Winter Storm, Buffalo
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM CST to January 28, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Buffalo forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.855, -99.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 27 to 28, 2000
A quick moving weather system dropped 3 to 4 inches of snow on parts of Kearney and Buffalo counties. The snow, and resulting slick roads, may have played a role in two separate accidents which caused two injuries.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
A quick moving weather system dropped 3 to 4 inches of snow on parts of Kearney and Buffalo counties. The snow, and resulting slick roads, may have played a role in two separate accidents which caused two injuries.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Winter Storm, Kearney
- When
- January 27, 12:00 AM CST to January 28, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kearney forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.507, -98.948 (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
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Extreme Cold in Virginia, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Ice Storm in Louisiana, January 27, 2000
- Winter Storm in Alabama, January 27 to 29, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Arkansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Oklahoma, January 27, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Mississippi, January 27 to 28, 2000
- Heavy Snow in Kansas, January 27 to 28, 2000
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, January 2000
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: 5127859, 5127860.