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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
124 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2026
NEC009-017-031-171-182015-
/O.NEW.KLBF.SQ.W.0008.260118T1924Z-260118T2015Z/
CHERRY NE-BROWN NE-BLAINE NE-THOMAS NE-
124 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
SOUTHWESTERN BROWN COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHWESTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
NORTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
* UNTIL 215 PM CST.
* AT 124 PM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, OR 19 MILES SOUTH
OF VALENTINE, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO
BLOWING SNOW AND VISIBILITY RAPIDLY FALLING TO LESS THAN
ONE-QUARTER MILE. WIND GUSTS GREATER THAN 35 MPH.
SOURCE...RADAR AND WEBCAMS.
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WITHIN MINUTES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
HIGHWAY 97 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 132.
HIGHWAY 83 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 165 AND 195.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ELSMERE, PURDUM, VALENTINE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, KOSHOPAH, BIG
ALKALI LAKE STATE WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA, HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING GOOSE
CREEK, AND HIGHWAY 83 CROSSING THE NORTH LOUP RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.
LAT...LON 4274 10091 4283 10072 4209 9998 4194 10035
TIME...MOT...LOC 1924Z 329DEG 49KT 4261 10068
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
NMJ
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