Photo by Nebraska Department of Roads webcam The Interstate 80 interchange at North Platte, 12:45 p.m. Tuesday.

Photo by George Lauby Looking south on Jeffers, near C Street, 3 p.m.

North Platte residents braced for night of extreme wind-chills and whiteouts Tuesday as snow accumulated.

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The National Weather Service in North Platte issued a straightforward piece of advice: “Do not travel.”

Snow is expected to total as much as nine inches in North Platte. As the day ends, straight winds will blow up to 20 miles per hour with overnight gusts above 40 mph.

The city of North Platte declared a snow emergency Tuesday morning, which means that cars must not park on main routes through town.

Vehicles parked along emergency snow routes could be towed or ticketed. Under a snow emergency, the city scrapes approximately 158 miles of vehicle lanes.

The emergency, no-parking routes are listed below.

The temperature will dip to 15-below zero overnight and wind chill factors will reach well below minus-20, the weather service said.

The snow is expected to end during the night but the air will remain extremely cold for a couple more days. The high Wednesday will be 6-above and the low Wednesday night is forecast at minus-17.

Temperatures will gradually increase Thursday and Friday, but the warm up will be gradual. The high Friday will reach the upper teens, and might reach the mid-20s Saturday, according to the weather service.

Closings

Among the many closings and postponements:

-- Lincoln County Courthouse, closed Tuesday at 3 p.m.

-- North Platte Community College, closed at noon Tuesday. Afternoon and evening classes postponed. The college music concert scheduled Tuesdany night is cancelled.

-- Adams/Madison middle school 7th-8th grade wrestling meet in Ogallala, postponed indefinitely.

-- St. Pat’s Food Pantry, closed.

-- Twin Platte NRD meeting Tuesday at the Lake McConaughy Visitor’s Center, cancelled. The next meeting will be Dec. 16.

-- North Platte High 9th grade girls and boys basketball with McCook scheduled Dec. 10, postponed till Monday, Dec. 21 at 4:15 and 5:45 p.m.

-- Jingle Tails, a doggie “Christmas walk”, followed by pictures with Santa and a best-dressed doggie contest re-scheduled for Dec. 14.

-- Auditions for the Community Playhouse show, "Gypsy" cancelled Dec. 8 and reset for Wednesday and Thursday nights at 7 p.m. in the Patty Birge Room of the downtown Neville Center.

Emergency snow routes:

Rodeo Road — Jeffers Street west to City Limits

East 12th Street — Jeffers Street east to City Limits

West 9th Street — Jeffers Street west to City Limits

East 8th Street — Jeffers Street east to City Limits

West 14th Street — Buffalo Bill Avenue to Adams Avenue

West 16th Street — Webster Avenue to Buffalo Bill Avenue

West 18th Street — Buffalo Bill Avenue to Sheridan Avenue

West 19th Street — Sheridan Avenue to Adams Avenue

Roosevelt Avenue — 8th Street to 14th Street

Bryan Avenue, north — 16th Street to Railroad Street

Poplar Street — 4th Street to 12th Street

Poplar Street — Francis Street to Philip Avenue

Jeffers Street — North City Limits to south City Limits

Adams Avenue — 9th Street to 19th Street

Sheridan Avenue — Rodeo Road to 19th Street

Dodge Avenue — 9th Street to 21st Street

Dewey Street — South City Limits through "S" curve to Jeffers

Willow Street — Leota Street to Rodeo Road

Willow Street — Walker Road to State Farm Road

Front Street — West City Limits to Poplar Street

4th Street — Pacific Street to east City Limits

2nd Street — Buffalo Bill Avenue to west City Limits

A Street — Willow Street to west City Limits

B Street (Burlington Avenue) — Sherman Avenue to Bicentennial Avenue

E Street — Bryan Avenue to Dixie Avenue

Philip Ave — Lakeview Blvd to Newberry Access

Francis Street — McDonald Road to 300 feet east of Poplar Street

Leota Street — Oak Street to east City Limits (Wal-Mart)

McDonald Road to Bare Avenue

Walker Road — Highway 83 west to City Limits (Echo Drive)

Walker Road — Newberry Access west to dead end*

Bicentennial Avenue — Highway 30 (4th Street) south to Philip Avenue

Industrial Avenue — Philip Avenue to Prospect Drive

Prospect Drive — Industrial Avenue to Philip Avenue

Welch Avenue — Philip Avenue to 4th Street

Bryan Avenue, south — Front Street to Philip Avenue

Silber Avenue — Philip Avenue to 4th Street

Cottonwood Street — 4th Street to Wal-Mart entrance

Oak Street — Leota Street to Front Street

Jefferson Avenue — A Street to Front Street

McDonald Road — A Street to Leota Street

Sherman Avenue — B Street to Front Street

Carr Avenue — Leota Street to Front Street

Mills Avenue — 4th Street to Front Street

Buffalo Bill Avenue — North City Limits to Leota Street

Pacific Street — 4th Street to Front Street

Bare Avenue — Leota Street to Front Street

Lakeview Blvd — A Street to Philip Avenue

Newberry Access — North City Limits to South City Limits

State Farm Road — East City Limits to West City Limits

South Parkway — State Farm Road north to dead end

Sunrise Drive — South Parkway to Highway 83

Elder Avenue — 2nd Street to E Street

Tabor Avenue — Philip Avenue to a point approximately 300 feet south of Francis Street