Heavy Snow, Brown
- When
- February 17, 9:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -99.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nebraska, February 17, 1999
Local twelve hour snow amounts of 6 to 9 inches were reported in southern Brown County, southern Rock County, and southwest Holt County of North Central Nebraska.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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 LBF wrote it up.
Local twelve hour snow amounts of 6 to 9 inches were reported in southern Brown County, southern Rock County, and southwest Holt County of North Central Nebraska.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Rock
- When
- February 17, 9:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rock forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.421, -99.450 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow, Holt
- When
- February 17, 9:00 AM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holt forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.456, -98.784 (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
- High Wind in Idaho, February 17, 1999
- Winter Weather in Maine, February 17 to 18, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, February 17 to 18, 1999
- High Wind in Wyoming, February 17, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, February 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 17, 1999
- Blizzard in Colorado, February 17 to 18, 1999
- Blizzard in Alaska, February 17, 1999
- Wildfire in Colorado, February 17, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, February 17 to 18, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, February 1999
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5688081, 5688082, 5688083.