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WWUS43 KGID 180749  
WSWGID  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE  
149 AM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
...NARROW BAND OF HEAVY SNOW BECOMING INCREASINGLY LIKELY ON  
THURSDAY FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
 
NEZ039-040-046-047-182100-  
/O.NEW.KGID.WS.A.0001.260219T1200Z-260220T0600Z/  
VALLEY-GREELEY-SHERMAN-HOWARD-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WOLBACH, GREELEY, LITCHFIELD, SHERMAN  
RESERVOIR, ST. PAUL, ORD, SPALDING, LOUP CITY, AND SCOTIA  
149 AM CST WED FEB 18 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH  
THURSDAY EVENING...  
 
* WHAT...HEAVY SNOW POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 3 AND  
5 INCHES POSSIBLE, WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 6 TO 7 INCHES.  
WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH.  
 
* WHERE...GREELEY, HOWARD, SHERMAN, AND VALLEY COUNTIES.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.  
 
* IMPACTS...TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS  
COULD IMPACT THE THURSDAY MORNING AND EVENING COMMUTES. GUSTY  
WINDS COULD LEAD TO AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW AND REDUCED  
VISIBILITY.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...A NARROW BAND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW IS  
FORECAST TO DEVELOP THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE  
DAYTIME HOURS, AND PERHAPS INTO THE EVENING. THE AREA OF HEAVY  
SNOW MAY BE ONLY 40 TO 60 MILES WIDE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH, SO EVEN  
SLIGHT SHIFTS IN STORM TRACK COULD LEAD TO BIG CHANGES IN OBSERVED  
SNOWFALL.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
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