Heavy Snow, Banner
- When
- April 9, 10:00 PM MST to April 10, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Banner forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.546, -103.710 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nebraska, April 9 to 10, 1997
Heavy snow fell over central and southern portions of the Panhandle. Accumulations of 7 to 9 inches were widespread.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
Heavy snow fell over central and southern portions of the Panhandle. Accumulations of 7 to 9 inches were widespread. A localized band of heavier snow remained nearly stationary across Banner County and western Morrill County which resulted in accumulations of 10 inches at Harrisburg and Bayard.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Morrill
- When
- April 9, 10:00 PM MST to April 10, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Morrill forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -103.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Scotts Bluff
- When
- April 9, 10:00 PM MST to April 10, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Box Butte
- When
- April 9, 10:00 PM MST to April 10, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Box Butte forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Sioux
- When
- April 9, 10:00 PM MST to April 10, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Sioux forecast zone
Heavy Snow, Kimball
- When
- April 9, 10:00 PM MST to April 10, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Kimball forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.198, -103.715 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Cheyenne
- When
- April 9, 10:00 PM MST to April 10, 11:00 AM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Cold in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Cold in Pennsylvania, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 9 to 12, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 9, 1997
- Cold in Virginia, April 9, 1997
- Cold in North Carolina, April 9, 1997
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Utah, April 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in New Jersey, April 9 to 11, 1997
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 9 to 10, 1997
- Cold in Kansas, April 9 to 13, 1997
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, April 9 to 10, 1997
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, April 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5592505, 5592506, 5592507, 5592508, 5592509, 5592510, 5592511.