1 winter weather, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 7, 4:13 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
413 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005
DISCUSSION...
THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS CENTER ON THE CURRENT SNOW EVENT.
SHORT TERM MODELS MAXIMIZE LIFT OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA DRUING THE EVENING HOURS. PREVIOUSLY FORECAST SNOW
AMOUNTS LOOK LIKE A GOOD COMPROMISE BETWEEN MODEL QPF AND SLOW
START TO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION. VERY COLD TEMPS BOTH SURFACE AND
ALOFT WOULD SUPPORT A SNOW/WATER RATION OF AT LEAST 20/1...
WHICH WOULD RESULT IN EVEN MORE SNOW THAN CURRENT FORECAST.
OMAHA METRO AREA APPEARS TO REMAIN IN SIGNIFICANT LIFT LONG ENOUGH
TO EXTEND ADVSRY NORTH A BIT INTO THE AREA...BUT IT REMAINS A
MARGINAL SITUATION. MOST LIFT DEPARTS THE AREA BY MORNING...BUT
LIGHT SNOW MAY HANG ON A LITTLE WHILE LONGER IN WRAPAROUND.
TEMPS WILL REMAIN QUITE COLD FOR A WHILE LONGER...BUT CORE OF
COLDEST AIR HAS ALREADY REACHED THE AREA...AND MODERATION IS
UNDERWAY. EXPECT CLOUDS TO KEEP LOWS GENERALLY ABOVE ZERO
TONIGHT...WITH HIGHS TOMORROW 4 TO 8 DEG WARMER THAN TODAY
DESPITE LINGERING CLOUD COVER IN WRAPAROUND FOR MUCH OF THE AREA.
WINDS SHOULD BE TOO LIGHT FOR MENTIONING WIND CHILLS.
RELATIVELY LIGHT WINDS SHOULD ALLOW DECENT RADIATION THURSDAY
NIGHT...WITH THE MOST SIGNIFICANT WARMING ARRIVING FRIDAY AS
A PACIFIC FRONT REPLACES ARCTIC AIR WITH WARMER AIR ALOFT UNDERLAIN
BY A SHALLOW INVERSION. CLOUDS FROM A WEAK UPPER DISTURBANCE MAY
HOLD TEMPS DOWN A BIT...BUT THE MAIN IMPEDIMENT TO RISING DAYTIME
TEMPS FOR THE REST OF FORECAST WILL BE SNOW COVER. MOST OF THE AREA
SHOULD HAVE 4 INCHES OR MORE...WHICH WILL BE QUITE TOUGH TO MELT
THIS TIME OF YEAR. GENERALLY KEPT HIGHS IN THE 30S FOR THE REST OF
THE FORECAST. LOWS WILL DEPEND ON WIND AND CLOUDS.
THE REMAINING FORECAST DETAILS WILL DEPEND ON THE STRENGTH AND
TIMING OF VARIOUS UPPER WAVES EMBEDDED IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT.
FIRST INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE MINOR WAVE ON FRIDAY WILL REMAIN
DRY...ESPECIALLY WITH A WARM DRY LAYER OF AIR ALOFT. THE FEATURE
COMING DOWN ON SATURDAY APPEARS SOMEWHAT STRONGER...ALTHOUGH NOT YET
WELL DEFINED IN THE MODELS. IT ALSO DRAGS COLD MOIST AIR BACK INTO
THE AREA AT 850 MB. SOME LIGHT SNOW MAY RESULT. TEMPS WILL LIKELY
BE WARMER THAN FRIDAY DUE TO BETTER MIXING...AS WINDS LOOK RATHER
STRONG IN A TIGHT PRES GRADIENT.
AFTER SOME TEMPERATURE RECOVERY DURING THE DAY SUNDAY...ESPECIALLY
IN THE WEST...MODELS PART WAYS ON THE TIMING OF LATER SYSTEMS. TOOK
A MIDDLE OF THE ROAD APPROACH TO TEMPS...CLOSER TO PREVIOUS FORECAST
THAN WARMER HPC GUIDANCE. A COUPLE NIGHTS MAY END UP NOT AS COLD IF
CLOUDS AND WIND INTERVENE AT THE RIGHT TIMES. THERE SEEMS LITTLE
POINT IN TRYING TO FOLLOW A PARTICULAR MODEL WHEN TIMING OF WAVES
VARIES SUBSTANTIALLY BOTH BETWEEN RUNS AND MODELS. FOR THE SAME
REASON...ALTHOUGH THERE MAY WELL BE A SHORT WAVE STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE SOME LIGHT SNOW TUE OR WED...THERE SEEMED LITTLE POINT IN
CLUTTERING UP SEVERAL PERIODS OF THE FORECAST WITH LOW POPS AT
PRESENT.
&&
.OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR NEZ068-NEZ089-NEZ090-
NEZ091-NEZ092-NEZ093.
SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR NEZ066-NEZ067-NEZ078-
NEZ088.
SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR NEZ052-NEZ053.
IA...SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR IAZ090-IAZ091.
SNOW ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR IAZ069-IAZ079-IAZ080.
&&
POLLACKHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 511 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005 IAZ043-055-056-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>045-050-051-065-081100- ANTELOPE-BOONE-BURT-BUTLER-CEDAR-COLFAX-CUMING-DODGE-HARRISON IA- KNOX-MADISON-MONONA IA-PIERCE-PLATTE-SAUNDERS-SEWARD-SHELBY IA- STANTON-THURSTON-WASHINGTON-WAYNE- 511 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WESTERN IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY LIGHT SNOW AND FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. FOR LOCATIONS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS BY THURSDAY MORNING SHOULD MOSTLY BE AN INCH OR LESS. MEANWHILE...THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ZERO TO 6 BELOW...RESULTING IN WIND CHILL READINGS FROM 10 TO 15 BELOW ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA. IAZ069-079-080-090-091-NEZ052-053-066>068-078-088>093-081100- CASS-DOUGLAS-FREMONT IA-GAGE-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LANCASTER-MILLS IA- MONTGOMERY IA-NEMAHA-OTOE-PAGE IA-PAWNEE-POTTAWATTAMIE IA-RICHARDSON- SALINE-SARPY- 511 PM CST WED DEC 7 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST IOWA...PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND THURSDAY AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO ROLL ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT...PROMPTING A SNOW ADVISORY TO BE IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM THURSDAY MORNING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS BY THEN SHOULD GENERALLY RANGE FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THROUGH LATE THURSDAY MORNING. MEANWHILE...THE COLD TEMPERATURES WILL PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT. LOWS WILL RANGE FROM AROUND ZERO TO 5 ABOVE...RESULTING IN WIND CHILL READINGS FROM ZERO TO 10 BELOW ZERO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN OMAHA. DEE
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Snowfall of an inch or two caused an indirect traffic fatality on Interstate 80 near the Milford exchange. The fatal accident occurred when an 83-year-old male lost control of his vehicle on slick roads, crossed the median and was struck by a semitrailer truck. The accident closed the westbound lane for about 3 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, December 2005
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: 5482623.