Low pressure that tracked across northeast Kansas brought heavy snow to sections of extreme northeast Nebraska. Crofton and Bloomfield in Knox county received around 6 inches of wet snow from this storm.
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Low pressure that tracked across northeast Kansas brought heavy snow to sections of extreme northeast Nebraska. Crofton and Bloomfield in Knox county received around 6 inches of wet snow from this storm.
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 Mar 30, 3:06 PM CST, 8 hours 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 406 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 .SHORT TERM...A STRONG SHORT WAVE EJECTING FROM THE SOUTHWEST U.S. WILL INTERACT WITH A STRONG BAROCLINIC ZONE BOTH AT THE SFC AND ALOFT AND ABUNDANT MOISTURE TO PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT CHC OF PCPN FOR THE AREA. BEST LIFT APPEARS TO BE TIMED FOR LATE TNGT AND MON MORNING AS INVERTED TROF PASSES THROUGH ALONG WITH A WAVE AT 850 AND 700 MB. THERE WILL BE STRONG WARM MOIST ADVECTION AHEAD OF THIS WAVE. THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE OF TSTMS TO SOUTH AND CENTRAL SECTIONS. STRONG ELEVATED TSTMS WITH MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL CANNOT BE RULED OUT IN THE SOUTH...PER SPC DAY 1 DISCUSSION. IN THE NW...TEMPS WERE COLD ENOUGH FOR SNOW THIS AFTN. HOWEVER...EXPECT WARM ADVECTION TO PUSH RAIN SNOW LINE TO A NELIGH TO HARTINGTON LINE LATER TNGT...LEAVING KNOX CO WITH THE BEST CHC FOR ACCUMULATING SNOW. AS THE WAVE PASSES EAST... COLD ADVECTION WILL PUSH THE RAIN SNOW LINE SOUTH BEGINNING AFT 12Z. HOWEVER...LIFT WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AND LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS. KNOX COUNTY MAY RECEIVE 2-4 INCHES OF WET SNOW WITH LESSER AMTS ON ROADS AND FARTHER SOUTH. ANOTHER SHORT WAVE DIGS IN FROM THE NORTHERN ROCKIES MONDAY NIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE QUITE COLD AIR ALOFT...BUT LIFT IS TRANSIENT AND SHEARED...AND MOISTURE IS LACKING. WORTH ONLY A CHC OF LIGHT SNOW IN THE NORTH. TEMPS WILL REMAIN CHILLY ONCE THE FIRST SYSTEM PASSES THROUGH TUE NIGHT. WARM ADVECTION BEGINS WED AHEAD OF NEXT SHORT WAVE IN THE NORTHERN BRANCH. THIS SYSTEM IS ALSO RATHER SHEARED LOOKING. HOWEVER...THE GFS AND ECMWF BOTH PRODUCED PCPN DURING THE DAY WED. KEPT SLIGHT CHANCES IN THE NORTHWEST. .LONG TERM...WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT THE NEXT SOUTHERN BRANCH WAVE WILL OPEN THE GULF AND PROVIDE ANOTHER CHC OF PRECIP MAINLY TO OUR SOUTH...BUT POSSIBLY EXTENDING INTO OUR AREA. FROM THIS POINT ON...KEPT CLOSE TO THE GFS AND HPC GUIDANCE. CONFIDENCE IS NOT HIGH DUE TO A SERIES OF HARD TO TIME SYSTEMS IN BOTH THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN STREAMS. SUBSTANTIAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MODELS AND RUNS CONTINUE. LEFT A SLIGHT CHC FOR RAIN SAT NIGHT INTO SUNDAY BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE TYPICAL TIMING FOR THE NEXT SYSTEM AFTER A THURSDAY EVENT. && .AVIATION... FOR TAF SITES KOMA...KLNK AND KOFK. EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE THIS EVENING AS WARM/MOIST AIR ADVECTION AND ISENTROPIC LIFT BRING CIGS DOWN TO IFR. PRECIP IS EXPECTED TO BREAK OUT AT ALL SITES BETWEEN LATE EVENING AND MIDNIGHT...WITH RAIN/SNOW MIX POSSIBLE AT KOFK AND THUNDER POSSIBLE AT KOMA/KLNK. LEFT MIXED PRECIP AND THUNDER MENTION OUT OF TAFS FOR NOW AS PLACEMENT IS STILL IN QUESTION...AND STUCK WITH SHRA/RA MENTION THROUGH NOON TOMORROW. SOME INDICATION THAT CIGS MAY DROP TO LIFR BY MORNING...AND HAVE HINTED AT THE POTENTIAL WITH SCT MENTION IN LIFR RANGE FOR NOW. VIS MAY DROP NEAR/BELOW 1-2SM BRIEFLY IN HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS NEAR DAYBREAK. WINDS WILL REMAIN 10KT OR LESS AND WILL BACK FROM NELY TO NWLY TOMORROW MORNING. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. && POLLACK/MAYES
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 522 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 NEZ011-012-016>018-311230- KNOX-CEDAR-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE- 522 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY RAIN WILL DEVELOP TONIGHT...WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY MIX WITH AND TURN OVER TO SNOW AFTER MIDNIGHT. AN INCH OR TWO OF SLUSHY SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER REGION BY DAYBREAK MONDAY. LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS ON MONDAY...WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE BEFORE IT ENDS MONDAY AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR MONDAY. IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-NEZ015-030>034-042>045-050>053-065-067- 311230- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-THURSTON- BOONE-MADISON-STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON- BUTLER-SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-CASS- 522 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT. RAIN MAY MIX WITH LIGHT SNOW BY MONDAY MORNING...BUT NO SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION IS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR MONDAY. IAZ090-091-NEZ066-068-078-088>093-311230- FREMONT-PAGE-LANCASTER-OTOE-SALINE-JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA- PAWNEE-RICHARDSON- 522 PM CDT SUN MAR 30 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND MONDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE...MAY MOVE INTO FAR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA LATE TONIGHT...MAINLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. IF STORMS DO DEVELOP...THEY COULD CONTINUE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. THE STORMS WOULD BE ELEVATED AND HAIL WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TONIGHT OR MONDAY. GRIFFIS
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Crofton and Bloomfield reported around 6 inches of wet snow from this storm. Some schools in the region were closed because of the slushy snow.
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