037  
WWUS43 KOAX 131644  
WSWOAX  
 
URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE  
1144 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026  
 
IAZ043-055-056-069-NEZ011-012-015>018-031>034-043>045-051>053-141645-  
/O.NEW.KOAX.WS.A.0001.260315T1200Z-260316T0600Z/  
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-  
PIERCE-WAYNE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-  
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CROFTON, DUNLAP, NELIGH, ELGIN, OSMOND,  
NORFOLK, TEKAMAH, FREMONT, MISSOURI VALLEY, RANDOLPH, STANTON,  
HARTINGTON, MACY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, COLERIDGE, LOGAN, HARLAN,  
PIERCE, SCHUYLER, BELLEVUE, MAPLETON, PLAINVIEW, WOODBINE, OMAHA,  
PENDER, BLOOMFIELD, PAPILLION, LAUREL, NIOBRARA, CREIGHTON,  
WALTHILL, WAUSA, OAKLAND, LA VISTA, YUTAN, VERDIGRE, WAYNE,  
ONAWA, WISNER, WEST POINT, BLAIR, LYONS, DECATUR, ASHLAND, WAHOO,  
AND WINNEBAGO  
1144 AM CDT FRI MAR 13 2026  
 
...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE  
SUNDAY NIGHT...  
 
* WHAT...BLIZZARD CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS  
BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. WINDS COULD GUST AS HIGH AS 60  
MPH.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND EAST  
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.  
 
* WHEN...FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE SUNDAY NIGHT.  
 
* 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. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE  
POSSIBLE AND MAY MAKE TRAVEL TREACHEROUS AND POTENTIALLY  
LIFE-THREATENING.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLE BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE  
LATEST FORECASTS FOR UPDATES ON THIS SITUATION.  
 
PERSONS SHOULD CONSIDER DELAYING ALL TRAVEL. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE  
EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVEL IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.  
 
 
 
 
 
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