FOR THEM.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:30:00 +0000
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