Alert archive / Nebraska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2009
Winter Storm Warning 2, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this winter storm warning at Feb 12, 2009, 2:24 PM MST for 17 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Feb 12, 2009, 11:00 PM MST. It was in force for 15 hr. 39 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2009, 2:24 PM MST (21:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 12, 2009, 11:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 13, 2009, 2:06 PM MST
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Wheeler County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 1:40 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 0 | Ogallala, NE | HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4 MILE. SNOW DEPTH NOT REPORTED...HOWEVER GROUND IS WHITE. ROADS ARE VERY SLICK...TRUCKER WAS UNABLE TO CROSS AN OVERPASS. |
| Feb 13, 2:45 AM MST | SNOW 1.5 | Ogallala, NE | |
| Feb 13, 3:51 AM MST | SNOW 3 | 15 N North Platte, NE | VISIBILITY IS BELOW 1/2 MILE AND SNOW IS FALLING AT A RATE OF AN INCH PER HOUR WITH LARGE FLAKES. WIND IS EXTIMATED OUT OF THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SNOW IS FLUFFY AND THERE IS BLOWING AND DRIFTING. |
| Feb 13, 6:03 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 15 N North Platte, NE | VISIBILITY IS BELOW 1/2 MILE AND SNOW IS FALLING AT A RATE OF GREATER THAN INCH AN HOUR. SNOW DRIFTS ARE EXCEEDING TWO FEET. |
| Feb 13, 6:24 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Broken Bow, NE | |
| Feb 13, 6:57 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | North Platte, NE | 3 INCH SNOWFALL RATE OVER THE LAST HOUR. |
| Feb 13, 7:09 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Arnold, NE | |
| Feb 13, 7:11 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Callaway, NE | |
| Feb 13, 7:11 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 7 Sw Merna, NE | |
| Feb 13, 7:15 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | North Platte, NE | SIX INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND...WITH THREE INCHES SINCE 630 AM. REPORT WAS FROM SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN. |
| Feb 13, 7:43 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | 3 N North Platte, NE | |
| Feb 13, 8:07 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Ansley, NE | |
| Feb 13, 8:08 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Mason City, NE | |
| Feb 13, 8:08 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 5 W Stapleton, NE | |
| Feb 13, 8:20 AM MST | SNOW 5 | 3 Nne Curtis, NE | |
| Feb 13, 8:49 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 5.5 | 5 W Stapleton, NE | CO-OP OBSERVER RECORDED 1.5 INCH SNOWFALL RATE DURING THE LAST HOUR |
| Feb 13, 8:53 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Stockville, NE | |
| Feb 13, 9:01 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | 15 N North Platte, NE | TEN INCHES ON THE GROUND. STILL SNOWING MODERATE WITH A HALF MILE VISIBILITY. |
| Feb 13, 9:05 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7.3 | North Platte, NE | STILL SNOWING MODERATE TO HEAVY...WITH ONE INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES. VISIBILITY AT 1/4 MILE. |
| Feb 13, 9:26 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 Sw Arnold, NE | OBSERVER REPORTED HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WITH SNOW DRIFTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET. |
| Feb 13, 9:39 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Broken Bow, NE | |
| Feb 13, 9:43 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Oconto, NE | |
| Feb 13, 10:03 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Mullen, NE | |
| Feb 13, 10:06 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | North Platte, NE | |
| Feb 13, 10:06 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Tryon, NE | |
| Feb 13, 10:07 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | Broken Bow, NE | |
| Feb 13, 10:09 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Hayes Center, NE | |
| Feb 13, 10:11 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Stapleton, NE | |
| Feb 13, 10:11 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | North Platte, NE | |
| Feb 13, 10:11 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Callaway, NE | |
| Feb 13, 10:13 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 2 W Broken Bow, NE | NINE INCHES ON THE GROUND. SNOWFALL RATES WERE 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR BETWEEN 7 AND 9 AM THIS MORNING. |
| Feb 13, 11:11 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6 | Sargent, NE | |
| Feb 13, 11:12 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Burwell, NE | |
| Feb 13, 11:12 AM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8 | North Platte, NE | |
| Feb 13, 11:32 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Ogallala, NE | |
| Feb 13, 12:00 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 6.5 | 5 W Stapleton, NE | |
| Feb 13, 1:28 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 Nw Eustis, NE | |
| Feb 13, 1:52 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 8.3 | North Platte, NE | OFFICIAL TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR NORTH PLATTE IS 8.3 INCHES. THE SNOW HAS STOPPED. |
| Feb 13, 2:16 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 9 | North Platte, NE | TOTAL SNOWFALL OF NINE INCHES REPORTED ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF NORTH PLATTE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 33 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1335 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 90 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS43 KLBF 122124 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 324 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. NEZ025>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-131000- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0001.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0002.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER- KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL... BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 324 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 /224 PM MST THU FEB 12 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND THEN QUICKLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE EARLY MORNING FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...VISIBILITY MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM WILL COME MID TO LATE MORNING FRIDAY...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR APPEAR LIKELY. THE STORM WILL RAPIDLY SUBSIDE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NEZ023-024-131000- /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0002.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ GRANT-HOOKER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN 224 PM MST THU FEB 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND THEN QUICKLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE EARLY MORNING FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...VISIBILITY MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM WILL COME MID TO LATE MORNING FRIDAY...WHEN SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR APPEAR LIKELY. THE STORM WILL RAPIDLY SUBSIDE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NEZ022-056-131000- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0001.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0003.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS 224 PM MST THU FEB 12 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH LATE MORNING FRIDAY. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ NEZ004-005-008>010-094-131000- /O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0003.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 324 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 /224 PM MST THU FEB 12 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TAYLOR
6 follow-up statements
000 WWUS43 KLBF 122134 AAA WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 334 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. NEZ023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-131000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0002.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 334 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 /234 PM MST THU FEB 12 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND THEN QUICKLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE EARLY MORNING FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...VISIBILITY MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM WILL COME MID TO LATE MORNING FRIDAY... WHEN SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR APPEAR LIKELY. THE STORM WILL RAPIDLY SUBSIDE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NEZ004-005-008>010-022-056-094-131000- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0003.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-DEUEL- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 334 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 /234 PM MST THU FEB 12 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TAYLOR
000 WWUS43 KLBF 122149 AAB WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 349 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY... .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE ONTO THE PLAINS LATE TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. NEZ023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-131015- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0002.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 349 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 /249 PM MST THU FEB 12 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...AND THEN QUICKLY SPREAD NORTH AND EAST ACROSS THE REST OF SOUTHWEST...CENTRAL...AND INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE EARLY MORNING FRIDAY. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES...AND WHEN COMBINED WITH NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH...VISIBILITY MAY DROP BELOW A QUARTER OF A MILE AT TIMES. THE HEIGHT OF THE STORM WILL COME MID TO LATE MORNING FRIDAY... WHEN SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR APPEAR LIKELY. THE STORM WILL RAPIDLY SUBSIDE DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON FRIDAY...WITH TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE STORM ENDS EARLY FRIDAY EVENING. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NEZ004-005-008>010-022-056-094-131015- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0003.090213T0600Z-090214T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-DEUEL- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 349 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 /249 PM MST THU FEB 12 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT CST /11 PM MST/ TONIGHT TO 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ FRIDAY. SNOW WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON HOURS. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20...WITH 1 TO 3 INCHES EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ TAYLOR
000 WWUS43 KLBF 130953 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 353 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE ITS TRACK ACROSS THE PLAINS TODAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-132145- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090214T0000Z/ GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 353 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 /253 AM MST FRI FEB 13 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS IN A SERIES OF BROAD BANDS THROUGH LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOWFALL RATE MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AND POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AT A RATE EXCEEDING AN INCH PER HOUR. WIND WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. THIS MAY PRODUCE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING...AND SNOWFALL TOTALS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 80 TO TAYLOR...STAPLETON AND TRYON. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NEZ004-005-008>010-022-056-094-132145- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090214T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-DEUEL- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 353 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 /253 AM MST FRI FEB 13 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...THE HEAVIEST EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH TOWARD MULLEN... TAYLOR AND BURWELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SPRINGER/MASEK
000 WWUS43 KLBF 131249 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 649 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE ITS TRACK ACROSS THE PLAINS TODAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-132230- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090214T0000Z/ GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 649 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 /549 AM MST FRI FEB 13 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA WILL CONTINUE SPREADING ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING. THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS IN A SERIES OF BROAD BANDS THROUGH LATE MORNING AND INTO THE AFTERNOON. THE SNOWFALL RATE MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES...OCCASIONALLY REDUCING VISIBILITY TO LESS THAN A QUARTER OF A MILE AND POSSIBLY ACCUMULATING AT A RATE EXCEEDING AN INCH PER HOUR. WIND WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING TO 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH. THIS MAY PRODUCE PATCHY BLOWING AND DRIFTING...AND SNOWFALL TOTALS OF FOUR TO SEVEN INCHES ARE LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST IS EXPECTED TO BE NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 80 TO TAYLOR... STAPLETON AND TRYON. WITH A BAND OF HEAVIER SNOW THAT HAS DEVELOPED...SEVEN TO NINE INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED IN MUCH OF CUSTER AND LOGAN COUNTIES AND IN NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NEZ004-005-008>010-022-056-094-132230- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090214T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-DEUEL- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 649 AM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 /549 AM MST FRI FEB 13 2009/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTH CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING...AND THEN CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. NORTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH MPH MAY CAUSE SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED...THE HEAVIEST EXPECTED TO BE SOUTH TOWARD MULLEN... TAYLOR AND BURWELL. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. $$ SPRINGER
000 WWUS43 KLBF 131834 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1234 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 .AN INTENSE WINTER STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE ITS TRACK ACROSS THE PLAINS TODAY...BRINGING MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW TO WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. NEZ005-008>010-131945- /O.CAN.KLBF.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090214T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...AINSWORTH...BASSETT... ONEILL 1234 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. DRY AIR IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA IS CAUSING THE SNOW TO EVAPORATE BEFORE REACHING THE GROUND. NO SNOW IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. $$ NEZ023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-140000- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090214T0000Z/ GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1234 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 /1134 AM MST FRI FEB 13 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY COME TO AN END THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. AN ADDITIONAL ONE OR TWO INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS BY LATE AFTERNOON. TOTAL STORM ACCUMULATIONS WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 9 INCHES WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS UP TO 11 INCHES. TRAVEL WILL REMAIN QUITE HAZARDOUS ON UNTREATED ROADS. A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. $$ NEZ004-022-056-094-140000- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090214T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1134 AM MST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID AFTERNOON...THEN END. ADDITONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AROUND ONE INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. TOTALS STORM ACCUMULATIONS BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED...MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. $$ TAYLOR
000 WWUS43 KLBF 132106 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 306 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER STORM WARNING AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ARE CANCELLED... .THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR UP TO TEN INCHES OF SNOW ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA IS RAPIDLY MOVING OFF TO THE EAST. A FEW LIGHT SNOW SHOWERS AND FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. NEZ023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071-132215- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090214T0000Z/ GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...DUNNING... TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...OGALLALA...GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL... HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 306 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2009 /206 PM MST FRI FEB 13 2009/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$ NEZ004-022-056-094-132215- /O.CAN.KLBF.WW.Y.0003.000000T0000Z-090214T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-GARDEN-DEUEL-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...OSHKOSH... CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 206 PM MST FRI FEB 13 2009 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS STILL POSSIBLE THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...BUT LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this winter storm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before this winter storm warning went out at Feb 12, 1:58 PM MST, 26 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 1:58 PM MST, 26 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 258 PM CST THU FEB 12 2009 .DISCUSSION... WINTER STORM APPEARS TO BE BEARING DOWN ON THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR BETWEEN BIG SPRINGS AND OMAHA. THE LATEST SOLNS OF ALL MODELS INDICATE THE H7 LOW WILL TRACK ALONG THE NEB KS BORDER WHICH IS IN LINE WITH CONCEPTUAL QPF OF BULLS EYING SWRN AND SCNTL NEB. THE NAM12 AND GFS ARE VERY CLOSE WITH THE PREDICTED STORM EVOLUTION. THE H7 LOW WILL EMERGE FROM THE ROCKIES AND INTENSIFY AS IT MOVES EAST ALONG THE NEB BORDER. THE H7 WARM AIR ADVECTION APPEARS SUFFICIENT TO PRODUCE DEEP INSTABILITY WITH SATURATED LAPSE RATES H7- H4 INCREASING TO 8C/KM. THE VERY DEEP VERTICAL LIFT WHICH UNFOLDS ALONG THE NRN PERIPHERY OF THE H7 WARM FRONT SUGGESTS HIGH POTENTIAL FOR >= 1 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES LASTING 2 TO 4 HOURS. MEANWHILE THE NAM12 500M AGL WINDS INCREASE TO 25KT ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WHICH IMPLIES 25 MPH SUSTAINED WINDS AT THE SURFACE. THESE WINDS ARE COINCIDENT WITH INTENSE VERTICAL MOTION AND THE RESULTING PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOW. THE NAM...MAV...FWC GUIDANCE SUGGEST 20 MPH WINDS. THE COMBINATION OF 1 INCH OR MORE HOURLY SNOWFALL RATES AND 20 TO 30 MPH WINDS SHOULD PRODUCE A NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITION WITH VSBY FALLING BELOW 1/4 MILE BUT WINDS LESS THEN THE 35 MPH BLIZZARD CRITERIA PRECLUDE A BLIZZARD WARNING. THE OFFICIAL FCST BLENDS THE MAV...MET...FWC GUIDANCE AND THE NAM12 FOR 15 TO 30 MPH WINDS. WINDS SHOULD QUICKLY SUBSIDE BY LATE FRIDAY AFTN AND THE SNOW SHOULD BE TAPERING FROM WEST TO EAST BEGINNING AS EARLY AS 18Z. THE WINTER WEATHER WARNING AND ADVISORY PRODUCT EXPIRES AT 00Z SATURDAY. IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM...RESIDUAL MOISTURE AND WEAK UPSLOPE WINDS WILL FUNNEL MOISTURE WESTWARD ACROSS THE WRN HIGH PLAINS. NO CLEARING IS INDICATED IN THE MODELS OUT WEST WHILE WEAK HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS ACROSS NCNTL NEB SATURDAY MORNING. THE UKMET...GFS AND ECMWF BRING ANOTHER WAVE INTO ERN WY EARLY SATURDAY AND SLOWLY ACROSS THE NRN PLAINS SATURDAY SO THE IS THE CHANCE OF AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING BEGINNING IN THE PANHANDLE AND SPREADING EAST. MONDAY AND BEYOND...BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF SHOW A BRIEF WARM UP MONDAY. SNOW COVER IS EXPECTED TO TAKE QUITE AN EDGE OF TEMPERATURES SO 30S APPEAR TO BE THE OPERATIVE MODE MONDAY. A COLD FRONT AND WEAK ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM FOLLOWS TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY WITH A SLIGHT WARMING TREND THURSDAY. THE HPC GRIDS WERE OF LITTLE HELP WITH THE FCST HIGHS TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. H10-5 THICKNESS FALL BACK INTO THE 520-530DM RANGE SO LATER FCST MAY HAVE TO DROP FCST HIGHS DURING THIS TIME FRAME. && .AVIATION... LIFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AROUND 09Z TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 FROM WEST TO EAST. LIFR WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY FRIDAY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20 WITH SOME IMPROVEMENT ACROSS SWRN NEB LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER STORM WARNING LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NEB ZONES 023>029-035>038-057>059-069>071. WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY LATE TONIGHT AND FRIDAY NEB ZONES 004-005-008>010- 022-056-094. CDC/BT
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 4:39 AM MST, 9 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 539 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-122330- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 539 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009 /439 AM MST THU FEB 12 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. AN INTENSE STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE OUT OF THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND ONTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT. AS IT DOES... WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL DEVELOP IN WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS EVENING AND SPREAD INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS FRIDAY AND...WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL SPREAD INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FRIDAY MORNING. HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS EXCEEDING SIX INCHES ARE LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BROKEN BOW THROUGH STAPLETON...TRYON AND OGALLALA TO IMPERIAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE JRS
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2:24 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | LBF | Brown, Cherry, Deuel, Garden, Holt, Rock and 1 more | 24 hr |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.