Heavy Snow, Furnas
- When
- March 12, 4:00 AM CST to March 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Furnas forecast zone
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.177, -99.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nebraska, March 12 to 13, 1999
Strong low pressure lifting north from the southern plains spread a swath of heavy snow across a small part of south-central Nebraska. Reports of "thundersnow" were noted in the morning hours as the snow came down.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 1
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 GID wrote it up.
Strong low pressure lifting north from the southern plains spread a swath of heavy snow across a small part of south-central Nebraska. Reports of "thundersnow" were noted in the morning hours as the snow came down. Snow amounts by the storms end had totaled 6 inches in some spots.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, March 12, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, March 12 to 28, 1999
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, March 12, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 12 to 13, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, March 12, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 12, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, March 12, 1999
- Hail in Texas, March 12, 1999
- Flash Flood in Oklahoma, March 12, 1999
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 12 to 13, 1999
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, March 12 to 13, 1999
- Hail in Texas, March 12, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5686181.