An arctic airmass brought bitter cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 40 below to portions of North Central Nebraska during the overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
An arctic airmass brought bitter cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 40 below to portions of North Central Nebraska during the overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
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 5, 6:57 AM CST, 5 hours 3 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 657 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 357 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 THE STRONG ARCTIC HIGH NEAR 1040 MB HAS MOVED INTO CNTRL MT. REINFORCING BITTER COLD ARCTIC AIR HAS MOVE INTO NRN SOUTH DAKOTA WHERE TEMPS RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 BELOW. FURTHER SOUTH ACROSS WYOMING INTO THE NEBR PANHANDLE AND WESTERN NEBR SANDHILLS...LIGHT SNOW HAS BECOME FAIRLY WIDESPREAD. VISIBILITIES HAVE BEEN AS LOW A 2 TO 4 MILES IN PARTS OF WRN NEBR. IR SATELLITE CONTINUES TO INDICATE COOLING CLOUD TOPS AS LOBE OF H5 LOW ROTES SOUTHEAST INTO THE NRN AND CNTRL HIGH PLAINS. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 357 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES ARE QUICKLY APPROACHING WESTERN NEBRASKA THIS MORNING. MAIN FORECAST CONCERNS ARE ONGOING LIGHT SNOW WITH THE EXTENT AND DURATION STILL IN QUESTION. HAVE RAISED POPS SIGNIFICANTLY TO NEAR 80 POPS THROUGH THIS MORNING PARTS OF THE ERN PNHDLE INTO WEST CENTRAL NEBR. AS OF 0830Z...ALREADY A HEAVY DUSTING OF SNOW OBSERVED AT LBF. THIS IS NOT SUPRISING AS SOUNDINGS INDICATE SATURATION IN THE DGZ. POPS LOWER QUICKLY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AS AXIS OF UPPER TROUGH BRINGS DRIER AIR AND SUBSIDENCE ON THE BACKSIDE. HIGHS TODAY WILL BE REACHED THIS MORNING IN THE NCTRL AND EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST. BY LATE AFTERNOON...TEMPERATURE IN THE NORTH WILL FALL TO 5 BELOW TO 8 BELOW AND TO NEAR 5 ABOVE SOUTHWEST. NW WINDS TO ALSO INCREASE LATE MORNING BEHIND ARCTIC FRONT AND INCREASE TO AS HIGH AS 20 TO 30 MPH THIS AFTERNOON. CURRENT WIND CHILL WARNING ON TRACK TO BEGIN AT 15Z TODAY GENERALLY NORTH OF I80 WITH THE WIND CHILL ADVISORY AT 21Z. THE WARNING/ADVISORY TO REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 18Z MONDAY. LOWS TONIGHT OF 12 BELOW TO 16 BELOW TO 5 TO 10 BELOW SOUTHWEST. LOWEST WIND CHILLS IN THE GRIDS COME OUT AT 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW LATE TONIGHT/EARLY MONDAY MORNING. IN FACT NW WINDS REMAIN AT LEAST 15 TO 25 MPH FOR AREAS NORTHEAST OF A VALENTINE THROUGH BROKEN BOW LINE AND 10 TO 15 MPH TO THE WEST. SKIES TO BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR IN THE WEST OVERNIGHT WHILE REMAINING PARTLY TO MOSTLY CLOUDY IN THE EAST. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 357 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 AN OVERALL UPPER LEVEL PATTERN SHIFT IS TAKING PLACE THIS WEEKEND...WITH THE POLAR VORTEX/HUDSON BAY LOW DISLODGING SOUTH INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION...THEN QUICKLY MOVING OFF TO THE NORTHEAST. AS THIS OCCURS THE FLOW ALOFT BECOMES ZONAL...WITH ARCTIC AIR REMAINING WELL NORTH IN CANADA. THIS SPELLS A MILDER TEMPERATURE PATTERN FOR OUR REGION. WE WILL STILL BE DEALING WITH THE EFFECTS OF THE POLAR VORTEX/HUDSON BAY LOW YET MONDAY...WITH ARCTIC AIR STILL FIRMLY IN PLACE. BY TUESDAY HOWEVER...A SURGE OF WARMER PACIFIC AIR WILL WORK EAST THROUGH THE AREA BEHIND A SURFACE TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE. A BRIEF SETBACK IN THE WARMING IS EXPECTED WEDNESDAY...AS SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE SLIDES SOUTHEAST FROM ALBERTA INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS...PUSHING A BACKDOOR ARCTIC COLD FRONT AS FAR WEST AS A CHADRON TO NORTH PLATTE LINE. WE WILL FINALLY BE RID OF ARCTIC AIR BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...AS RIDGING ALOFT BUILDS EAST THROUGH THE PLAINS AHEAD OF A DEEPENING WEST COAST TROUGH. GFS ENSEMBLES HINTING AT SOME SORT OF CLOSED UPPER LEVEL LOW DEVELOPING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST CONUS...THEN MOVING EAST INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS DURING THE WEEKEND. FOR NOW WILL KEEP IT MILD AND DRY ACROSS OUR AREA THURSDAY AND BEYOND...BUT WILL BE WATCHING TO SEE HOW THE WEST COAST TROUGH EVOLVES. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z MONDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 657 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 MVFR CEILINGS AT KLBF APPEAR LIKELY UNTIL 20Z. OCCASIONAL LIGHT SNOW WITH VSBY NEAR 4SM AT TIMES UNTIL 16Z. WINDS TO INCREASE TO 34018G26KT AFTER 20Z. AT KVTN...VFR CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST..ALTHOUGH MVFR CEILINGS COULD DEVELOP AFTER 14Z UNTIL 22Z. FOR NOW ONLY A SCT025 OVC050 CLOUD DECK FORECASST. WINDS TO ALSO INCREASE TO 32018G26KT AFTER 17Z. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND CHILL ADVISORY FROM 3 PM CST /2 PM MST/ THIS AFTERNOON TO NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY FOR NEZ056>059-069>071. WIND CHILL WARNING UNTIL NOON CST /11 AM MST/ MONDAY FOR NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-094. && SYNOPSIS...ROBERG SHORT TERM...ROBERG LONG TERM...TAYLOR AVIATION...ROBERG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 757 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-061400- 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- 757 AM CST SUN JAN 5 2014 /657 AM MST SUN JAN 5 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. WIND CHILLS WILL FALL TO DANGEROUS LEVELS THIS AFTERNOON AS BREEZY NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH COMBINE WITH VERY COLD TEMPERATURES. THE COLDEST READINGS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 WILL SEE THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS...RANGING FROM 30 BELOW TO 40 BELOW ZERO. FURTHER SOUTH...WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 20 BELOW TO 29 BELOW ARE EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS WILL CONTINUE MONDAY MORNING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2 WILL SEE THE COLDEST WIND CHILLS...RANGING FROM 30 BELOW TO 45 BELOW ZERO. FURTHER SOUTH...WIND CHILLS RANGING FROM 20 BELOW TO 29 BELOW ARE EXPECTED. .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.
20 extreme cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills near 35 below to Blaine County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 35 below to 40 below to Boyd County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 35 below to 40 below to Brown County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills near 35 below to Custer County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 35 below to 40 below to Eastern Cherry County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to Garfield County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 35 below to 40 below to Holt County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 35 below to 40 below to Keya Paha County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to Logan County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to Loup County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to McPherson County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 35 below to 40 below to Rock County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to Thomas County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to Western Cherry County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to Arthur County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to Garden County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to Grant County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 30 below to 35 below to Hooker County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 35 below to 40 below to Sheridan County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
An arctic airmass brought dangerous wind chills of 35 below to 40 below to Western Cherry County during the evening and overnight hours January 5th into the morning hours January 6th, 2014.
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, January 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: 483679, 483680, 483681, 483682, 483683, 483685, 483687, 483689, 483690, 483691, 483692, 483693, 483695, 483696, 483678, 483684, 483686, 483688, 483694, 483697.