Heavy Snow in Nebraska, November 10, 2008

Name: Heavy Snow in Nebraska, November 10, 2008
Start: 2008-11-10T13:00
End: 2008-11-10T23:00
Location: Nebraska

November 10, 2008 · NWS GLD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

A low pressure area moved across Kansas into Nebraska and produced a band of heavy snow over extreme northeast Colorado and southwest Nebraska. Yuma county Colorado received 6-10 inches of snow across the northern half of the county while Dundy county Nebraska picked up 6-10 inches across the northern 2/3 of the county.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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 GLD wrote it up.

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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 10, 11:08 AM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 10, 11:08 AM MST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 10, 11:05 AM MST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
1105 AM MST MON NOV 10 2008

COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-111230-
YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON-
SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA-
DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW-
1105 AM MST MON NOV 10 2008 /1205 PM CST MON NOV 10 2008/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST
NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO APPROACH THE TRI STATE
REGION THIS AFTERNOON INITIALLY BRINGING RAIN TO THE AREA. AS
COLDER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION...PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION
TO SNOW OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND OVER
NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA BY LATE THIS EVENING. 3 TO
5 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM
BURLINGTON COLORADO TO BENKELMAN NEBRASKA. FURTHER EAST...A TRACE
TO 2 INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LIGHT SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY AS THE STORM SYSTEM
SLOWLY EXITS THE REGION. LITTLE ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION IS
EXPECTED ON TUESDAY.

A WEAKER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA ON THURSDAY BRINGING
A CHANCE FOR LIGHT RAIN AND LIGHT SNOW BACK TO THE TRI STATE
REGION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED BUT REPORTS OF SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

FOLTZ

The radar

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Event by event

1 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Dundy

When: November 10, 1:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
Where: Dundy forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.688 (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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, November 2008

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 134753.