Arctic air plunged into eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on north winds of 15 to 25 mph. As temperatures fell to zero to 5 below during the early morning hours of January 30, 2007, wind chill readings fell to 20 below to 25 below over sections of northeast Nebraska and west central Iowa.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Arctic air plunged into eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on north winds of 15 to 25 mph. As temperatures fell to zero to 5 below during the early morning hours of January 30, 2007, wind chill readings fell to 20 below to 25 below over sections of northeast Nebraska and west central Iowa.
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 Jan 29, 7:57 PM CST, 6 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 757 PM CST MON JAN 29 2007 .UPDATE... UPDATED GRIDS/FORECASTS TO INCLUDE WIND CHILL ADVISORY FAR NORTH LATE TONGIHT. && .DISCUSSION... BASED ON OVERNIGHT LOWS EXPECTED AND SUSTAINED WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH...DECIDED TO ISSUE A WIND CHILL ADVISORY FAR NRN COUNTIES FROM 10Z-14Z WHEN VALUES AROUND 20 BELOW OR A BIT COLDER ARE REACHED. ALSO ADJUSTED SKY/GRIDS TO ACCOUNT FOR LACK OF CLOUDS/FLURRIES THIS EVENING. WITH ANOTHER BAND OF CLOUDS AND ISOLD FLURRIES DROPPING SWD ACROSS ERN SD LEFT IN FLURRIES AFTER MIDNIGHT NERN ZONES. CHERMOK && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 234 PM CST MON JAN 29 2007/ SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. ARCTIC AIR MASS PENETRATES SOUTHWARD INTO THE PLAINS TONIGHT...WITH MEAN TROF SITUATED OVER THE EASTERN CONUS. SOME WEAK LIFT DEPICTED THIS EVENING OVER THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AS VORT ENERGY SLIPS BY WITHIN NORTHERN STREAM FLOW. OVERALL THOUGH...QVEC SUGGEST LIFT WILL SHIFT FARTHER FROM THE CWA OVERNIGHT AS MID LEVEL CAA SUBDUES ANY ASCENT FROM DPVA. CANNOT RULE OUT OCCASIONAL FLURRIES THOUGH. ON TUESDAY MODELS PUSH ANOTHER VORT LOBE ACROSS THE CWA. NIL DEEP MOISTURE/LIFT THOUGH SUGGEST DRY CONDITIONS CONTINUING. MEANWHILE...LATE AFTERNOON WARM FRONT PUSHES EASTWARD THROUGH THE DAKOTAS A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE CENTER MIGRATES SOUTH THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS. PROBABLY NOT ENOUGH OF AN INFLUENCE LOCALLY TO AFFECT HIGHS TUESDAY THOUGH. WEAK CLIPPER TYPE LOW BEGINS TO ORGANIZE BY 12Z WEDNESDAY...AND SLOWLY SLIPS INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST LATE IN THE DAY. THIS ALLOWS SURFACE WINDS TO SWING FROM NW TO SW...WHILE LIFTING LLVL MOISTURE NORTHWARD INTO THE REGION. LARGE SCALE LIFT INCREASE THROUGH THE DAY AND EVENTUALLY PHASES WITH THE LLVL MOISTURE BY AFTERNOON...MAINLY SOUTH. THEREFORE SEEMS REASONABLE TO FOCUS SMALL POPS MAINLY OVER SOUTHERN CWA. BY WEDNESDAY NIGHT WEAK CAA ENVELOPS THE PLAINS WHILE LIFT SHIFTS AWAY FROM THE CWA. BROAD UPPER TROF REMAINS SITUATES OVER THE CENTRAL CONUS THURSDAY. EXCEPT FOR MOISTURE...SIMILAR SITUATION TO WEDNESDAY DEVELOPS AND SURFACE WINDS AGAIN SWING TO THE SW/W BY AFTERNOON WHILE NEXT CLIPPER LOW TREKS SOUTHEAST. NO PRECIP ANTICIPATED THOUGH DURING THAT TIME FRAME. LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY. COLD AIR STILL EXPECTED TO DOMINATE THE FORECAST IN THE EXTENDED PERIOD. SERIES OF WAVES WILL BRING SURGES OF ARCTIC AIR OUT OF CANADA ON STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS DURING THE PERIOD. RIGHT NOW COLDEST AIR INDICATED FOR FRIDAY BY ALL THE EXTENDED MODELS FOLLOWED BY AN EASTWARD SHIFT OF THE MEAN TROF OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK AS UPPER RIDGE OFF THE WEST COAST BREAKS DOWN AND BEGINS TO PUSH INLAND. GFS A BIT MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH ITS RIDGE POSITION THAN THE ECMWF ON DAY 7 RESULTING IN WARMER TEMPERATURES FOR MONDAY. FOR NOW HAVE STAYED WITH CONSISTENCY AND CONTINUED TO TREND BELOW GUIDANCE ON TEMPERATURES. ENSEMBLE MEAN BEYOND DAY 7 STILL MAINTAINS ITS SOLUTION OF A WEAKENING POLAR VORTEX OVER EASTERN CANADA AND A PROGRESSIVE AND FLATTER RIDGE IN THE WEST...SO TREND TOWARD MODERATING TEMPERATURES SOMETIME NEXT WEEK WITH QUESTION BEING EARLY OR MID WEEK TIME FRAME. && OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CST TUESDAY FOR NEZ011-012- 015-018. IA...WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TO 8 AM CST TUESDAY FOR IAZ043. && DEE/FOBERT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 749 PM CST MON JAN 29 2007 IAZ055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ016-017-030>034-042>045-050>053- 065>068-078-301600- HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-PAGE- ANTELOPE-PIERCE-BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX- DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER- CASS-OTOE-SALINE- 749 PM CST MON JAN 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WIND CHILLS OF 9 BELOW TO 19 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MID MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA BY THIS WEEKEND. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR TUESDAY. NEZ088>093-301600- JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 749 PM CST MON JAN 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WIND CHILL VALUES WILL DROP TO 5 BELOW TO 15 BELOW ZERO LATE TONIGHT INTO MID TUESDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY SOME LIGHT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA WEDNESDAY. ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA BY THIS WEEKEND. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR TUESDAY. IAZ043-NEZ011-012-015-018-301600- MONONA-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-WAYNE- 749 PM CST MON JAN 29 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO 23 BELOW ZERO ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE TONIGHT INTO MID TUESDAY MORNING. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE AREA FROM 4 AM UNTIL 8 AM. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY ANOTHER ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA BY THIS WEEKEND. AFTERNOON HIGHS WILL STRUGGLE TO REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS DURING THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT TO TUESDAY. CHERMOK
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
North winds of 15 to 25 mph and temperatures that dropped a little below zero created wind chill readings that fell into the 20 below to 25 below zero range. These cold wind chill values were observed across the area from around 2 am until 9 am before moderating slightly.
North winds of 15 to 25 mph and temperatures that dropped a little below zero created wind chill readings that fell into the 20 below to 25 below zero range. These cold wind chill values were observed across the area from around 2 am until 9 am before moderating slightly.
North winds of 15 to 25 mph and temperatures that dropped a little below zero created wind chill readings that fell to around 20 below.|These cold wind chill values were observed across the area from around 3 am until 10 am before moderating slightly.
North winds of 15 to 25 mph and temperatures that dropped a little below zero created wind chill readings that fell to around 20 below.|These cold wind chill values were observed across the area from around 3 am until 10 am before moderating slightly.
North winds of 15 to 25 mph and temperatures that dropped a little below zero created wind chill readings that fell to around 20 below.|These cold wind chill values were observed across the area from around 3 am until 10 am before moderating slightly.
North winds of 15 to 25 mph and temperatures that dropped a little below zero created wind chill readings that fell to around 20 below.|These cold wind chill values were observed across the area from around 4 am until 9 am before moderating slightly.
North winds of 15 to 25 mph and temperatures that dropped a little below zero created wind chill readings that fell to around 20 below.|These cold wind chill values were observed across the area from around 4 am until 9 am before moderating slightly.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 6816, 6817, 6818, 6819, 6820, 6821, 6822.