1 dense fog, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 dense fog. Local standard time, as filed.
Icy roads and foggy conditions caused several accidents in which drivers were unable to see the intersection or slid off the road and rolled.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, December 1997
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: 5625211.