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Winter Weather Advisory & Winter Storm Warning issued

Weather

February 3rd, 2014 by Ric Hanson

COUNTIES: MONTGOMERY-FREMONT AND PAGE: WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY…

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE WARNED AREA.

COUNTIES: Mills-MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE: WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY…TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES ARE LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY AREA.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW…WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TUESDAY TO 6 AM CST WEDNESDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* TIMING…SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA LATER TONIGHT WITH THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL EXPECTED FROM MID TO LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL BEGIN TO DIMINISH FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.

* OTHER IMPACTS…VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY WITHIN ANY AREAS OF MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW AND THEN ESPECIALLY BY LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WINDS AND BLOWING SNOW INCREASE. BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS OF AROUND 15 BELOW ARE EXPECTED TOWARD WEDNESDAY MORNING.

A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6-A.M. TUESDAY THROUGH 6-AM WEDNESDAY FOR GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR AND RINGGOLD COUNTIES IN THE KJAN LISTENING AREA.