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WSWGID
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1237 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2025
...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT...
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-191200-
/O.CON.KGID.BZ.W.0002.250319T0600Z-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 GOTHENBURG, EXETER, DOWNS, BLUE HILL,
NELSON, PLAINVILLE, RED CLOUD, JEWELL, HEBRON, SUTTON,
PHILLIPSBURG, AURORA, GREELEY, STOCKTON, HILDRETH, HASTINGS,
SCOTIA, BURR OAK, OSBORNE, IONIA, SHELBY, ARAPAHOE, ALMA, BLADEN,
HARVARD, LOUP CITY, OXFORD, LEXINGTON, HOLLINGER, ORLEANS, CLAY
CENTER, GRAND ISLAND, SPALDING, SMITH CENTER, YORK, COZAD,
SUPERIOR, WOLBACH, FULLERTON, KEARNEY, POLK, EDGAR, GENOA,
JOHNSON LAKE, CAMBRIDGE, STROMSBURG, CENTRAL CITY, SHERMAN
RESERVOIR, MINDEN, FAIRFIELD, OSCEOLA, DESHLER, WILLOW ISLAND,
LITCHFIELD, FRANKLIN, KENSINGTON, CAMPBELL, CODELL, ST. PAUL,
GENEVA, FAIRMONT, ORD, ROSEMONT, ELWOOD, MANKATO, BELOIT,
BOSTWICK, BEAVER CITY, BELLAIRE, INAVALE, AND HOLDREGE
1237 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2025
...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM CDT
WEDNESDAY...
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS EXPECTED. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
BETWEEN 2 AND 6 INCHES, WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
WINDS GUSTING AS HIGH AS 65 MPH.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS AND CENTRAL, EAST
CENTRAL, AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
* WHEN...FROM 1 AM TO 2 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* IMPACTS...ROADS, AND ESPECIALLY BRIDGES AND OVERPASSES, WILL
LIKELY BECOME SLICK AND HAZARDOUS. VISIBILITIES MAY DROP BELOW 1/4
MILE DUE TO FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS AND WEIGHT
OF SNOW ON TREE LIMBS MAY DOWN POWER LINES AND COULD CAUSE
SPORADIC POWER OUTAGES. PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE
HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY IMPACT THE WEDNESDAY MORNING
COMMUTE. VERY STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...DESPITE THE WET NATURE OF THE SNOW, VERY
STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AT LEAST SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW,
WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOW DRIFTS POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF THE LOCAL
AREA WEDNESDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TRAVEL SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCIES ONLY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL,
HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED, STAY WITH
YOUR VEHICLE. THE LATEST ROAD CONDITIONS FOR THE STATE YOU ARE
CALLING FROM CAN BE OBTAINED BY CALLING 5 1 1.
A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS
ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS, MAKING TRAVEL
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, HAVE A
WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED, STAY IN YOUR
VEHICLE.
ROSSI
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