Winter storm, heavy snow potential in Omaha area Wednesday into Thursday - KETV Omaha

NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, TOO. BUT THINGS ARE QUIET RIGHT NOW IN OMAHA. BUT THINGS WILL RAMP UP AS WE HEAD LATER ON THIS MORNING. SO ALONG IN NORTH THE I-80 QUARTER, A WINTER STORM WARNING TODAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY. THAT’S THE AREA EXPECTING THE MOST. AND THEN THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY DOWN. LESS SNOW, BUT MORE ICING POTENTIAL STARTS AT 6 A.M. BUT WE’LL LIKELY SEE THE ONSET PRECIPITATION HERE IN THE METRO. WAIT UNTIL AFTER 9:00 AS WE GET CLOSER TO TEN AND 11:00. SO HERE WE GO. LET’S WALK THROUGH STORM PREDICTOR. THIS MORNING AS WE HEAD THROUGH SEVEN, EIGHT, 9:00. MORE ICING POTENTIAL, MIXED PRECIPITATION DOWN CLOSER TO KANSAS BORDER BEATRICE TOWARD NEBRASKA CITY LIGHT SNOW STARTING NORTH FORK, COLUMBIA EAST BY TEN 11:00. EXPECTING A LIGHT LIGHT SNOW HERE IN OMAHA METRO. MORE ICING JUST OFF TO THE SOUTH AND POSSIBLY JUST PLAIN OLD RAIN DOWN IN NORTHWEST MISSOURI AS WE HEAD INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON, EXPECTING TO TRANSITION TO ALL SNOW HERE AT OMAHA. MORE OF A MIX JUST OFF TO OUR SOUTH. AND THEN BY THREE, 4:00, EXPECTING THAT HEAVY WET SNOW TO BEGIN IN THE OMAHA METRO AND, THIS WILL CONTINUE LIKELY SEVERAL HOURS. SO 3 TO 9:00, THAT WINDOW IS LIKELY WHEN WE’LL SEE MOST OF OUR SNOW ACCUMULATION AND THE WORST TRAVEL CONDITIONS HERE AROUND TOWN WHERE WE COULD SEE SNOWFALL RATES EXCEED ONE INCH PER HOUR. POSSIBLE WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AND CAN’T RULE OUT THE POSSIBILITY A RUMBLE OF THUNDER, WHICH WOULD EVEN MAKE THAT SNOWFALL RATE GO UP, EVEN MORE AS WE HAD OVERNIGHT. WE’LL SEE THAT HEAVY SNOW CHANGE TO LIGHT SNOW AND THEN START TO MOVE OUT. WE HEAD INTO EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. SO HERE IS MY SNOWFALL FORECAST AT 6 TO 10 INCHES POSSIBLE IN THE OMAHA METRO DOWN TOWARD LINCOLN AND UP TO THE NORTH, HIGHEST AMOUNTS BETWEEN COLUMBUS AND NORFOLK. THEN OFF TO THE SOUTH, IT’S GOING TO BE A SHARP DROP OFF FROM OMAHA, EVEN DOWN TOWARD NEBRASKA CITY. COULD ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF INCHES. THIS IS WHERE WE’LL LIKELY HAVE MORE MIXED. BUT THE POTENTIAL FOR A LITTLE MORE ICING AS WE HEAD THROUGH TODAY. RIGHT NOW, THINGS ARE QUIET IN OMAHA, BUT YOU SEE MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW FROM CARNEY ALL THE WAY OUT WEST. YOU REMEMBER LEXINGTON TO THE WYOMING BORDER CLOSED ON I-80 RIGHT NOW. BUT YOU CAN START TO SEE MORE OF THAT MOISTURE MOVE NORTHWARD, MORE OF A MIX CLOSER TO THE KANSAS BORDER. RIGHT NOW. SO THINGS COULD START TO SLICK UP A BIT IN THE FAIRBURY AREA AND TOWARD BEATRICE. SO AGAIN, ESPECIALLY THESE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS DOWN SOUTH. MORE OF AN 18 THREAT. THAT’S A LOOK AT HIGHWAY 370 AND 72ND RIGHT NOW. LOOKS LIKE YOU’VE SEEN MAYBE A LITTLE OF BRIAN ON THE ROADS, BUT THINGS QUIET FOR THE MORNING DRIVE RIGHT NOW. 29 DEGREES WITH THE BREEZE FEELS LIKE 21. BUT TEMPERATURES ALMOST EVERYWHERE BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. SO WE’LL BE WATCHING THAT VERY CLOSELY. SO AGAIN, TO WALK THROUGH THE TIMELINE OF THE IMPACTS, 10 TO 11:00, THAT LIGHT MIX AND SNOW. SO IF YOU HAVE TO GO ANYWHERE TODAY IN THE METRO, DO BEFORE 9:00. SEVERE WINTER WEATHER IMPACTS AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE HEAVY WET SNOW AND THEN WRAPPING UP BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING EXPECTING THOSE SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS DAYS AND STILL SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO THE MORNING DRIVE ON THURSDAY.