Nebraska, 2010

Winter Weather in Nebraska, November 20 to 21, 2010

November 20 to 21, 2010 · NWS GID · 1 event in 1 county or zone

This Saturday afternoon and evening featured the first Winter Weather Advisory of the 2010-2011 season for South Central Nebraska, as an expansive area of freezing drizzle enveloped the region, resulting in a thin coating of ice and several traffic accidents, including a multiple fatality accident on Interstate 80 in York County. Leading up to this freezing drizzle event, the entire area spent…

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The toll

Deaths
4
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
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 GID wrote it up.

This Saturday afternoon and evening featured the first Winter Weather Advisory of the 2010-2011 season for South Central Nebraska, as an expansive area of freezing drizzle enveloped the region, resulting in a thin coating of ice and several traffic accidents, including a multiple fatality accident on Interstate 80 in York County.

Leading up to this freezing drizzle event, the entire area spent the day stuck under an extensive low cloud deck, holding temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s. In the mid levels of the atmosphere, broad southwesterly flow dominated the region, with minor disturbances passing through. As evening fell, one of these weak disturbances promoted increasing low level southerly flow, resulting in the onset of freezing drizzle that lasted well into the overnight hours.

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Event by event

1 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, York

When
November 20, 8:00 PM CST to November 21, 5:00 AM CST
Where
York forecast zone
Deaths
0 direct, 4 indirect
Property damage
$100,000
Reported by
Newspaper
Coordinates
40.873, -97.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Light freezing drizzle across the area resulted in slick roads, which played a role in a late evening fatal accident one mile west of the Henderson interchange on Interstate 80. A SUV lost control and crossed the median into an oncoming semi, killing all 4 passengers in the SUV.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Winter Weather, York2010-11-2022FemaleVehicle/Towed TrailerIndirect
Winter Weather, York2010-11-200MaleVehicle/Towed TrailerIndirect
Winter Weather, York2010-11-2031FemaleVehicle/Towed TrailerIndirect
Winter Weather, York2010-11-202FemaleVehicle/Towed TrailerIndirect

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 267294.