Nebraska, 2002

Heavy Snow in Nebraska, March 18, 2002

March 18, 2002 · NWS LBF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A convective band of heavy snow fell across the southeastern half of Holt county during the evening. Snow amounts ranged from three to nine inches over the area.

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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 LBF wrote it up.

A convective band of heavy snow fell across the southeastern half of Holt county during the evening. Snow amounts ranged from three to nine inches over the area.

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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 18, 3:50 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 18, 3:50 PM CST, 5 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
350 PM CST MON MAR 18 2002

...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS/ADVISORY CRITERIA NORTHEAST CWA THIS EVENING
FIRST CONCERN THEN PRIMARILY A TEMPERATURE FORECAST THROUGH
SATURDAY...

RADAR IMAGERY CONTINUES TO DETECT CONVECTIVE SNOW BANDS NORTHEAST OF
A LINE FROM BROWNLEE TO BURWELL.  WILL KEEP A WINTER WEATHER
ADVISORY IN EFFECT ACROSS BOYD...HOLT AND WHEELER COUNTIES.
OCCASIONAL HEAVY SNOW BANDS WITH VISIBILITIES DOWN TO 1/4 MILE
CONINTUE TO BE REPORTED ACROSS THE AREA.

LATEST MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CURRENT LOCATION OF CONVECTIVE
SNOW THROUGH THIS EVENING WITH 3 TO 5 INCH AMOUNTS ACROSS
BOYD...HOLT AND WHEELER COUNTIES...WITH 1 TO 2 INCHES IN COUNTIES
JUST TO THE WEST.

TEMPERATURES WILL BE PRIMARY FORECAST PROBLEM AFTER TONIGHT WITH
CLEARING SKIES AND NORTHWEST FLOW DEVELOPING THROUGHOUT THE
TROPOSHERE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.  WILL GO ABOVE GUID ON
TUESDAY WITH 18Z ETA BRINGING WINDS AROUND TO THE WEST. DOWNSLOPE
COMPONENT AND MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON SHOULD BE ENOUGH
FOR TEMPERATURES TO CLIMB INTO THE MID 40S TO LOWER 50S.
TEMPERATURES AGAIN NEAR NORMAL ON WEDNESDAY.  SIGNIFICANT COOL DOWN
FOR THURSDAY AS COLD FRONT SWEEPS THROUGH. BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP
THIS WEEK WILL BE FLURRIES ON THURSDAY WITH INCREASING CLOUDS.

MRF SUPPORTS A MORE SIGNIFICANT PRECIP EVENT ON SUNDAY.  THIS IS
CONSISTENT WITH PREVIOUS RUNS SO KEPT IN FORECAST FOR NOW.

THANKS KOAX FOR COORDINATION

.LBF...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY 007-010-029

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The radar

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

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Holt

When
March 18, 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.

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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: 5282471.