Nebraska, 2008Heavy Snow in Nebraska, January 20 to 21, 2008
January 20 to 21, 2008 · NWS OAX · 3 events in 3 counties and zones
A prolonged period of snow produced 6 to 10 inches across sections of northeast Nebraska, mainly west through north of Neligh. The snow began Sunday morning January 20th and lasted into Monday evening the 21st.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
A prolonged period of snow produced 6 to 10 inches across sections of northeast Nebraska, mainly west through north of Neligh. The snow began Sunday morning January 20th and lasted into Monday evening the 21st. Higher storm totals included between 10 and 11 inches at Orchard and around 8.5 inches in Bloomfield.
Heavy Snow, Antelope
- When
- January 20, 9:00 AM CST to January 21, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall of between 10 and 11 inches was reported over the western sections of Antelope county over a 30 to 36 hour period ending late Monday evening January 21st. Orchard reported 9.5 inches of snow by 800 am on the 21st, with another 1 to 1.5 inches estimated to have fallen later that day. Neligh, farther to the southeast, reported just under 6 inches for the event.
Heavy Snow, Knox
- When
- January 20, 11:00 AM CST to January 21, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall of between 8 and 9 inches was reported over a large part of Knox county over a 30 to 36 hour period ending late Monday evening January 21st. Bloomfield and Crofton each reported a storm total of around 8.5 or 9 inches from the storm.
Heavy Snow, Cedar
- When
- January 20, 11:00 AM CST to January 21, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar forecast zone
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Snowfall of between 8 and 9 inches was estimated to have fallen over much of the county over a 30 to 36 hour period ending late Monday evening January 21st. The estimations were based on Bloomfield and Crofton to the west and Sioux City to the east each reporting storm totals of around 8.5 to 9 inches.
- Heavy Snow
- Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 66322, 66323, 70366.