From southwest Nebraska into eastern portions of north central Nebraska, much below normal precipitation ranging from a inch to locally more than two inches occurred for the month of April. The area of Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought conditions remained the same across much of southwest Nebraska into the central Sandhills to end the month of April.
Every event with a place to put it; 19 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.
From southwest Nebraska into eastern portions of north central Nebraska, much below normal precipitation ranging from a inch to locally more than two inches occurred for the month of April. The area of Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought conditions remained the same across much of southwest Nebraska into the central Sandhills to end the month of April.
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 Mar 31, 11:35 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1235 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 344 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ROTATE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. SFC LOW AND UPPER LEVEL LOW ARE FAIRLY STACKED...SPINNING ACROSS FAR SE SOUTH DAKOTA. NORTHWEST WINDS CONTINUE TO HOWL...ESPECIALLY ACROSS FAR SW NEB...WHERE SEVERAL REPORTS WITH SUSTAINED WINDS AROUND 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO 60 MPH HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. ELSEWHERE WINDS HAVE GUSTED TO AROUND 50 MPH. SNOW HAS NOT BEEN AS WIDESPREAD AS INITIALLY THOUGHT AS MORE DRY AIR HAS WRAPPED INTO THE SYSTEM...THUS SNOW ACCUMULATION AMOUNTS HAVE BEEN LIGHT...AROUND AN INCH OR LESS. HOWEVER THE STRONG WINDS HAVE CAUSED VISIBILITIES TO DROP TO A MILE OR LESS A TIMES...AND TRAVEL IS DIFFICULT IN THESE AREAS. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 344 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO WIND DOWN AS IT SPINS INTO MINNESOTA. THE BACK EDGE IS STARTING TO CLEAR THE FAR WESTERN AREAS. SNOW HAS ENDED IN THE SW PART OF THE WINTER WX ADV AND WILL GO AHEAD AN TRIM IT DOWN. THE BACK EDGE OF THE SNOW IS LIFTING NE AND DO NOT SEE THE ENTIRE AREA LASTING UNTIL THE CURRENT EXPIRATION OF 00Z...HOWEVER WILL LET THE EVENING TRIM MORE AS NEEDED. THE ONGOING WIND ADVISORY/HIGH WIND WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 02Z. BELIEVE THE STRONGEST WINDS HAVE PASSED...WITH A SLOW DECLINE FOR THE EVENING. SOME CONCERN THE WIND ADVISORY WILL NEED TO BE EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AS THE TIGHT PRESSURE GRADIENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEPARTING LOW MAY KEEP LOW END ADVISORY WINDS UNTIL MIDNIGHT. WITH THE LOSS OF SUN THE WINDS MAY DIMINISH ENOUGH NO EXTENSION WILL BE NEEDED. OVERNIGHT DECREASING CLOUDS AND COLD TEMPS WHILE DEW PTS ADVECTING SOUTH IN THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. FORECAST FOLLOWS MOS GUIDANCE BLEND WHICH ALSO TAKES LOWS DOWN INTO THE TEENS AND LOWER 20S. TOMORROW REBOUND OF TEMPS ACROSS SW INTO THE LOWER 50S. NORTHERN NEB WILL REMAIN IN THE COLD AIR AND CLOUDS WITH HIGHS ONLY IN THE 30S AS THE NEXT UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PUSHES ACROSS THE NW PART OF THE CWA. SNOW INITIALLY...HOWEVER SOME WARM ADVECTION WITH SOUTHERLY WINDS SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOME UPPER 30S AND LOWER 40S...WITH A POSSIBLE MIX OR EVEN A CHANGE OVER RAIN FOR THE AFTERNOON HOURS. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 344 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 AN ACTIVE PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS WEEK. THE NEXT SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT. THE STORM SYSTEM FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOVES ACROSS KANSAS AND ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THURSDAY. AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM... ISENTROPIC UPGLIDE OF NEARLY SATURATED AIR IS INDICATED IN THE 295-310K LAYER EARLY THURSDAY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. CROSS-SECTIONS OF THETA-E AND EQUIVALENT POTENTIAL VORTICITY INDICATE INSTABILITY WITH UPRIGHT INSTABILITY IN THE UPPER LEVELS AND SYMMETRIC INSTABILITY IN THE MID-TROPOSPHERE...SO THERE IS A RISK OF HEAVIER SNOW BANDS. ANALYSIS OF THE DENDRITIC LAYER SHOWS STRONG VERTICAL VELOCITY AND 90 PLUS RELATIVE HUMIDITY THROUGH THE LAYER. THE THICKNESS OF THE DENDRITIC LAYER IS PROJECTED TO BE ABOUT 1300M AND THE MEAN TEMPERATURE OF THE LOWEST 2KM IS AT OR BELOW 0C. FRONTOGENETIC ENHANCEMENT IN THE 290-305K LAYER BEHIND THE STORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND END OVERNIGHT. THE VERTICAL PROFILE INDICATED IN THE FORECAST SOUNDING APPEARS TO SUPPORT A VERY EFFICIENT SNOW MAKER...SO SNOW TO LIQUID RATIOS WILL BE FAIRLY HIGH...MAYBE ON THE ORDER OF 13-15 TO 1. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE GFS AND THE NAM WITH THE PRECIPITATION TOTALS...THE NAM SHOWING 0.4 INCH IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA TO 1.3 INCHES IN SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. BY CONTRAST...THE GFS SHOWS FAIRLY UNIFORM 0.5 TO 0.75 INCH OVER A LARGE PART OF THE AREA. USING A MODEL BLEND WOULD TRANSLATE TO 48 HOUR SNOWFALL OF 4 INCHES IN THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE TO ABOUT 10 INCHES NORTH OF ONEILL. MOST AREAS LOOK TO HAVE 5 TO 8 INCHES OVER THE 48 HOUR PERIOD FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. HOWEVER... WITH SURFACE TEMPERATURES AT OR JUST ABOVE 0C...ACTUAL ACCUMULATION WILL LIKELY BE LESS. IN ADDITION TO THE SNOW...THE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL SUPPORT 15-25 MPH WIND WITH GUSTS 30 MPH OR HIGHER...SO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING IS EXPECTED. WARMER TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. THEN...ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM IS EXPECTED SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY... THOUGH EARLY INDICATIONS ARE THAT IT WILL BE A WARMER SYSTEM AND SNOW IS LESS LIKELY. UNCERTAINTY WITH THIS SYSTEM IS HIGH...BUT IT DOES MERIT A MENTION IN THE FORECAST. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1230 AM CDT TUE APR 1 2014 THE NEXT SYSTEM EMERGING FROM COLORADO INTO THE BLACK HILLS REGION AND NWRN NEBR WILL BRING A RETURN OF -SN AND POSSIBLE MVFR CEILINGS/VSBYS AFTER 17Z TO KVTN. THESE CONDITIONS COULD PERSIST UNTIL THE END OF TAF PERIOD. VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST AT KLBF OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SYNOPSIS...MASEK SHORT TERM...MASEK LONG TERM...SPRINGER AVIATION...ROBERG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 906 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-020215- 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- 906 PM CDT MON MAR 31 2014 /806 PM MDT MON MAR 31 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS POSSIBLE AS ANOTHER SPRING STORM AFFECTS THE REGION WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THE IMPACT OF THIS STORM REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME. .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) KAR
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
19 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued across the southwestern half of Lincoln County with Severe (D2) drought conditions over the remainder of the county. These drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 persisted as Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 persisted as Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 persisted as Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 persisted as Severe (D2) drought conditions continued across the southern half of the county into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued into May.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued into May.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, April 2014
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: 504999, 505001, 505004, 505005, 505010, 505011, 505014, 505021, 505026, 505028, 505029, 504995, 504996, 504997, 505000, 505006, 505007, 505008, 505009.