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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this blizzard warning at Apr 14, 2011, 5:34 PM MDT for 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 16 hr. 20 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
- Apr 14, 2011, 5:34 PM MDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2011, 9:31 AM MDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 5:55 PM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 5 | Imperial, NE | SNOWING HEAVILY. |
| Apr 14, 5:55 PM MDT | BLIZZARD | Imperial, NE | VISIBILITY LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. SEVERAL VEHICLES IN THE DITCH. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES THROUGHOUT CHASE COUNTY. |
| Apr 14, 9:25 PM MDT | BLIZZARD | Imperial, NE | WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES ACROSS CHASE AND HAYES COUNTIES. |
| Apr 14, 9:25 PM MDT | BLIZZARD | Sutherland, NE | SO FAR THREE INCHES OF SNOW WITH QUARTER MILE OR LESS VISIBILITY OVER THE PAST THREE HOURS. |
| Apr 14, 11:46 PM MDT | BLIZZARD | Ogallala, NE | SEVERAL REPORTS OF LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN IN OGALLALA. |
| Apr 15, 2:59 AM MDT | SNOW 4 | 3 E North Platte, NE | TWO FOOT DRIFTS IN FRONT OF THE NWS OFFICE WITH NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS. |
| Apr 15, 6:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 16 | Paxton, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 16.0 INCHES. STORM TOTAL WATER EQUIVALENT WAS 2.08 INCHES. POWER WENT OFF BRIEFLY TO NORTH TOWN WELL AROUND 330 AM BUT WAS RESTORED QUICKLY. |
| Apr 15, 6:30 AM MDT | SNOW 6 | Hayes Center, NE | |
| Apr 15, 6:30 AM MDT | BLIZZARD | North Platte, NE | THREE TO FIVE FOOT DRIFTS IN FRONT OF GARAGE. |
| Apr 15, 6:33 AM MDT | BLIZZARD | 3 E North Platte, NE | 5 INCHES OF SNOW WITH DRIFTS APPROACHING FOUR FEET IN HEIGHT. |
| Apr 15, 6:51 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10 | Imperial, NE | WITH THREE TO FOUR FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Apr 15, 6:51 AM MDT | BLIZZARD | Imperial, NE | COOP OBSERVER ESTIMATED 10 INCHES OF SNOW HAD FALLEN WITH THREE TO FOUR FOOT DRIFTS. |
| Apr 15, 6:54 AM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | Nw Hayes Center, NE | |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 6.3 | 5 W Stapleton, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 6.3 INCHES WITH STORM TOTAL WATER EQUIVALENT OF 1.42 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 10.2 | Kingsley Dam, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AT KINGSLEY DAM WAS 10.2 INCHES. STORM TOTAL WATER EQUIVALENT WAS 1.45 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 12 | 26 N Whitman, NE | NERAIN OBSERVER MEASURED 12.0 INCHES OF STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WITH WATER EQUIVALENT OF 1.15 INCHES. |
| Apr 15, 7:49 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 8 | 15 Nne North Platte, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 8.0 INCHES. SNOW DEPTH AT TIME OF REPORT WAS 6.0 INCHES. GROUND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS CONTINUE AT TIMES. |
| Apr 15, 7:53 AM MDT | SNOW 5.2 | 2 W North Platte, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 5.2 INCHES WITH 0.52 OF AN INCH WATER EQUIVALENT. STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION INCLUDING RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL WAS 1.39 INCHES. REPORT FURNISHED BY AN OFF DUTY SENIOR FORECASTER. |
| Apr 15, 8:55 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 9 | 8 Wnw North Platte, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL MEASURED 9 INCHES 8.5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE...ON NORTH RIVER ROAD. |
| Apr 15, 9:40 AM MDT | HEAVY SNOW 7 | 2 W Wallace, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 7.0 INCHES. STORM TOTAL WATER EQUIVALENT WAS 2.33 INCHES. SNOW DRIFTS OF 4 TO 6 FEET NEAR STRUCTURES. |
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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 178 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
560 WWUS43 KLBF 142334 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 634 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 .AN INTENSE SPRING STORM SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS IT CROSSES THE PLAINS...A VARIETY OF WEATHER TYPES CAN BE EXPECTED. A MIX OF RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED INITIALLY WITH AN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. IN ADDITION...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL GENERATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEZ035>037-057>059-069-070-150745- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.110414T2334Z-110416T0000Z/ ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 634 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 /534 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...A RAIN SNOW MIX ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS EVENING. SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 THROUGH THE NIGHT. SNOW WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 14 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED SURFACES...INCLUDING ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT. AS HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ON POWER POLES...POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ004>006-008-022>026-056-071-094-150745- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-DEUEL-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... DUNNING...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 634 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 /534 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 6 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST FRIDAY MORNING. THIS EVENING WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY. BY FRIDAY MORNING WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BECOME SLUSH ON ROADWAYS INITIALLY. THEN...AS SURFACES COOL...SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING. WINDS WILL INCREASE AND COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ038-150745- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0013.110415T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROKEN BOW 634 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CHANGE OVER COMPLETELY LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. BECAUSE OF WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACTUAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AND INCREASE TO 35 TO 45 MPH OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BECOME SLUSH ON ROADWAYS INITIALLY. THEN...AS SURFACES COOL...SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING. WIND WILL INCREASE AND COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ007-009-010-027>029-150745- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0013.110415T0600Z-110416T0000Z/ BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT 634 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CHANGE OVER COMPLETELY LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. BECAUSE OF WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACTUAL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE LESS. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE NORTH THIS EVENING AND INCREASE TO 30 TO 40 MPH BY OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BECOME SLUSH ON ROADWAYS INITIALLY. THEN...AS SURFACES COOL...SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING. WIND WILL INCREASE AND COULD PRODUCE CONSIDERABLE BLOWING AND DRIFTING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ TAYLOR/BUTTLER
3 follow-up statements
067 WWUS43 KLBF 150448 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1148 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 .AN INTENSE SPRING STORM SYSTEM MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND FRIDAY. AS IT CROSSES THE PLAINS...A VARIETY OF WEATHER TYPES CAN BE EXPECTED. A MIX OF RAIN OR SNOW IS EXPECTED INITIALLY WITH AN EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. THEN THE PRECIPITATION WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. IN ADDITION...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS WILL GENERATE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. NEZ035>037-057>059-069-070-151200- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 1148 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 /1048 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEST OF HIGHWAY 83 THROUGH THE NIGHT...TAPERING OFF TO FLURRIES FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 4 TO 12 INCHES...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS EXPECTED WEST OF HIGHWAY 83. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE ON EXPOSED SURFACES... INCLUDING ROADWAYS OVERNIGHT. AS HEAVY WET SNOW ACCUMULATES ON POWER POLES...POWER OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. ROAD CLOSURES ARE LIKELY AND THE INTERSTATE IS CLOSED WEST OF NORTH PLATTE TO SIDNEY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ004>006-008-022>026-056-071-094-151200- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-DEUEL-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... DUNNING...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1148 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 /1048 PM MDT THU APR 14 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL EXPAND IN COVERAGE THIS EVENING...BECOMING HEAVY AT TIMES THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 5 TO 12 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTH WINDS GUSTING TO 25 MPH ARE LIKELY OVERNIGHT. BY FRIDAY MORNING WIND GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BECOME SLUSH ON ROADWAYS INITIALLY. THEN...AS SURFACES COOL...SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING ON ROADWAYS...LEADING TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ038-151200- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...BROKEN BOW 1148 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED WITH SNOW BY EARLY THIS EVENING AND CHANGE OVER COMPLETELY LATE TONIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. BECAUSE OF WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACTUAL ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LESS. * WIND...NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BECOME SLUSH ON ROADWAYS INITIALLY. THEN...AS SURFACES COOL...SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING. TRAVEL OVERNIGHT MAY BECOME HAZARDOUS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ007-009-010-027>029-151200- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0013.110415T0600Z-110416T0000Z/ BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT 1148 PM CDT THU APR 14 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT FRIDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVERNIGHT TONIGHT AND CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. BECAUSE OF WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACTUAL ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LESS. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY OVERNIGHT WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BECOME SLUSH ON ROADWAYS INITIALLY. THEN...AS SURFACES COOL...SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING LEADING TO SLICK ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ CLB
426 WWUS43 KLBF 150915 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 415 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 .AS THE INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...SNOW IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL TAPER OFF TODAY. NEZ035>037-057>059-069-070-151715- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 415 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 /315 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW IS LIKELY TO TAPER OFF TO FLURRIES BY LATE THIS MORNING...BUT THE WIND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BLOWING AND DRIFTING INTO THE AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 30 TO 30 MPH WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE FROM THE WEST AND WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS AND CONTINUED BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CAUSE A HAZARD TO MOTORISTS BECAUSE OF SEVERELY REDUCED VISIBILITY AND SOME TWO TO FOUR FOOT DRIFTS. THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND PERIODS OF HEAVY WET SNOW COULD ALSO CAUSE POWER OUTAGES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ004>006-008-022>026-056-071-094-151715- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BROWN-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-DEUEL-FRONTIER-WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD... DUNNING...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY... MERRIMAN...KILGORE 415 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 /315 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT /6 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING TO FLURRIES...BUT WIND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL ALSO CONTINUE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL OF TWO TO FOUR INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTH WIND 20 TO 25 MPH ARE IS EXPECTED WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 35 MPH. WIND WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 DURING THE AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CAUSE RESTRICTED VISIBILITY AND DEEPER DRIFTS THAT WOULD IMPAIR TRAFFIC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ007-009-010-027>029-038-151715- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW 415 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO EARLY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. BECAUSE OF WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACTUAL ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LESS. * WIND...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS MORNING WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BECOME SLUSH ON ROADWAYS INITIALLY. THEN...AS SURFACES COOL...SNOW WILL BEGIN ACCUMULATING LEADING TO SLICK ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ SPRINGER
669 WWUS43 KLBF 151531 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1031 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 .AS THE INTENSE STORM SYSTEM MAKES ITS WAY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS...SNOW IN WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WILL END TODAY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS HOWEVER WILL PERSIST THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. NEZ035>037-057>059-069-070-151645- /O.CAN.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...OGALLALA... GRANT...NORTH PLATTE...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 1031 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 /931 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011/ ...BLIZZARD WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE BLIZZARD WARNING. THE BLIZZARD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. SOME BLOWING SNOW WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MORNING. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. $$ NEZ004-005-022>025-056-071-094-151645- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-DEUEL-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE...VALENTINE... OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN...THEDFORD...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... CURTIS...EUSTIS...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 1031 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 /931 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2011/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE WINTER STORM WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR FRONTIER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SNOW HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL PERSIST FOR THE REMAINDER OF TODAY. $$ NEZ006-008-026-152345- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ KEYA PAHA-BROWN-BLAINE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPRINGVIEW...AINSWORTH...DUNNING 1031 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL TAPER OFF THIS MORNING TO FLURRIES BY EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT WIND WILL CONTINUE INTO THE AFTERNOON. SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL ALSO CONTINUE. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL UP TO ONE INCH CAN BE EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTH WIND 25 TO 35 MPH ARE IS EXPECTED WITH GUSTS EXCEEDING 40 MPH. WIND WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 25 BY EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING WILL CAUSE RESTRICTED VISIBILITY AND DEEPER DRIFTS THAT WOULD IMPAIR TRAFFIC. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW... SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE. && $$ NEZ007-009-010-027>029-038-152345- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0013.000000T0000Z-110416T0000Z/ BOYD-ROCK-HOLT-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SPENCER...BASSETT...ONEILL...TAYLOR... BURWELL...BARTLETT...BROKEN BOW 1031 AM CDT FRI APR 15 2011 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND WILL END EARLY THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOWFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED. BECAUSE OF WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES ACTUAL ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE LESS. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. * IMPACTS...HEAVY WET SNOW WILL BE SLUSHY ON ROADWAYS INITIALLY. THEN...AS TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE MID AND UPPER 30S...ROAD SURFACE WILL LIKELY MELT OFF. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO A COMBINATION OF FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING... ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 3:05 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LBF | Boyd, Chase, Custer, Frontier, Garfield, Hayes and 7 more | 39 hr |
| Apr 14, 2:09 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Deuel and 13 more | 24 hr |
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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.