Nebraska, 2001

Winter Storm in Nebraska, January 13, 2001

January 13, 2001 · NWS GID · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

A quick moving winter storm dumped 4 to 7 inches of snow on parts of south-central Nebraska. The heaviest snow fell north of Interstate 80 with 7 inches of new snow reported at Arcadia and Ord in Valley county.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 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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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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 winter storm dumped 4 to 7 inches of snow on parts of south-central Nebraska. The heaviest snow fell north of Interstate 80 with 7 inches of new snow reported at Arcadia and Ord in Valley county. Six inches of snow fell in Greeley and Loup City. Rain preceded the snow in some areas, but the icy mixture of sleet, freezing rain and snow made roads ice covered and travel treacherous in spots.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 13, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 13, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
200 PM CST SAT JAN 13 2001

...IMPACT OF STORM REMAINS MAIN CONCERN...

BOTH SATELLITE/UAA SHOW THIS TO BE A VERY ENERGETIC STORM. DRY
SLOT IS RACING INTO CNTRL KS AS OF NOON AS 100KT H5 JET LIFTS NE
INTO OK. TRACK OF STORM WILL BRING DEFORMATION ZONE ACROSS NRN
2/3 OF CWA LATE TODAY INTO TNGT. MAIN QUESTION IS WHETHER THE
DYNAMIC LIFT FROM STORM WILL OFFSET MID 30 T/TDS & CHANGE RAIN
TO SNOW. ASSUME THIS WON/T BE A PROBLEM GIVEN BURST OF SN/+SN
WE HAD HERE AT GID GIVING US A QUICK 1/2 INCH. ALSO...ODX...MCK
GRI HAVE CHANGED OVER RECENTLY. AS UPPER LOW MOVES INTO AREA...
ASSUME ALL BUT SE PART OF CWA WILL CHANGE OVER THIS AFTN...W/ SE
AREAS WAITING TIL EVENING. THIS IS BY NO MEANS SET IN STONE THO...
AS WE HAVE CHANGED BACK TO RN AS OF 1 PM...BACK TO SNOW 130 PM.

WILL LIKELY STICK WITH WINTER STORM WARNING/SNOW ADVISORY BREAKUP
WE SET UP AT NOON. IF I CHANGE ANYTHING...IT WILL BE TO TRIM BACK
WARNING/ADVISORY IN SE AREAS AS SAT/RADAR TRENDS INDICATE A GOOD
SHOT AT DRY SLOT WORKING INTO THAT AREA. IN GENERAL...WILL LIKELY
HAVE TO DOWNPLAY SE 1/3 OF CWA WHERE ONLY BALL OF PCPN IN UPPER
LO CENTER WILL AFFECT AREA OVERNIGHT. FURTHER NORTH...DEFORMATION
ZONE SHOULD CONTINUE TO SOLIDIFY & SET UP BEST IN NW 1/2 CWA THIS
EVENING WHERE DECENT SNOW SHOULD FALL INTO THE EARLY AM HRS...ESP
NORTH OF GRI. CONDITIONS SHOULD DETERIORATE RAPIDLY AFTER SUNSET.

BEYOND THAT...COLDER/CLDY WX HANGS ON PRETTY MUCH THROUGH MIDWEEK
AS CURRENT UPPER LOW SLOWLY TREKS EAST AND MORE ENERGY DROPS INTO
AREA FROM PAC NW. SOME MODEST WARMING PERHAPS LATE WEEK AS lLVL CLDS
FINALLY EXIT AND NEXT SW LO SHIFTS MORE INTO THE SRN PLAINS.

.GID...WINTER STORM WARNING TONIGHT NEZ039>041-046>049-64>64
       AND SNOW ADVISORY TONIGHT NEZ060>062-072>077-082>083.

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Event by event

6 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Storm, Greeley

When
January 13, 3:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where
Greeley forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.567, -98.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Howard

When
January 13, 3:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where
Howard forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.220, -98.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Merrick

When
January 13, 3:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where
Merrick forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.170, -98.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Nance

When
January 13, 3:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where
Nance forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.397, -97.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Sherman

When
January 13, 3:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where
Sherman forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.221, -98.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Winter Storm, Valley

When
January 13, 3:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where
Valley forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.567, -98.982 (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

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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: 5230263, 5230264, 5230265, 5230266, 5230267, 5230268.