Winter Storm Watches in Nebraska
494 winter storm watches 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 winter storm watches reaches back to 2005.
Winter Storm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Winter Storm Watches
- 494
- Busiest year
- 201848 winter storm watches
- Average year
- 22over 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.
- Cherry County85
- Sheridan County76
- Rock County74
- Brown County72
- Holt County71
- Keya Paha County70
- Dawes County70
- Boyd County67
- Blaine County65
- Thomas County65
- Loup County63
- Box Butte County62
- Hooker County62
- Sioux County62
- Banner County61
- Grant County61
- McPherson County60
- Antelope County59
- Cedar County59
- Garfield County59
- Knox County59
- Arthur County59
- Keith County59
- Pierce County58
- Wheeler County58
- Kimball County58
- Logan County58
- Scotts Bluff County58
- Lincoln County57
- Garden County56
- Cheyenne County55
- Custer County54
- Dodge County54
- Deuel County54
- Perkins County54
- Dundy County53
- Wayne County53
- Morrill County52
- Burt County51
- Thurston County51
53 more counties
- Washington County51
- Hitchcock County51
- Colfax County50
- Cuming County50
- Madison County50
- Stanton County50
- Boone County49
- Dixon County49
- Red Willow County49
- Valley County49
- Platte County48
- Cass County48
- Greeley County48
- Saunders County48
- Douglas County47
- Lancaster County47
- Seward County47
- Sherman County47
- Dakota County46
- Dawson County46
- Sarpy County46
- Butler County45
- Chase County45
- Saline County45
- Buffalo County44
- Hayes County44
- Otoe County44
- Fillmore County43
- Franklin County43
- Gage County43
- Howard County43
- Johnson County43
- Nemaha County43
- Nuckolls County43
- Pawnee County43
- Frontier County42
- Gosper County42
- Richardson County42
- Clay County41
- Furnas County41
- Jefferson County41
- Phelps County41
- Thayer County41
- Hamilton County39
- Harlan County39
- Kearney County39
- Nance County39
- Webster County39
- Adams County38
- Merrick County38
- York County38
- Hall County36
- Polk County36
The latest winter storm watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 11:47 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 24 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:44 AM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | OAX | Antelope, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge and 10 more | 24 hr |
| Mar 12, 2:35 PM CDT | Winter Storm Watch | FSD | Dakota, Dixon | 47 hr |
| Feb 18, 1:49 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | GID | Greeley, Howard, Sherman, Valley | 10 hr |
| Feb 17, 1:21 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | LBF | Arthur, Blaine, Cherry, Custer, Grant, Hooker and 5 more | 22 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.