URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
306 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013

...WINTER STORM POSSIBLE LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...

.A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS BRINGING
SNOWFALL TO PARTS OF THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND THE REST OF
THE AREA THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY. THE SYSTEM WILL COMBINED
WITH COLD AIR AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY
SNOWFALL WITH SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. THE SNOWFALL
WILL END ON THURSDAY NIGHT.


MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-CEDAR-THURSTON-WAYNE-BURT-WASHINGTON-DOUGLAS-SARPY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ONAWA...MAPLETON...MISSOURI VALLEY...
WOODBINE...LOGAN...DUNLAP...HARLAN...COUNCIL BLUFFS...GLENWOOD...
RED OAK...SIDNEY...HAMBURG...TABOR...FARRAGUT...CLARINDA...
SHENANDOAH...HARTINGTON...LAUREL...RANDOLPH...COLERIDGE...
PENDER...MACY...WALTHILL...WINNEBAGO...WAYNE...TEKAMAH...
OAKLAND...LYONS...DECATUR...BLAIR...OMAHA...BELLEVUE...
PAPILLION...LA VISTA
306 AM CST TUE FEB 19 2013

...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING...

* TIMING...SNOW IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO THE AREA VERY EARLY ON
  THURSDAY MORNING NEAR THE TIME OF THE MORNING COMMUTE. THE
  HEAVIEST OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FROM MID MORNING
  THURSDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW IS
  THEN EXPECTED INTO THURSDAY EVENING.

* ACCUMULATIONS...THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR A GENERAL SNOWFALL IN
  EXCESS OF 6 INCHES.

* WINDS...EAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WILL CREATE BLOWING AND
  DRIFTING SNOW ON THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT
  WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE LATE THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING LEADING TO LESS BLOWING SNOW. THE BLOWING SNOW IS MOST
  LIKELY IN OPEN AREAS.

* IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT DUE TO HEAVY FALLING SNOW
  ON THURSDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. NOW IS THE TIME TO MAKE
PREPARATIONS.