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Winter Weather Advisory for parts of the KJAN listening area

Weather

December 23rd, 2016 by Ric Hanson

(Updated 5:40-a.m. to include Pottawattamie County) Monona-Harrison Pottawattamie & Shelby Counties: Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 1-p.m. today (Friday). Sac-Crawford & Carroll Counties: Winter Weather Advisory in effect until 6-p.m. today.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA/VALLEY HAS ISSUED A WINTER
WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION.

* TIMING...PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA
  THROUGH THE MORNING AND DECREASE BY EARLY TO MID AFTERNOON.

* MAIN IMPACT...SNOW AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS ON ROADS, SIDEWALKS AND
  OTHER EXPOSED SURFACES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES
  ARE POSSIBLE IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ICE ACCUMULATIONS SHOULD BE
  LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET, OR
FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR
SLIPPERY ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES, AND USE CAUTION WHILE
DRIVING.