The drought that began in June 2012 continued across western Nebraska through December 2013. The greatest impacts were across the southwest where Extreme Drought (D3) conditions were observed.
Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued across western Nebraska through December 2013. The greatest impacts were across the southwest where Extreme Drought (D3) conditions were observed. Generally less than normal precipitation occurred during the month for little change in the drought. The drought continued into January.
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 Nov 30, 11:45 PM CST, 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1145 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 258 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 A DEEP UPPER LEVEL LOW OVER ALASKA WILL MOVE SOUTH ALONG THE COAST OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND BE OVER WASHINGTON STATE MONDAY. UPSTREAM...A VERY STRONG UPPER LEVEL BLOCKING RIDGE WILL DEVELOP ACROSS ALASKA GENERATING A 1052 MB ARCTIC HIGH WHICH WILL MIGRATE SOUTH THROUGH WRN CANADA. THIS ARCTIC HIGH WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SUBZERO HIGHS ACROSS NORTH DAKOTA WITH HIGHS IN THE TEENS AND 20S ACROSS NEBRASKA WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH THIS FORECAST IS THE TEMPERATURE FORECAST BOTH AHEAD AND BEHIND THE ARCTIC FRONT. THE SNOW CHANCES ARE LOW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...AROUND 30 PERCENT WITH LIMITED MOISTURE AND DYNAMICAL FORCING. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 258 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT AND TRANQUIL CONDITIONS IN THE SHORT TERM. DO LOOK FOR SOME INCREASE IN MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDS DURING THE NEXT 24 HRS...AND THIS COULD HAVE SOMEWHAT OF AN IMPACT ON HIGH TEMPERATURES SUNDAY. CLOUDS SHOULD BE MOST THICK ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND THIS IS WHERE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE HELD IN THE 40S. LOWER TO MID 50S EXPECTED AGAIN ACROSS SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...WHERE A WESTERLY DOWNSLOPE WIND SHOULD HELP BOOST TEMPERATURES. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 258 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...SATELLITE SHOWS AN EXTENSIVE AREA OF MID AND HIGH LEVEL CLOUDINESS ACROSS THE NORTH PACIFIC. THE NAM80 AND GFS MOVE THESE CLOUDS ACROSS THE FCST AREA MONDAY. THIS CLOUD SYSTEM COULD AFFECT MAX TEMPERATURES BY AS MUCH AS 10 DEGREES MONDAY VERSUS A FULL SUN FORECAST. GUIDANCE SHOWS HIGHS IN THE 50S AND 60S WHICH IS LIKELY A FULL SUN FORECAST. THE OFFICIAL FCST USES 50S TO NEAR 60 FOR HIGHS WHICH MIGHT BE GENEROUS GIVEN THE AMOUNT OF EXPECTED CLOUD COVER. THE 12Z NAM AND GFS SHOW A STRONG LEAD SHORT WAVE WHICH WOULD DRIVE THE ARCTIC FRONT THROUGH THE FCST AREA TUESDAY MORNING FOR HIGHS IN THE 20S NORTH BUT NEAR 60 SOUTH. THE 12Z GEM AND 12Z ECM ARE SLOWER AND BRING THE FRONT THROUGH DURING THE AFTERNOON FOR HIGHS IN THE 40S AND 50S TO NEAR 60. THE FCST USES A FOUR WAY BLEND OF THESE MODELS AT THE 18Z TUESDAY FORECAST POINT FOR HIGHS IN THE 30S AND 40S. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES ON THIS FORECAST. SOME LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY BEHIND THE FRONT AS SHOWN BY THE GFS AND NAM AND THE GEM AND ECM...WHENEVER THE FRONT ARRIVES. THIS IS MAINLY ACROSS SHERIDAN COUNTY. NO FREEZING RAIN OR SLEET WAS INDICATED IN THE GFS OR NAM BUT WAS SHOWN IN THE 12Z ECM. TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... TEMPERATURES WEDNESDAY WILL BE STEADY OR FALLING IN THE TEENS AND 20S WITH THE ARCTIC BLAST IN FULL SWING. H850 TEMPERATURES HOVER AT -15C TO -20C THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AND THEN WARM A BIT SATURDAY AS SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW DEVELOPS. DONT BE FOOLED THOUGH...THE SOUTH WINDS ARE RECIRCULATING ARCTIC AIR NORTH. HIGH TEMPS IN THE TEENS ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...20S ON SATURDAY. WIND CHILL READINGS OF -10F TO -20F ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. WINDS DECREASE THEREAFTER. LIGHT SNOW IS POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. MODEL BLEND QPF IS 0.05 TO 0.15 INCHES SO BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1.5 OF INCHES OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE. GIVEN THE MODELS ARE TOO WET IN ARCTIC AIR OUTBREAKS A 10 TO 1 SNOW WATER RATIO IS USED VERSUS SPLITTING THE QPF IN HALF AND USING A 20 TO 1 RATIO WHICH PRODUCES THE SAME SNOWFALL. THE ECM CONTINUES TO SHOW SOME FREEZING PCPN ACROSS SRN NEB. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1145 CST SAT NOV 30 2013 OVER WESTERN NEBRASKA TONIGHT EXPECT INCREASING MID CLOUDS NORTH WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS. INCREASING CLOUDS SUNDAY WITH LIGHT WESTERLY WINDS. VISUAL FLIGHT RULES. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...CDC SHORT TERM...TAYLOR LONG TERM...CDC AVIATION...POWER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 306 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-012115- 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- 306 PM CST SAT NOV 30 2013 /206 PM MST SAT NOV 30 2013/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. A STRONG ARCTIC COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY...WITH VERY COLD WIND CHILLS EXPECTED BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && GET YOUR WEATHER...HYDROLOGICAL...AND CLIMATE INFORMATION AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE (ALL LOWERCASE) TAYLOR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
14 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Near normal precipitation fell with a quarter to half inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with one to two tenths inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with one to two tenths inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with one to two tenths inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) to Extreme Drought (D3) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with one to two tenths inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) to Extreme Drought (D3) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with one to two tenths inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) to Extreme Drought (D3) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with around a tenth of an inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with one to two tenths of an inch observed that resulted in the Extreme Drought (D3) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with around one tenth of an inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with one to two tenths of an inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with one to two tenths of an inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Near normal precipitation fell with a quarter to half inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Near normal precipitation fell with a quarter to half inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
The drought that began in June 2012 continued into December 2013. Below normal precipitation fell with one to two tenths inch observed that resulted in the Severe Drought (D2) to Extreme Drought (D3) conditions lingering. The drought continued into January 2014.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, December 2013
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 481930, 481931, 481932, 481933, 481934, 481935, 481921, 481923, 481925, 481926, 481927, 481928, 481929, 481936.