1 winter storm, 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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Feb 23, 3:15 AM CST, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 315 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 ...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS PRIMARY CHALLENGE THIS MORNING... .DISCUSSION... MAIN FOCUS GIVEN TO THE NEAR TERM EARLY AS AT 08Z RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS BANDED SNOWFALL EXTENDING NORTHWEST OVER PORTIONS OF CUSTER COUNTY NORTHWEST TO ACROSS BROWN COUNTY. BAND HAS SHOWN TENDENCY TO SHRINK ON THE WESTWARD FRINGES. NO SPOTTER REPORTS AVAILABLE WITH COMBINATION OF RADAR AND FFMP ESTIMATING SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 TENTHS OF AN INCH PER HOUR. WILL ISSUE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR THE BANDED AREA TO RUN TILL 15Z. ETA DOING THE BEST JOB WITH QPF ALTHOUGH USED A BLEND OF ETA AND GFS AS GFS HOLDING ONTO LIFT INTO THE AFTN AS H7 AND H5 WAVES DROP SOUTHEAST. ETA ISENTROPIC CHARTS CONTINUE UPGLIDE WINDS OVER THE SOUTHEAST 1/3 OF CWA WITH DOWNGLIDE AND POTENTIAL CLEARING INTO THE AFTERNOON ACROSS THE NORTHWEST. THE WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING SUBSIDENCE SINKING ACROSS WYOMING WITH LESS INFLUENCE SEEN FURTHER EAST WHERE DEFORMATION ZONES IS POSITION FOR NOW. THIS MORNING CONVERGENT RETURN FLOW WILL WEAKEN AS SURFACE HIGH BUILDS SOUTHWARD. RUC SHOW H85-7 MB LAYER MOISTURE ADVECTION WEAKENING WITH H7 TROUGH TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AFTER 18Z BY BOTH MODELS. THEN BEST H85-7 LAYER FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING WILL WEAKEN. THEN SHOWERS OR SNOW SHOULD END DURING THE AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES LOWERED ACROSS THE NCNTRL TODAY AS CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION SHOULD HOLD READINGS DOWN IN UPSLOPE FLOW. TONIGHT THE UPPER RIDGE STRENGTHENS OVER THE WESTERN CONUS PROVIDING A DRY PERIOD THROUGH FRIDAY. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION WILL OCCUR INTO THE WEEKEND AS ANOTHER SYSTEM LIFTS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. FEW CHANGES MADE BEYOND TODAY BEYOND BLENDING. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR ZONES 008>010-026>029-038 TIL 15Z. && KECK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 326 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-232126- ARTHUR NE-BLAINE NE-BOYD NE-BROWN NE-CHASE NE-CUSTER NE-DEUEL NE- EASTERN CHERRY NE-FRONTIER NE-GARDEN NE-GARFIELD NE-GRANT NE- HAYES NE-HOLT NE-HOOKER NE-KEITH NE-KEYA PAHA NE-LINCOLN NE-LOGAN NE- LOUP NE-MCPHERSON NE-PERKINS NE-ROCK NE-SHERIDAN NE-THOMAS NE- WESTERN CHERRY NE-WHEELER NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...AINSWORTH...ARNOLD...ARTHUR...BASSETT... BIG SPRINGS...BREWSTER...BROKEN BOW...BURWELL...CHAPPELL...CURTIS... GORDON...GRANT...HAY SPRINGS...HAYES CENTER...IMPERIAL...MULLEN... NORTH PLATTE...ONEILL...OGALLALA...OSHKOSH...RUSHVILLE...SPENCER... SPRINGVIEW...STAPLETON...TAYLOR...THEDFORD...TRYON AND VALENTINE 326 AM CST WED FEB 23 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA EAST OF HIGHWAY 83 NOT INCLUDING LINCOLN LOGAN THOMAS AND CHERRY COUNTIES FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW. THE SNOW SHOULD END LATE THIS MORNING AND THIS AFTERNOON. ROADS WILL REMAIN ICY UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SNOWFALL MEASUREMENTS ARE REQUESTED FROM STORM SPOTTERS...COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND LOCAL OFFICIALS. CDC
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A prolonged area of frontogenetical forcing created a 30 mile wide band of 6 to 12 inches of snow from extreme southeastern Brown County southeastward through Loup County. Winds accompanying the snow created very low visibilities at times.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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