Name: Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 10, 1998
Start: 1998-11-10T02:00
End: 1998-11-10T16:00
Location: Nebraska

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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Heat and drought
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Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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 OAX wrote it up.

Intense low pressure brought locally heavy snow to northeast Nebraska accompanied by winds gusting to near 60 mph, see the entry for the same time period for the rest of eastern Nebraska. Heavier snowfall totals included 8 inches at Laurel, 6 inches at Loretto and 4 inches at Norfolk, Bloomfield, Osmond and Hadar. The snow was whipped around by northwest winds of 30 to over 50 mph which prevailed from around 200 am cst through 400 pm cst before subsiding. The strong winds created near whiteout conditions at times and closed many schools. Power was lost for a while at many locations due to the strong wind and ice accumulations on power lines or broken tree limbs falling on power lines. A peak gust of 58 mph was recorded at Norfolk at 727 am cst with similar gusts across all of northeast Nebraska. Even higher gusts were reported across parts of east central Nebraska.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

8 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Antelope

When: November 10, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Antelope forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Boone

When: November 10, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.707, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Cedar

When: November 10, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Cedar forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Knox

When: November 10, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Madison

When: November 10, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Pierce

When: November 10, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Pierce forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.264, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Stanton

When: November 10, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Stanton forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Wayne

When: November 10, 2:00 AM CST to 4:00 PM CST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 42.209, -97.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Winter Storm: A storm that brought snow, sleet or freezing rain at warning levels, usually over several hours or days.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Nebraska in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, November 1998

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: 5675673, 5675674, 5675675, 5675676, 5675677, 5675678, 5675679, 5675680.