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WWUS53 KOAX 170253
SQWOAX
SNOW SQUALL WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA
853 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2026
NEC025-109-131-170330-
/O.CON.KOAX.SQ.W.0002.000000T0000Z-260117T0330Z/
LANCASTER NE-OTOE NE-CASS NE-
853 PM CST FRI JAN 16 2026
...A SNOW SQUALL WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM CST FOR
LANCASTER...OTOE AND SOUTHERN CASS COUNTIES...
AT 852 PM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTH OF MALCOLM TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
BENNET TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF TALMAGE, 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 50 MPH COULD
KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS.
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
415.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LINCOLN, NEBRASKA CITY, WAVERLY, SYRACUSE, HICKMAN, WEEPING WATER,
EAGLE, BENNET, ELMWOOD, FIRTH, PALMYRA, MALCOLM, UNADILLA, PANAMA,
AVOCA, TALMAGE, UNION, ROCA, NEHAWKA, AND DUNBAR.
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 4101 9691 4094 9639 4081 9584
4077 9584 4076 9588 4073 9589 4068 9584
4065 9578 4061 9575 4058 9578 4053 9577
4052 9663
TIME...MOT...LOC 0252Z 315DEG 29KT 4087 9688 4074 9647 4055 9606
SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED
CA
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