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Blizzard Warning 1, NWS North Platte, NE
NWS North Platte, NE issued this blizzard warning at Dec 23, 2014, 5:45 AM MST for Sheridan County, Nebraska. It was in force for 11 hr. 7 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
- Dec 23, 2014, 5:45 AM MST (12:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 23, 2014, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS North Platte, NE
County Sheridan County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 7:59 AM MST | SNOW 3 | Ellsworth, NE | VISIBILITIES LESS THAN 1/2 MILE |
| Dec 23, 8:10 AM MST | SNOW 6 | 1 N Hay Springs, NE | |
| Dec 23, 8:13 AM MST | SNOW 4 | Gordon, NE | 2 FOOT DRIFTS |
| Dec 23, 9:20 AM MST | SNOW 4 | 6 N Gordon, NE | 1/2 MILE VISIBILITIES...WITH SKINNY 3 TO 4 FOOT SNOW DRIFTS. ROADS ARE COMPLETELY SNOW AND ICE PACKED. |
| Dec 23, 9:26 AM MST | SNOW 5 | Hay Springs, NE | 1/4 MILE VISIBILITIES |
| Dec 23, 3:30 PM MST | SNOW 3 | Ellsworth, NE | STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL WAS 3 INCHES. |
| Dec 23, 4:07 PM MST | HEAVY SNOW 15 | Hay Springs, NE | SNOW DEPTH IS 14 TO 16 INCHES WITH DRIFTS OF 4 FEET. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Rapid City, SD (KRAP), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
424 WWUS43 KLBF 231245 AAA WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 645 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN SHERIDAN COUNTY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEZ004-240000- /O.CAN.KLBF.WS.W.0005.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.141223T1245Z-141224T0000Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 545 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... ...WINTER STORM WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL FALL BELOW 1/4 MILE AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PILE UP DEEP DRIFTS. ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NEZ005>010-022>029-035>037-094-240000- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR... TRYON...STAPLETON...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 645 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 /545 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN CHERRY COUNTY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED WITH BLOWING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND SOME UNIMPROVED ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$
3 follow-up statements
012 WWUS43 KLBF 231340 AAB WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 740 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM TO IMPACT WESTERN NEBRASKA TODAY... .SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FOR MOST AREAS WITH 3 TO 6 INCHES IN SHERIDAN COUNTY. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STORM WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEZ004-240000- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 640 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW...MODERATE TO HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...FOUR TO EIGHT INCHES WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ACROSS NORTHERN SHERIDAN COUNTY. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY WILL FALL BELOW 1/4 MILE AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PILE UP DEEP DRIFTS. ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE. 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. && $$ NEZ069-240000- /O.EXA.KLBF.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/ CHASE- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...IMPERIAL 640 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...OCCASIONAL MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...THREE TO FIVE INCHES. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW WILL REDUCE VISIBILITY TO 1/4 MILE AT TIMES AND MAKE TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND SOME UNIMPROVED ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE BY EARLY AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW WILL CAUSE PRIMARILY TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. BE PREPARED FOR SNOW COVERED ROADS AND LIMITED VISIBILITIES...AND USE CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. && $$ NEZ005>010-022>029-035>037-094-240000- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR... TRYON...STAPLETON...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 740 AM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 /640 AM MST TUE DEC 23 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING AND BECOME LIGHT THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...TWO TO FOUR INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN CHERRY COUNTY. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED WITH BLOWING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DRIFTING AND SOME UNIMPROVED ROADS COULD BECOME IMPASSABLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
274 WWUS43 KLBF 232101 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 301 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...WINTER STORM WINDING DOWN ACROSS WESTERN NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... .LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN AN INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE...HOWEVER THE GREATEST IMPACTS WILL BE FROM THE STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WHICH WILL PRODUCE AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW REDUCING VISIBILITY TO A HALF MILE AT TIMES. NEZ004-240000- /O.CON.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 201 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * TIMING...SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...UP TO ONE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...VISIBILITY MAY FALL BELOW 1/2 MILE AND BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL PILE UP DEEP DRIFTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE. && $$ NEZ005>010-022>029-035>037-069-094-240000- /O.CON.KLBF.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CHASE- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR... TRYON...STAPLETON...IMPERIAL...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 301 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 /201 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO TAPER OFF LATE THIS AFTERNOON. * SNOW ACCUMULATIONS...LESS THAN AN INCH. * WIND...NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ROADS WILL BECOME SNOW PACKED WITH BLOWING SNOW MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CAUSE DRIFTING WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ JACOBS
748 WWUS43 KLBF 232358 WSWLBF URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 558 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 NEZ004-240100- /O.EXP.KLBF.BZ.W.0001.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/ SHERIDAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GORDON...RUSHVILLE 458 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2014 ...BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE BLIZZARD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. SNOW HAD ENDED OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WIND HAS ALSO DIMINISHED. $$ NEZ005>010-022>029-035>037-069-094-240100- /O.EXP.KLBF.WW.Y.0021.000000T0000Z-141224T0000Z/ EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-GRANT-HOOKER- THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-LOGAN-CHASE- WESTERN CHERRY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VALENTINE...SPRINGVIEW...SPENCER... AINSWORTH...BASSETT...ONEILL...OSHKOSH...HYANNIS...MULLEN... THEDFORD...DUNNING...TAYLOR...BURWELL...BARTLETT...ARTHUR... TRYON...STAPLETON...IMPERIAL...CODY...MERRIMAN...KILGORE 558 PM CST TUE DEC 23 2014 /458 PM MST TUE DEC 23 2014/ ...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING... THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THIS EVENING. SNOW HAD ENDED OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WIND HAS ALSO DIMINISHED. $$
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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.