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Snow Squall affecting parts of western IA

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November 9th, 2018 by Ric Hanson

Pottawattamie-Mills-Fremont-Montgomery Counties...
932 AM CST FRI NOV 9 2018

...A SNOW SQUALL WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN FREMONT...WEST CENTRAL
MONTGOMERY...MILLS...WESTERN POTTAWATTAMIE...SARPY...SOUTHEASTERN
LANCASTER...NORTHWESTERN JOHNSON...OTOE...SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS...
NORTHEASTERN GAGE AND CASS COUNTIES...

At 928 AM CST, a snow squall was located along I-80 from Lincoln to
Omaha. The band of snow was moving southeast at 40 mph.

Locations impacted include...
Southeastern Omaha, southeastern Lincoln, Council Bluffs, Bellevue,
Papillion, La Vista, Plattsmouth, Ralston, Glenwood, Syracuse,
Hickman, Springfield, Malvern, Louisville, Weeping Water, Treynor,
Underwood, Bennet, Elmwood and Firth.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 29 between mile markers 15 and 58.
 Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 17.
 Interstate 80 in Nebraska between mile markers 414 and 428, between
mile markers 435 and 444, and between mile markers 448 and 454.

Visibilities will drop quickly to near zero in this squall.

Use extra caution if you must travel into or through this dangerous
snow squall. Rapid changes in visibility and potentially slick roads
are likely to lead to accidents. Consider delaying travel until the
squall passes your location.