S. and dropped heavy snow over a large part of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa.
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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.
The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
An upper level low pressure system moved out of the southwestern U.S. and dropped heavy snow over a large part of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Winds during the event were relatively light, which limited the blowing and drifting. The snow began mid to late Saturday afternoon, 1/20/07, picked up in intensity from late afternoon into early evening and then began ending south to north Sunday morning between 800 am and 1000 am. Heavier snow amounts from this storm across eastern Nebraska included...9 inches in Prague, 8 inches in Papillion, Boystown and Fairbury, 7 inches at Fremont, Gretna, Nebraska City, Raymond, Hickman, Wayne and Loretto. Across southwest Iowa heavier amounts included...6 inches in Sidney, Council Bluffs, Little Sioux, and Clarinda and between 5 and 6 at Onawa, Castana and Shenandoah.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
The co-op observer in Sidney reported 6 inches of snow from this storm.
The co-op observer in Shenandoah reported between 5 and 6 inches of snow from this storm with the co-op observer in Clarinda measuring 6 inches.
Snowfall of around 6 inches was estimated to have fallen over most of Mills county based on co-op observer reports from adjacent counties and satellite information.
Snowfall of around 6 inches was estimated to have fallen over most of Montgomery county based on co-op observer reports from adjacent counties and satellite information.
Snowfall of around 6 inches was reported in Council Bluffs with between 5 and 6 inches observed in Oakland.|
Snowfall of 6 inches was measured by the co-op observer near Little Sioux.
Snowfall of 5 to 6 inches was measured by the co-op observers in Onawa and Castana.
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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: 5315, 5316, 5317, 5318, 5319, 5320, 5321.