Alert archive / Nebraska / Winter Storm Warnings in 2013
Winter Storm Warning 3, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this winter storm warning at Mar 22, 2013, 2:26 AM MDT for 6 counties in Nebraska. It took effect at Mar 23, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 15 hr. 4 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
- Mar 22, 2013, 2:26 AM MDT (08:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 23, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2013, 2:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 15 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
Counties Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Keith County, NE, Perkins County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 1:45 AM MDT | SNOW 2.5 | Imperial, NE | LAW ENFORCEMENT ESTIMATED AROUND 2.5 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMLATED ON THE GRASS AND AROUND 1 INCH ON THE STREET. |
| Mar 23, 4:35 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | Imperial, NE | MEASURED ON GRASSY SURFACE...LESS THAN AN INCH HAS COLLECTED ON ROADWAYS. |
| Mar 23, 7:58 AM MDT | SNOW 3.5 | Big Springs, NE | STILL SNOWING AT TIME OF OBSERVATION. |
| Mar 23, 12:32 PM MDT | SNOW 4.5 | Imperial, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL |
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 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
857 WWUS43 KLBF 220826 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 326 AM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER LIKELY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOWS LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. BY SATURDAY EVENING...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA INCLUDING CHASE...PERKINS AND HAYES COUNTIES. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FURTHER NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR FROM OGALLALA EAST TO NORTH PLATTE. NEZ058-069-070-221700- /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.W.0003.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 326 AM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /226 AM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN CHASE COUNTY. * WIND...EASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AT AROUND 10 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ NEZ022-056-057-059-071-221700- /O.NEW.KLBF.WS.A.0006.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 326 AM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /226 AM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATIONS OVER 6 INCHES BEING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 26 FROM LISCO TO OGALLALA AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FROM OGALLALA TO BRADY. * WIND...EASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AT AROUND 10 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 10 TO 20 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$ CLB
6 follow-up statements
191 WWUS43 KLBF 221823 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 123 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER LIKELY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA. BY SATURDAY EVENING...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA INCLUDING CHASE... PERKINS AND HAYES COUNTIES. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH ACROSS THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR FROM OGALLALA EAST TO NORTH PLATTE. NEZ058-069-070-230230- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 123 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /1223 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN CHASE COUNTY. * WIND...EASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AT AROUND 10 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ NEZ022-056-057-059-071-230230- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.A.0006.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ GARDEN-DEUEL-KEITH-LINCOLN-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS... OGALLALA...NORTH PLATTE...CURTIS...EUSTIS 123 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /1223 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING... A WINTER STORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA AND THE EASTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT...AND WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ACCUMULATIONS OVER 6 INCHES BEING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 26 FROM LISCO TO OGALLALA AND ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 FROM OGALLALA TO BRADY. * WIND...EASTERLY WINDS TONIGHT AT AROUND 10 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW...SLEET...OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. && $$
602 WWUS43 KLBF 222042 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 342 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER LIKELY IN SOUTHWESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. BY SATURDAY EVENING...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH. NEZ056-057-071-230445- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0006.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ /O.EXA.KLBF.WS.W.0003.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... CURTIS...EUSTIS 342 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /242 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE THIS EVENING...AND WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES IS EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ NEZ058-069-070-230445- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER 342 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /242 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. && $$ NEZ022-059-230445- /O.UPG.KLBF.WS.A.0006.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ GARDEN-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...NORTH PLATTE 342 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /242 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ035>038-230445- /O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON...BROKEN BOW 342 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /242 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE TONIGHT...AND WILL PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TAYLOR/ROBERG
804 WWUS43 KLBF 230225 AAA WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 925 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER IN WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. BY SATURDAY EVENING...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH. NEZ056>058-069>071-231030- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 925 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /825 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CHASE AND PERKINS COUNTY. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS TONIGHT AT 10 TO 20 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ NEZ022-035>038-059-231030- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.130323T0600Z-130324T1200Z/ GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE 925 PM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 /825 PM MDT FRI MAR 22 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ SATURDAY TO 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT AND PERSIST INTO SATURDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH...WILL BECOME NORTH AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH ON SATURDAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ ROBERG
632 WWUS43 KLBF 230842 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 342 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER IN WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. BY THIS EVENING...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH. NEZ056>058-069>071-231645- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130324T1200Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 342 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 /242 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND PERSIST INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CHASE AND PERKINS COUNTY. * WIND...BECOMING NORTHERLY AND INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ NEZ022-035>038-059-231645- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130324T1200Z/ GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE 342 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 /242 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...3 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...BECOMING NORTHERLY AND INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH TODAY. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE TODAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ JACOBS
637 WWUS43 KLBF 231636 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1136 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER WEATHER IN WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY... .A LATE SEASON WINTER STORM WILL TRACK ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH ACCUMULATING SNOW ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. BY THIS EVENING...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS FAR SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND THE SOUTHERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. LIGHTER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED FARTHER NORTH. NEZ056>058-069>071-240045- /O.CON.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130324T1200Z/ DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA... GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER...CURTIS...EUSTIS 1136 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 /1036 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013/ ...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND PERSIST INTO THE EVENING HOURS. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...6 TO 10 INCHES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED ACROSS CHASE AND PERKINS COUNTY. * WIND...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON... DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW AND BLOWING 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. && $$ NEZ022-035>038-059-240045- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130324T1200Z/ GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE 1136 AM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 /1036 AM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM CDT /6 AM MDT/ SUNDAY. * TIMING...SNOW WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 5 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH THE HEAVIEST ACCUMULATIONS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. * WIND...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH THIS AFTERNOON... DECREASING TO 10 TO 20 MPH TONIGHT. * IMPACTS...HAZARDOUS TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE TODAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ TAYLOR
211 WWUS43 KLBF 232035 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 335 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 NEZ058-069>071-240445- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130324T1200Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.WW.Y.0010.130323T2035Z-130324T0500Z/ PERKINS-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRANT...IMPERIAL...HAYES CENTER... CURTIS...EUSTIS 335 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 /235 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT /11 PM MDT/ TONIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL END THIS EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN ONE INCH. * WIND...NORTHERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WILL LEAD TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BLOWING SNOW MEANS THAT VISIBILITIES WILL BE LIMITED DUE TO STRONG WINDS BLOWING SNOW AROUND. USE CAUTION WHEN TRAVELING...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN AREAS. && $$ NEZ056-057-232145- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0003.000000T0000Z-130324T1200Z/ DEUEL-KEITH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHAPPELL...BIG SPRINGS...OGALLALA 235 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013 ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER STORM WARNING. THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ NEZ022-035>038-059-232145- /O.CAN.KLBF.WW.Y.0009.000000T0000Z-130324T1200Z/ GARDEN-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CUSTER-LINCOLN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSHKOSH...ARTHUR...TRYON...STAPLETON... BROKEN BOW...NORTH PLATTE 335 PM CDT SAT MAR 23 2013 /235 PM MDT SAT MAR 23 2013/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS CANCELLED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. THE THREAT FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW HAS ENDED. $$ TAYLOR/ROBERG/SNIVELY
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 Mar 21, 11:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 11:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1248 AM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 358 PM CDT THU MAR 21 2013 ANALYSIS OF THE 19Z MSL DATA SHOWED LOW PRESSURE CENTERED NEAR THE OKLAHOMA-TEXAS PANHANDLE AND OVER SOUTHEAST WYOMING. IN THE SOUTH...A WARM FRONT WAS STRETCHED FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS THROUGH THE RED RIVER VALLEY TO THE LOW IN THE PANHANDLE WHERE IT BECOMES A COLD FRONT ACROSS ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO. AN INVERTED TROUGH EXTENDED FROM THE LOW IN THE THE PANHANDLE THROUGH THE LOW IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING TO ANOTHER LOW NEAR THE ALBERTA-SASKATCHEWAN BORDER. RADAR INDICATED SOME SHOWERS OVER THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE AND THE WESTERN SANDHILLS. IN THE UPPER LEVELS...THERE APPEARED TO BE SOME DOWNWARD MOTION AND POSSIBLY A POTENTIAL VORTICITY ANOMALY OVER WESTERN COLORADO AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO AS FAR NORTHWEST AS OFF THE COAST OF WASHINGTON. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 358 PM CDT THU MAR 21 2013 THE RADAR ECHOES BEING OBSERVED OVER THE PANHANDLE THIS AFTERNOON WERE LIKELY A MIX OF RAIN AND SNOW AS A TEMP/DEWPOINT SPREADS OF 20C WERE BEING OBSERVED OVER THE AREA EVEN WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S. WET BULB TRACES FROM LAPS SOUNDINGS WOULD INDICATE SNOW SO HAVE CHANGED WEATHER TYPES FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON TO A RAIN/SNOW MIX. THESE SHOWERS WERE ONGOING AHEAD OF A SURFACE TROUGH WHICH LOCATED OVER EASTERN WYOMING AND INTO NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. THIS SURFACE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EAST OVERNIGHT...WHICH WILL SPREAD PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THE MODELS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT SHOWING A WEAK SURFACE LOW TRACKING EAST ACROSS THE CENTRAL CORRIDOR OF THE STATE...ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK UPPER LEVEL PV ANOMALY. ISENTROPIC LIFT AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BE STRONGEST FROM NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA...MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM MERRIMAN TO BROKEN BOW. IN THESE AREAS...COULD SEE AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING. THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS. TEMPERATURES ON FRIDAY SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THE HIGHS OBSERVED TODAY /THURSDAY/ AS TEMPERATURES DUE TO THE AIRMASS ALOFT BEING VERY SIMILAR IN TEMPERATURE...AND THAT CLOUDS WILL PLAY A PART IN HOW MUCH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM. NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA COULD SEE THICK CLOUD COVER THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY...AND WITH TEMPERATURES AT 850MB STAYING BELOW 0C...WILL LIKELY ONLY SEE HIGHS IN THE LOW TO MID 30S. BY LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON A LARGE SYSTEM WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL ROCKIES. WITH SOME INCREASED MOISTURE AHEAD OF THAT SYSTEM...COULD SEE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE PANHANDLE BY 00Z SATURDAY. TEMPERATURE/DEWPOINT PROFILES FROM FORECAST SOUNDINGS WOULD INDICATE A RAIN/SNOW MIX INITIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PANHANDLE. .LONG TERM...(FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 358 PM CDT THU MAR 21 2013 RETURN FLOW FRIDAY EVENING WILL PROBABLY ESTABLISH A MOISTURE TRAJECTORY FROM THE TEXAS GULF COAST ONTO THE HIGH PLAINS OF COLORADO...KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. ISENTROPIC LIFT IN THE 290-300K THETA LAYER WILL GIVE THE UPWARD MOTION LATE FRIDAY EVENING 06Z TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON 21Z. USING A 12 TO 1 SNOW TO LIQUID RATIO... TOTALS COME OUT TO RANGE FROM AROUND AN INCH NORTH AND EAST OF ONEILL TO NEAR 8 INCHES IN IMPERIAL. HOWEVER...A VERY DRY BOUNDARY LAYER WILL REQUIRE SOME TIME TO SATURATE AND WARM SURFACES WILL CAUSE SOME MELTING INITIALLY...SO EIGHT INCH TOTALS MAY NOT BE REALIZED EXCEPT MAYBE IN SOME LOCALIZED CONVECTIVE BANDS. A CROSS-SECTION DOES INDICATE SOME FOLDED THETA-E SOUTH OF I-80. AFTER SATURDAY...PERSISTENT NORTH TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES BELOW THE SEASONAL AVERAGES. AFTER MIDWEEK...THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE WESTERLY AND THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF ANOTHER SYSTEM DEVELOPING THAT COULD BERING A CHANCE OF RAIN OR SNOW TO THE AREA. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z FRIDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1247 AM CDT FRI MAR 22 2013 LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WITH IFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST FROM THE KVTN AND KBBW TERMINALS EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. CONDITIONS SHOULD IMPROVE TO MVFR AS THE SNOW ENDS AT KVTN TO VFR BY AROUND 15Z. CURRENT VFR CONDITIONS AT KLBF MAY FALL TO MVFR AND POSSIBLY THROUGH 12Z BASED ON CONDITIONS TO THE WEST AT KOGA AND KIML. WILL NEED TO MONITOR AND HAVE INCLUDED A TEMPO. VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY AHEAD OF A STORM SYSTEM APPROACHING THE AREA. MVFR CONDITIONS MAY REACH KLBF TOWARD THE END OF THE TAF PERIOD IN 5SM -SN OVC030 AS THE SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE IN. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SPRINGER SHORT TERM...BROOKS LONG TERM...SPRINGER AVIATION...ROBERG
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 10:52 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1152 PM CDT THU MAR 21 2013 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-230500- 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- 1152 PM CDT THU MAR 21 2013 /1052 PM MDT THU MAR 21 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL MOVE EAST FROM A VALENTINE THROUGH BROKEN BOW LINE OVERNIGHT. LOCATIONS EAST OF THIS LINE COULD SEE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO LOCALLY THREE INCHES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY NIGHT...WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LISCO TO NORTH PLATTE. THESE AREAS COULD SEE AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 8 INCHES...WITH LESSER AMOUNTS TO THE NORTH OF THIS LINE. .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 KAR
The office that day
Everything else NWS North Platte, NE issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 2:26 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | LBF | Deuel, Frontier, Garden, Keith, Lincoln | 12 hr |
| Mar 22, 2:42 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | LBF | Arthur, Custer, Garden, Lincoln, Logan, McPherson | 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.