Monday snowstorm may drop 6 to 10 inches on Omaha area; city issues snow emergency

http://www.omaha.com/weather/monday-snowstorm-may-drop-to-inches-on-metro-area-city/article_dbeea4e4-ac4f-11e5-9a1c-5b2f7abdf3ec.html

POSTED: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2015 12:00 AM | UPDATED: 2:09 PM, SUN DEC 27, 2015.
By Emerson Clarridge / World-Herald staff writer

Update, Sunday 2 p.m.: In anticipation of tomorrow's storm, the City of Omaha has issued a snow emergency beginning at noon Monday. A snow emergency includes odd-even parking restrictions on all streets east of 72nd Street and parking bans on all streets marked "Emergency Snow Routes".

The odd-even parking system requires that all vehicles be parked on the side of the street with even-numbered addresses on Monday. Vehicles should be moved to the odd side of the street at midnight Tuesday. These parking restrictions will be in place until the snow emergency is lifted.
A press release from the Mayor's Office on Sunday said major and secondary streets were being pretreated with brine. Pretreating residential streets was to begin after the primary streets had been treated and if the snow had not started.

The city said plowing of streets will begin as soon as the snow begins to accumulate after midnight. All city equipment plus residential contractors will be on the street; approximately 200 total plows.

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At this time: ...WINTER STORM WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH
LATE MONDAY NIGHT...

* TIMING...SNOW IS LIKELY TO SPREAD NORTH LATE TONIGHT AFTER
MIDNIGHT...AND CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST MONDAY EVENING. THERE IS
THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY SNOW DURING THE DAY ON MONDAY.

* ACCUMULATIONS...HIGH POTENTIAL FOR 6 INCHES OR MORE OF SNOW. A
PERIOD SLEET IS POSSIBLE IN FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
MAINLY MONDAY MORNING.

* IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME VERY HAZARDOUS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF
15 TO 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH HIGHER GUSTS. THE STRONG WINDS
WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING CAUSING SIGNIFICANT BLOWING
AND DRIFTING SNOW. VISIBILITIES IN THE BLOWING AND FALLING SNOW
MAY BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT
SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL.
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