Blizzard Warnings in Nebraska
165 blizzard warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of blizzard warnings reaches back to 2005.
Blizzard Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Blizzard Warnings
- 165
- Busiest year
- 201819 blizzard warnings
- Average year
- 8over 22 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Dundy County32
- Hitchcock County27
- Dixon County22
- Red Willow County21
- Dakota County21
- Cherry County20
- Cheyenne County19
- Keya Paha County18
- Banner County18
- Kimball County18
- Buffalo County17
- Custer County17
- Holt County17
- Hooker County17
- Knox County17
- Thurston County17
- Sheridan County17
- Adams County16
- Boyd County16
- Brown County16
- Cedar County16
- Dawson County16
- Furnas County16
- Gosper County16
- Phelps County16
- Wheeler County16
- Chase County16
- Grant County16
- Perkins County16
- Cuming County15
- Garfield County15
- Greeley County15
- Hamilton County15
- Kearney County15
- Loup County15
- Rock County15
- Sherman County15
- Valley County15
- Wayne County15
- Arthur County15
53 more counties
- Dawes County15
- Scotts Bluff County15
- Clay County14
- Hall County14
- Harlan County14
- Hayes County14
- Howard County14
- Lincoln County14
- Polk County14
- York County14
- Box Butte County14
- Deuel County14
- Burt County14
- Sioux County14
- Blaine County13
- Fillmore County13
- Franklin County13
- McPherson County13
- Merrick County13
- Pierce County13
- Webster County13
- Garden County13
- Keith County13
- Morrill County13
- Antelope County12
- Frontier County12
- Logan County12
- Nance County12
- Nuckolls County12
- Platte County12
- Thomas County12
- Boone County11
- Madison County11
- Stanton County11
- Dodge County11
- Washington County11
- Colfax County10
- Thayer County10
- Cass County10
- Saunders County10
- Seward County10
- Douglas County9
- Otoe County9
- Sarpy County9
- Butler County9
- Lancaster County9
- Gage County8
- Pawnee County8
- Richardson County8
- Jefferson County7
- Johnson County7
- Nemaha County7
- Saline County7
The latest blizzard warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 11:58 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 19 hr |
| Mar 14, 11:35 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | OAX | Antelope, Cedar, Knox, Pierce, Thurston, Wayne | 22 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:20 PM CDT | Blizzard Warning | FSD | Dakota, Dixon | 56 hr |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.