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Very strong winds, snow and falling temperatures are expected to end the weekend. Omaha’s Weather Leader has deemed Sunday as a severe winter weather day and Monday as an impact weather day.Sunday snow, high wind potentialAlthough snow amounts will be on the lower side, the bigger impact will come from blowing and drifting snow that significantly reduces visibility. Many spots will see less than an inch of snow. Higher amounts of snow are forecasted in western Iowa where a blizzard warning is in effect. Winds gusting to 65 mph combined with falling snow will cause near white out conditions.The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a winter weather advisory for areas of eastern Nebraska, northwest Missouri and far western Iowa until 9 p.m. Sunday. A blizzard warning has been issued for Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Shelby, Audubon, Cass, Adams and Taylor Counties in Iowa until 9 p.m. Sunday. Blowing snow will lead to whiteout and blizzard conditions Sunday afternoon and evening.The National Weather Service in Omaha has also issued a high wind warning for eastern Nebraska and western Iowa until 1 a.m. Monday. Damaging winds out of the northeast between 35 to 45 miles per hour and gusts up to 65 miles per hour are expected. Isolated to scattered power outages are possible.Snow timeline Gusty winds will continue to ramp up into Sunday afternoon, coinciding with periods of snow which could significantly reduce visibility. Snow could last a couple hours after sunset in west-central Iowa.As much colder air funnels in, wind chills between -10° and -25° are expected Monday morning.The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a cold weather advisory for parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa from 1 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday. Wind chills between -10° to -25° are expected. Frostbite will be possible on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes. Stay updated on the latest weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.With a combined 50 years covering weather in Nebraska and Iowa, KETV NewsWatch 7 is Omaha’s Weather Leader. Led by Omaha’s Chief Meteorologist Bill Randby, the award-winning team of Sean Everson, Caitlin Harvey and Luke Vickery are focused on alerting you to upcoming severe weather and KETV’s exclusive live radar gives you a 3-minute advantage when storms strike.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
Very strong winds, snow and falling temperatures are expected to end the weekend. Omaha’s Weather Leader has deemed Sunday as a severe winter weather day and Monday as an impact weather day.
Sunday snow, high wind potential
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Although snow amounts will be on the lower side, the bigger impact will come from blowing and drifting snow that significantly reduces visibility. Many spots will see less than an inch of snow. Higher amounts of snow are forecasted in western Iowa where a blizzard warning is in effect. Winds gusting to 65 mph combined with falling snow will cause near white out conditions.
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a winter weather advisory for areas of eastern Nebraska, northwest Missouri and far western Iowa until 9 p.m. Sunday. A blizzard warning has been issued for Monona, Crawford, Carroll, Shelby, Audubon, Cass, Adams and Taylor Counties in Iowa until 9 p.m. Sunday. Blowing snow will lead to whiteout and blizzard conditions Sunday afternoon and evening.
The National Weather Service in Omaha has also issued a high wind warning for eastern Nebraska and western Iowa until 1 a.m. Monday. Damaging winds out of the northeast between 35 to 45 miles per hour and gusts up to 65 miles per hour are expected. Isolated to scattered power outages are possible.
Snow timeline
Gusty winds will continue to ramp up into Sunday afternoon, coinciding with periods of snow which could significantly reduce visibility.
Snow could last a couple hours after sunset in west-central Iowa.
As much colder air funnels in, wind chills between -10° and -25° are expected Monday morning.
The National Weather Service in Omaha has issued a cold weather advisory for parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa from 1 a.m. to 10 a.m. Monday. Wind chills between -10° to -25° are expected. Frostbite will be possible on exposed skin in as little as 30 minutes.
Stay updated on the latest weather forecast by downloading the KETV mobile app.
With a combined 50 years covering weather in Nebraska and Iowa, KETV NewsWatch 7 is Omaha’s Weather Leader. Led by Omaha’s Chief Meteorologist Bill Randby, the award-winning team of Sean Everson, Caitlin Harvey and Luke Vickery are focused on alerting you to upcoming severe weather and KETV’s exclusive live radar gives you a 3-minute advantage when storms strike.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
