A deep low pressure center over the Western Great Lakes brought strong northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Blizzard conditions occurred across portions of North Central Nebraska during the afternoon and evening hours of March 2nd.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
A deep low pressure center over the Western Great Lakes brought strong northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph. Blizzard conditions occurred across portions of North Central Nebraska during the afternoon and evening hours of March 2nd.
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 Mar 2, 12:15 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1215 PM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 .DISCUSSION... WILL BE UPGRADING BOYD AND HOLT COUNTIES TO A BLIZZARD WARNING SHORTLY. THIS WILL RUN UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST. CALLS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THESE TWO COUNTIES. INDICATING PERIODIC VISIBILITIES UNDER A QUARTER MILE WITH BLOWING SNOW AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. SHELTERED AREAS STILL REMAIN AT OR ABOVE A MILE. THE NAM SOLN THIS MORNING CONTINUES TO INDICATE ANOTHER SHOT OF LIFT IMPACTING THE FAR NERN CWA FROM 00Z TO 06Z TONIGHT...SO WILL HAVE THE NEW HEADLINE RUN CONCURRENT WITH THE ONGOING SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY AND WIND ADVISORIES FURTHER WEST. && PREVIOUS DISCUSSION FOLLOWS...ISSUED AT 249 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 .DISCUSSION... STRONG CLOSES SYSTEM CONTINUES TO SPIN OVER UPPER MS VALLEY WITH H2O SHOWING DRY SLOT WRAPPED AROUND THE CORE A FEW TIMES. EPV SLOT DID KICK OFF CONVECTIVE SHOWERS TODAY ACROSS WESTERN ZONES...WITH MAINLY VIRGA BEING REPORTED THANKS TO DRY LLVL AIR THAT MOVED IN LAST NIGHT. ONE COLD AIR FUNNEL ALSO BEING REPORTED INDICATIVE OF THE VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES THANKS TO VERY COLD TEMPS ALOFT ASSOC WITH THIS TROF. COLDEST AIR STILL BACK TO THE NW ALONG BACK EDGE OF THIS LARGER TROF AND WILL KEEP STEEP LAPSE RATES IN THE WEST WHERE SNOW SHOWERS LOOK TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE MNTNS. STRONGER WAVE IN THE BACK OF TROF WILL DROP INTO SOUTHERN ROCKIES THIS AFTERNOON AND DRAG WHAT IS REMAINING OF THE TROWAL IN THE MIDWEST STORM ACROSS EASTERN DAKOTAS AND INTO NORTHERN CWA. THIS WILL BRING FAVORABLE THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS AND SYNOPTIC LIFT FOR SNOW THROUGH MUCH OF TODAY AND EVENING. MODELS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT IN QPF OUTPUT FOR A FEW DAYS NOW AND NOT EXPECTED A HEAVY SNOW SCENARIO. HOWEVER BIGGEST PROBLEM WILL BE THE DRIER NATURE TO THE THIS SNOW WITH COLDER IN PLACE...AND THE DRIFTING AND BLOWING PROBLEMS. ALREADY HAVE HAD REPORTS OF SOME THESE PROBS NORTH OF NIOBRARA RIVER VALLEY THIS EVENING. SNOW/BS ADV IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT CALL BY PREV SHIFT THOUGH WINDS MAY GUST AS HIGH AS 50 MPH AND IF SOME HVY/SNOW BANDS HAPPEN TO DEVELOP CONDITIONS COULD DETERIORATE QUICKLY. SFC ANALYSIS THROUGH THIS EVENING HAS SHOWN LITTLE MOVEMENT OR FILLING OF CYCLONE OVER WISCONSIN BUT HIGH PRESSURE HAS BEEN INCREASING OVER NW HIGH PLAINS AND THIS STRENGTHENING PRES GRAD ALONG WITH CORE OF LLVL JET MOVING IN OVER NE ZONES AS WELL. STILL SOMEWHAT CONCERNED ABOUT HIGHER TERRAIN IN THE WEST MAINLY SOUTHERN PANHANDLE INTO FAR SW NEB. BUFKIT MOMENTUM NUMBERS SHOW POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS IN VCNTY OF 55 MPH BY MID/LATE AFTERNOON BUT THERE IS SOME LLVL WAA AND PRESS CHANGES NOT OVERLY IMPRESSIVE SO WILL KEEP ADV WHICH SHOULD BE ON THE HIGH END FOR SURE. COLD AIR WILL CONTINUE TO FILTER INTO CWA ON SAT AND WINDS WILL BE UP EARLY IN THE DAY WITH A GRADUAL WEAKENING AS SFC LOW FINALLY PUSHES EAST AND HIGH BUILDS INTO FRONT RANGE. UPPER RIDGE WILL TRANSLATE INTO ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND BEGIN A WARM UP FOR NEXT WEEK. WOULD NOT BE SUPRISED TO SEE TEMPS RISE TOWARDS SUNRISE ON SUNDAY AS DOWNSLOPE BEGINS AND WARMER TEMPS PUSH IN ALOFT. NO BIG CHANGES REALLY NEEDED FOR DAYS 3-5 WITH DRY WEATHER IN PLACE. && .AVIATION... MVFR CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD TO THE SOUTH AND WEST ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA TODAY WITH IFR CONDITIONS FOR VSBYS 3SM OR LESS DUE TO SNOW AND WIND SPREADING INTO NORTH CENTRAL KONL-KVTN VCTY BY 18Z. SOUTHWEST EXTENT OF IFR CONDITIONS ALONG A LINE FROM KIEN-KLBF BY 00Z BEFORE RETREATING TO THE EAST THIS EVENING. MVFR AND IFR CONDITIONS TO THE WEST OF THIS ADVANCING LINE THROUGH THE DAY AND EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED SURFACE WINDS OVER WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA FROM MID MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ESPECIALLY WEST OF HIGHWAY 61. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY THROUGH 6 PM CST FOR NEZ006>010-026>029-038. WIND ADVISORY FROM 6 AM CST TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST FOR ZONES NEZ023>025-036>038-059-071-094. WIND ADVISORY FROM 9 AM CST TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST FOR ZONES NEZ004-022-056>058-069-070. SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY FROM 6 AM CST TODAY THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST. NEZ005>006-008-009-026>029. BLIZZARD WARNING FROM NOON CST THROUGH MIDNIGHT CST. NEZ007-010. && 13/POWER/BUTTLER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 553 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-031200- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 553 AM CST FRI MAR 2 2007 /453 AM MST FRI MAR 2 2007/ ...SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW ADVISORY NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... ...WIND ADVISORY WESTERN NEBRASKA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. A POWERFUL SLOW MOVING WINTER STORM OVER WISCONSIN WILL BRING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS TO PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...GENERALLY NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM CODY IN CHERRY COUNTY TO BROKEN BOW IN CUSTER COUNTY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THIS AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH THE SNOW TO REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO LESS THAN A MILE AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT AND MAKE TRAVEL ACROSS THE AREA VERY HAZARDOUS. SOUTH AND WEST OF THIS AREA OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED BUT STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH WILL DEVELOP. A WIND ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO FORWARD SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) POWER
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Strong northwest of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 50 mph caused blizzard conditions with visibilities near zero at times during the late afternoon through early evening hours.
Strong northwest of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 50 mph caused blizzard conditions with visibilities near zero at times during the late afternoon through the evening hours. The snow and winds caused 3 foot drifts over roadways.
Strong northwest of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 50 mph caused blizzard conditions with visibilities near zero at times during the late afternoon through the evening hours.
Strong northwest of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 50 mph caused blizzard conditions with visibilities near zero at times during the late afternoon through the evening hours.
Strong northwest of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 50 mph caused blizzard conditions with visibilities near zero at times during the late afternoon through the evening hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, March 2007
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: 15112, 15113, 15114, 15115, 15116.