823  
WWUS53 KOAX 170249  
SQWOAX  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SNOW SQUALL WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA  
849 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
NEC025-109-131-170330-  
/O.NEW.KOAX.SQ.W.0002.260117T0249Z-260117T0330Z/  
LANCASTER NE-OTOE NE-CASS NE-  
849 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...  
LANCASTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...  
OTOE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...  
SOUTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEBRASKA...  
 
* UNTIL 930 PM CST.  
 
* AT 848 PM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MALCOLM TO 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF  
WALTON TO 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LORTON, MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW. 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 TRAINED SPOTTER.  
 
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS  
WITHIN MINUTES.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 390 AND  
418.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA CITY, WAVERLY, SYRACUSE, HICKMAN, WEEPING WATER,  
EAGLE, BENNET, ELMWOOD, FIRTH, GREENWOOD, PALMYRA, MALCOLM, UNADILLA,  
PANAMA, AVOCA, MURDOCK, TALMAGE, UNION, AND ROCA.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
CONSIDER AVOIDING OR DELAYING TRAVEL UNTIL THE SNOW SQUALL PASSES  
YOUR LOCATION. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL, USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ALLOW EXTRA  
TIME. RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND SLICK ROAD CONDITIONS MAY LEAD  
TO ACCIDENTS.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4078 9691 4104 9691 4096 9639 4081 9584  
4077 9584 4076 9588 4073 9589 4068 9584  
4065 9578 4061 9575 4058 9578 4053 9577  
4052 9663  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0248Z 315DEG 29KT 4089 9691 4076 9650 4057 9609  
 
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED  
 

 
 
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