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Winter Weather Advisory for Mills and Fremont Counties

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January 31st, 2015 by admin

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
511 AM CST SAT JAN 31 2015

...POTENT STORM SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE REGION THROUGH SUNDAY...

.A MIX OF SNOW AND RAIN AND SNOW WILL DEVELOP AND SPREAD ACROSS
THE REGION TODAY...CHANGING TO ALL SNOW LATER TODAY AND
TONIGHT...WITH VERY STRONG WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW SUNDAY.

MILLS-FREMONT-
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO
6 PM CST SUNDAY...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 PM CST SUNDAY.

* TIMING...A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS
  THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TONIGHT. SOME ADDITIONAL LIGHT SNOW
  ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY. INITIALLY TEMPERATURES
  WILL BE NEAR OR ABOVE FREEZING WITH FALLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT
  AND SUNDAY.

* UNCERTAINTY...PRECIPITATION IS LIKELY...HOWEVER MELTING DURING
  THE DAY AND HOW QUICKLY THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER TO ALL
  SNOW WILL AFFECT EVENTUAL TOTAL SNOW AMOUNTS.

* STORM TOTAL SNOW...ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES.

* WINDS/VISIBILITY...NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT WILL BECOME NORTHWEST
  20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTY LATE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.

* MAIN IMPACT...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW COVERED AND HAZARDOUS.
  BLOWING SNOW ON SUNDAY WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY AND MAKE IT
  DIFFICULT TO KEEP THE ROADS CLEAR...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AND
  RURAL AREAS.

* OTHER IMPACTS...THE COLD COMBINED WITH THE WIND SUNDAY WILL
  LOWER WIND CHILLS TO A RANGE OF 10 ABOVE TO 10 BELOW ZERO
  SUNDAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW
WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW
COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT
VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW
AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS.