Extreme Cold in Nebraska, January 7 to 8, 2010

Name: Extreme Cold in Nebraska, January 7 to 8, 2010
Start: 2010-01-07T00:00
End: 2010-01-08T12:00
Location: Nebraska

January 7 to 8, 2010 · NWS LBF · 16 events in 16 counties and zones

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero, beginning during the early morning hours on January 7th, and persisting in some areas through the early morning hours on January 8th, 2010.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 16

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 LBF 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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 6, 2:32 PM CST, 9 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 2:32 PM CST, 9 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
232 PM CST WED JAN 6 2010

.DISCUSSION...
SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW CONTINUES ACROSS THE FCST AREA NORTH OF
NEBRASKA HIGHWAY 2 SO THE WINTER STORM WARNING WILL CONTINUE
TONIGHT FOR BLOWING SNOW AND WIND CHILL READINGS BELOW MINUS 20.
VSBY AT COOP OBSERVERS AND NEDOR CAMS INDICATE 1/8 TO 1/4 MILE IN
BLOWING SNOW AS WINDS GUST TO 45 MPH. THE NAM 500M AGL WINDS AND
GUIDANCE ALL INDICATE WINDS WILL REMAIN FAIRLY STRONG THROUGHOUT
THE NIGHT AND THEN WEAKEN THURSDAY MORNING.

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY WILL OPERATE ALONG HIGHWAY 20 WEST OF
VALENTINE FOR THE SAME REASONS LISTED ABOVE. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY
WILL BE ISSUED ELSEWHERE TONIGHT. A WIND CHILL ADVISORY WILL
CONTINUE ALL AREAS THURSDAY. THE TEMPERATURE AND WIND FCST
SUPPORTS READINGS TO AROUND -30 BUT NOT MUCH COLDER. WINDS IN SOME
AREAS WEST COULD FALL BELOW THE 10 MPH THRESHOLD FOR AN ADVISORY
THURSDAY NIGHT. LATER FCSTS CAN FINE TUNE THIS.

SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH AS THE
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE CONTINUES TO DROP THROUGH THE MISSOURI BASIN.
RADAR SUGGESTS ISOLATED SNOW SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. BY THURSDAY MORNING THE SYSTEM
SHOULD BE FAR ENOUGH SOUTH AND EAST FOR JUST FLURRIES IN A FEW
AREAS EAST.

THE 1050MB ARCTIC HIGH WILL DRIFT VERY SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE
MISSOURI BASIN THROUGH FRIDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO MODERATE
SATURDAY INTO THE TEENS AND 20S. SIGNIFICANT RECYCLING IS FCST BY
THE ECMWF WHICH SHOULD DELAY A REAL WARM UP UNTIL SUNDAY WHEN
WINDS BECOME MORE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF
INDICATE A WEAK COLD FRONT MONDAY. THE BEST GUESS FOR HIGHS MONDAY
IS 20S AND 30S WITH A WARMING TREND RESUMING TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY
WITH HIGHS RISING INTO THE UPPER 20S...30S AND LOWER 40S.

NO SIGNIFICANT PCPN IS FCST BY ANY MODEL THURSDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. THE ALEUTIAN LOW IS FCST TO SLOWLY DEEPEN CAUSING
HEIGHT RISES ACROSS THE WRN U.S. THE EARLIEST THIS RIDGE COULD
BREAK DOWN IS NEXT THURSDAY.

AVIATION...
GENERALLY IFR CONDITIONS IN PLACE ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH
GUSTS APPROACHING 45 MPH IN SPOTS...LEADING TO BLOWING SNOW AND
REDUCED VSBYS DOWN TO UNDER A MILE AT TIMES. CIGS SEEM TO BE HOLDING
AT MVFR/IFR CATEGORY THIS AFTERNOON AND MAJORITY OF GUIDANCE SEEMS
TO INDICATE MVFR/IFR CIGS HOLDING IN THROUGH THE NIGHT. EXPECT THE
LOWERED VSBYS IN -SN BLSN TO CONTINUE THROUGH MIDNIGHT AT LEAST WITH
WINDS EXPECTED TO GO DOWN THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. SHOULD BE
SOME IMPROVEMENT THROUGH THE DAY ON THURSDAY AS ARCTIC HIGH
CONTINUES TO BUILD IN WITH PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXING...ALLOWING THE
WINDS TO LIGHTEN AND BECOME LESS GUSTY AS WELL.

.LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...WIND CHILL ADVISORY UNTIL 6 PM CST /5 PM MST/ THURSDAY FOR
NEZ022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071.

WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL 6 AM CST THURSDAY FOR NEZ006>010-028-
029.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/ TO 6 PM CST /5 PM
MST/ THURSDAY FOR NEZ004-005-026-027-038-094.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 4 AM CST /3 AM MST/ THURSDAY FOR
NEZ004-005-026-027-038-094.

WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM CST THURSDAY FOR
NEZ006>010-028-029.

SHORT TERM/EXTENDED...CDC
AVIATION...13

Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 3:37 PM CST, 8 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
337 PM CST WED JAN 6 2010

NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-072145-
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-
337 PM CST WED JAN 6 2010 /237 PM MST WED JAN 6 2010/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

LIGHT SNOW AND WIDESPREAD AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS AS WINDS CONTINUE TO GUST UP TO
45 MPH. NEAR WHITE OUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER NORTH CENTRAL
NEBRASKA WHERE SNOW AMOUNTS EXCEEDED TWO INCHES...WITH VISIBILITIES
AT OR BELOW 1/2 MILE LIKELY IN THE STRONGEST WIND GUSTS. BESIDES
THE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...THE WIND WILL BRING WIND CHILL
VALUES DOWN TO 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND EARLY
MORNING HOURS AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BELOW
ZERO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

SLIGHT IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED IN THE WIND CHILL LATE MORNING TO
EARLY AFTERNOON IN SOUTHWEST AND WESTERN NEBRASKA THURSDAY.
HOWEVER...DURING THE EVENING...FALLING TEMPERATURES INTO THE
DOUBLE DIGITS BELOW ZERO AND 10 TO 15 MPH WIND WILL BRING THE WIND
CHILLS BACK TO 25 TO 35 BELOW ZERO IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. WIND
CHILL VALUES OF 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO ARE POSSIBLE IN CENTRAL AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BY EARLY FRIDAY. PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO
OUTDOOR CONDITIONS SUCH AS THESE WILL QUICKLY BECOME
HAZARDOUS. IF TRAVEL IS NECESSARY TAKE THE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONARY
ACTIONS. MAKE SURE YOU WEAR A HAT AND GLOVES AND COVER AS MUCH
EXPOSED SKIN AS POSSIBLE...AND TAKE EXTRA FOOD AND BLANKETS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE

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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jan 6, 10:08 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1008 PM CST WED JAN 06 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1007 PM     SNOW             TAYLOR                  41.77N 99.38W
01/06/2010  U0.0 INCH        LOUP               NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            VISIBILTY IS NEAR ZERO...WHITE OUTS...WEST OF TAYLOR ON
            HIGHWAY 91.

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jan 6, 10:11 PM CST, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1011 PM CST WED JAN 06 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1007 PM     SNOW             BURWELL                 41.78N 99.13W
01/06/2010  U0.0 INCH        GARFIELD           NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            HIGHWAY 96 HEADING WEST TOWARD CALUMUS LAKE STARTING TO
            DRIFT SHUT...ESTIMATED DRIFTS TO BE A FOOT DEEP ON
            ROADWAY. VISIBILTY IS NEAR ZERO.

&&

BTAYLOR

Local storm report, Jan 6, 10:17 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1017 PM CST WED JAN 06 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1007 PM     SNOW             BARTLETT                41.88N 98.55W
01/06/2010  U0.0 INCH        WHEELER            NE   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            ROADS...ESPECIALLY EAST WEST ROUTES ARE DRIFTING
            SHUT...WITH SOME NOW IMPASSABLE. VISIBILITY IS NEAR ZERO.
            TRAVEL STRONGLY DISCOURAGED.

&&

BTAYLOR

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Event by event

16 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Boyd

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Boyd forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 42.900, -98.766 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Boyd County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for over 24 hours, through the early morning hours on January 8th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Holt

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Holt forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 42.456, -98.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Holt County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for over 24 hours, through the early morning hours on January 8th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Garfield

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Garfield forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.914, -98.991 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Garfield County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for over 24 hours, through the early morning hours on January 8th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Wheeler

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Wheeler forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.915, -98.528 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Wheeler County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for over 24 hours, through the early morning hours on January 8th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Keya Paha

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Keya Paha forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 42.879, -99.712 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Keya Paha County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for over 24 hours, through the early morning hours on January 8th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Rock

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Rock forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 42.421, -99.450 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Rock County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for over 24 hours, through the early morning hours on January 8th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Brown

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Brown forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 42.430, -99.929 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Brown County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for over 24 hours, through the early morning hours on January 8th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Blaine

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Blaine forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.913, -99.977 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Blaine County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for over 24 hours, through the early morning hours on January 8th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Loup

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Loup forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.914, -99.454 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Loup County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for over 24 hours, through the early morning hours on January 8th.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Eastern Cherry

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Eastern Cherry forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 42.545, -101.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Eastern Cherry County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for nearly 12 hours, into the afternoon hours on January 7th, as winds continued to diminish.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Thomas

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Thomas forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.914, -100.556 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Thomas County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for nearly 12 hours, into the afternoon hours on January 7th, as winds continued to diminish.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Custer

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Custer forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 41.394, -99.726 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Custer County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for nearly 24 hours, into the early morning hours on January 8th, as winds gradually diminished.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Logan

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: Logan forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.567, -100.483 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Logan County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for nearly 12 hours, into the afternoon hours on January 7th, as winds continued to diminish.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, McPherson

When: January 7, 12:00 AM CST to January 8, 12:00 PM CST
Where: McPherson forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.568, -101.060 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across McPherson County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for nearly 8 hours, through the late morning hours on January 7th, as winds continued to diminish.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Hooker

When: January 7, 12:00 AM MST to January 8, 12:00 PM MST
Where: Hooker forecast zone
Reported by: AWOS
Coordinates: 41.916, -101.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Hooker County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for nearly 8 hours, through the late morning hours on January 7th, as winds continued to diminish.

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, Western Cherry

When: January 7, 12:00 AM MST to January 8, 12:00 PM MST
Where: Western Cherry forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 42.545, -101.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A bitter cold arctic air mass with temperatures in the single digits below zero combined with northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph during the early morning hours on January 7th. This produced dangerous wind chill values of 30 below to 40 below zero across Western Cherry County. These dangerous wind chill values persisted for nearly 8 hours, through the late morning hours on January 7th, as winds continued to diminish.

What these are

Extreme Cold/Wind Chill: Temperatures or wind chills at or below the local warning criteria, or cold that caused deaths.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, January 2010

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: 201509, 201510, 201511, 201512, 201513, 201515, 201516, 201517, 201518, 201519, 201521, 201522, 201524, 201525, 201526, 201527.