727  
WWUS43 KGID 172154  
WSWGID  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
454 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2025  
 
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE LATE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY  
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...  
 
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-181230-  
/O.CON.KGID.WS.A.0004.250319T0600Z-250319T1900Z/  
PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE-  
SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-  
GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN-  
WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HOLLINGER, BLUE HILL, JEWELL, BOSTWICK,  
GRAND ISLAND, RED CLOUD, ELWOOD, SUTTON, SHERMAN RESERVOIR,  
GENEVA, KEARNEY, EXETER, INAVALE, POLK, CODELL, ARAPAHOE,  
ORLEANS, FRANKLIN, OSBORNE, GOTHENBURG, SMITH CENTER, SPALDING,  
SCOTIA, LITCHFIELD, WILLOW ISLAND, CAMPBELL, NELSON,  
PHILLIPSBURG, LOUP CITY, EDGAR, WOLBACH, FULLERTON, GENOA,  
HARVARD, FAIRFIELD, FAIRMONT, BEAVER CITY, DOWNS, HEBRON,  
PLAINVILLE, YORK, IONIA, DESHLER, CAMBRIDGE, BELOIT, HOLDREGE,  
STOCKTON, SUPERIOR, GREELEY, MANKATO, BURR OAK, HILDRETH, JOHNSON  
LAKE, MINDEN, ROSEMONT, OXFORD, OSCEOLA, KENSINGTON, HASTINGS,  
LEXINGTON, CENTRAL CITY, STROMSBURG, AURORA, ST. PAUL, CLAY  
CENTER, ALMA, COZAD, SHELBY, BLADEN, ORD, AND BELLAIRE  
454 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2025  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT  
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...  
 
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS  
MAINLY BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES. NORTH WINDS WILL GUST AT LEAST 50  
TO 60 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL, EAST  
CENTRAL, AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM LATE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4 MILE AT TIMES DUE TO  
FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AND MAY  
MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY LIFE-THREATENING. THE  
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING  
COMMUTE. VERY STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE TREE DAMAGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...DESPITE THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW, VERY  
STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING, WITH SIGNIFICANT  
SNOW DRIFTS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE WATCH AREA WEDNESDAY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE  
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 

 
 

 
 
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