An intense upper level low pressure system tracked slowly east across western and north central Nebraska from the late afternoon hours on Wednesday October 22nd and ending during the early morning hours on Friday, October 24rd. Rain slowly changed over to snow with snow accumulations ranging from 1 to 3 inches.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
An intense upper level low pressure system tracked slowly east across western and north central Nebraska from the late afternoon hours on Wednesday October 22nd and ending during the early morning hours on Friday, October 24rd. Rain slowly changed over to snow with snow accumulations ranging from 1 to 3 inches. Locally heavy snow with amounts of 5 to 8 inches occurred in northwest Custer County and southern Blaine County. Strong northwest winds also occurred with the storm system on Wednesday, October 22nd.
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 Oct 22, 1:38 AM MST, 5 hours 22 minutes earlier.
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3 high wind, 1 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
A tight surface pressure gradient across Western Nebraska caused sustained northwest winds greater than 40 mph to occur in Keith County from late morning through early afternoon on October 22nd.
A tight surface pressure gradient across Western Nebraska caused sustained northwest winds greater than 40 mph to occur in Perkins County from late morning through early afternoon on October 22nd.
A tight surface pressure gradient across Western Nebraska caused sustained northwest winds greater than 40 mph to occur in Chase County from late morning through early afternoon on October 22nd.
Snowfall accumulations of 5 to 8 inches occurred across northwest Custer County during the early morning hours of October 23rd. Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph caused local visibilities to fall to as low as a quarter mile with some blowing and drifting. The wind and snow brought down large trees and power lines causing power outages for about 4 hours.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2008Every state in 2008This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, October 2008
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: 134832, 134833, 134834, 134831.