Heavy Snow, Hitchcock
- When
- November 28, 6:00 AM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Hitchcock forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -101.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Heavy Snow in Nebraska, November 28, 2004
Six inches of snow fell over parts of SW Nebraska with a slow-moving winter storm system. Coop observers in both Trenton and McCook each reported 6 inches of snow.
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 GLD wrote it up.
Six inches of snow fell over parts of SW Nebraska with a slow-moving winter storm system. Coop observers in both Trenton and McCook each reported 6 inches of snow.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy Snow, Red Willow
- When
- November 28, 6:00 AM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Red Willow forecast zone
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -100.477 (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
- Strong Wind in Pennsylvania, November 28, 2004
- Strong Wind in New Jersey, November 28, 2004
- High Wind in New York, November 28, 2004
- Flash Flood in New York, November 28, 2004
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, November 28, 2004
- Strong Wind in Maine, November 28, 2004
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 28, 2004
- Winter Storm in Kansas, November 28 to 30, 2004
- Strong Wind in New York, November 28, 2004
- Flash Flood in New York, November 28, 2004
- Strong Wind in New Hampshire, November 28, 2004
- Winter Storm in Nebraska, November 28 to 29, 2004
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, November 2004
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: 5426546, 5426547.