Heavy Snow in Nebraska, January 20 to 21, 2007

Name: Heavy Snow in Nebraska, January 20 to 21, 2007
Start: 2007-01-20T16:00
End: 2007-01-21T08:00
Location: Nebraska

January 20 to 21, 2007 · NWS GID · 24 events in 24 counties and zones

A winter storm brought heavy snows to central and south-central Nebraska on the weekend of January 20th and 21st. Snowfall amounts were in the 6 to 9 inch range across the entire area.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 24 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 24

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 GID wrote it up.

A winter storm brought heavy snows to central and south-central Nebraska on the weekend of January 20th and 21st. Snowfall amounts were in the 6 to 9 inch range across the entire area. Wind was not a significant factor in this storm and with the event occuring on the weekend, impact of the event to schools and businesses was limited.

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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 20, 3:05 PM CST, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 20, 3:05 PM CST, 55 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

24 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Adams

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Adams forecast zone
Reported by: Official NWS Observations
Coordinates: 40.525, -98.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Buffalo

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Buffalo forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.855, -99.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Clay

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.524, -98.051 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Dawson

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Dawson forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.870, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Fillmore

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Fillmore forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.525, -97.596 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Franklin

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Franklin forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.176, -98.953 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Furnas

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Furnas forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.177, -99.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Gosper

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Gosper forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.515, -99.831 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Greeley

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Greeley forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 41.567, -98.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hall

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Hall forecast zone
Reported by: NWS Employee
Coordinates: 40.873, -98.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Hamilton

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.874, -98.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Harlan

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Harlan forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.177, -99.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Howard

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Howard forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 41.220, -98.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Kearney

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Kearney forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.507, -98.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Merrick

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Merrick forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 41.170, -98.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Nance

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Nance forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 41.397, -97.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Nuckolls

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Nuckolls forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.176, -98.047 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Phelps

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Phelps forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.511, -99.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Polk

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Polk forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 41.187, -97.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Sherman

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Sherman forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 41.221, -98.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Thayer

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Thayer forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Valley

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Valley forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 41.567, -98.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, Webster

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.176, -98.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heavy Snow, York

When: January 20, 4:00 PM CST to January 21, 8:00 AM CST
Where: York forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.873, -97.597 (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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2007 Every state in 2007 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, January 2007

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: 13458, 13459, 13460, 13461, 13462, 13463, 13464, 13465, 13466, 13467, 13468, 13469, 13470, 13471, 13472, 13473, 13474, 13475, 13476, 13477, 13478, 13479, 13480, 13481.