A winter storm brought heavy snow along with blowing and drifting snow to northwest Nebraska on October 4-5, 2013. Snowfall amounts were very heavy ranging to around 25 inches across far northwest Sheridan County with snow drifts up to 6 feet.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
A winter storm brought heavy snow along with blowing and drifting snow to northwest Nebraska on October 4-5, 2013. Snowfall amounts were very heavy ranging to around 25 inches across far northwest Sheridan County with snow drifts up to 6 feet. Snowfall amounts of 6 to 8 inches were widespread across the remainder of Sheridan County with drifts up to 3 feet. Northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph caused considerable blowing and drifting. Sheridan County was included in Nebraska Declaration DR-4156-NE.
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 4, 4:50 AM MST, 3 hours 10 minutes earlier.
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3 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Public reported snowfall around 25 inches located 18 miles north of Hay Springs. Due to northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph, snow drifts up to 6 feet were reported along with numerous broken tree limbs.
Cooperative observer located 6 miles north of Gordon, reported total snowfall of 8 inches with snow drifts up to 6 feet. Northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph, caused considerable blowing and drifting.
Law enforcement in Rushville reported total snowfall of 7 inches. Northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph caused considerable blowing and drifting.
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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 476944, 476945, 476946.