Winter Storm Watch For Omaha Valley

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
3:56 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
WINTER STORM POSSIBLE THIS WEEKEND
LOW PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO MOVE NORTHEAST FROM SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT.
THIS SHOULD THEN TRACK ACROSS MISSOURI AND TOWARD THE GREAT LAKES REGION ON
SUNDAY. RAIN IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA THIS EVENING THEN CHANGE OVER TO FREEZING RAIN, SLEET AND SNOW BY LATE
SATURDAY NIGHT. STRONG NORTH OR NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING COLDER AIR INTO
THE AREA. THESE STRONG WINDS COULD CAUSE BLOWING SNOW AND AREAS OF LOW
VISIBILITY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY.
MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE-OTOE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF RED OAK, SIDNEY, CLARINDA, NEBRASKA CITY, FAIRBURY,
BEATRICE, TECUMSEH, AUBURN, PAWNEE CITY, FALLS CITY
3:56 AM CST SAT FEB 16 2008
WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING
A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY
MORNING.
SIGNIFICANT WINTER WEATHER IS POSSIBLE STARTING THIS EVENING AND CONTINUING
THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. RAIN IS EXPECTED INITIALLY THIS EVENING, BUT AS
COLDER AIR MOVES IN, THE PRECIPITATION WILL BECOME A MIX AND THEN CHANGE TO
SNOW. SOME SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE. THE STRONG WINDS COULD
ALSO CREATE AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS, ESPECIALLY
IN SOUTHWEST IOWA.
CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE FOR THE MAIN BAND OF HEAVY SNOW TO DEVELOP EAST OF
THE AREA, BUT THE EXACT TRACK AND TIMING OF THE SYSTEM REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT
THIS TIME AND COULD SHIFT FARTHER TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
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.