In March significant snow fell in narrow bands that led to below normal precipitations for portions of the northern sandhills, southwest and up to 2 inches below normal for areas east of a line from Spencer to Merna. The areas of below normal precipitation led to continued Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought conditions in the west, yet also caused an expansion of drought conditions into portions…
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The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
In March significant snow fell in narrow bands that led to below normal precipitations for portions of the northern sandhills, southwest and up to 2 inches below normal for areas east of a line from Spencer to Merna. The areas of below normal precipitation led to continued Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) Drought conditions in the west, yet also caused an expansion of drought conditions into portions of north central Nebraska to include portions of Blaine, Loup, Garfield, and Custer counties as Moderate (D1) conditions worsened into Severe (D2) drought conditions.
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 Feb 28, 11:28 PM CST, 32 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1128 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 342 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO PUSH SOUTH OF THE AREA...WITH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS ACROSS THE AREA. TEMPS SURGED ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT INTO THE UPPER 20S AND LOWER 30S...THANKS TO A WARM LAYER ALOFT GETTING MIXED DOWN. HOWEVER COLD AIR ADVECTION HAS SINCE STARTED TO DROP TEMPS. UPPER LEVEL LOW CONTINUES TO SPIN OFF THE COAST OF CALIFORNIA. LONG WAVE BROAD TROUGH ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN CONUS. SEVERAL DISTURBANCES LINED UP TO THE WEST. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 342 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 COMPLEX FORECAST TONIGHT INTO TOMORROW. UNSEASONABLY COLD TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO ADVECT ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE STRONG COLD FRONT. ALSO SEEING SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE SNOW DRIFTING ACROSS THE AREA. BAND WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH EAST THIS EVENING BEFORE ENDING...MEANWHILE THE NEXT DISTURBANCE WILL PUSH IN FROM THE WEST. SNOW REDEVELOPS TO THE WEST AND SPREADS ACROSS THE AREA OVERNIGHT. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY ON SATURDAY. MODELS ARE SHOWING A GOOD FGEN BAND NEAR OR JUST SOUTH OF THE S DAKOTA/NEB BORDER. MODELS NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE WITH QPF AMOUNTS...HOWEVER GOOD LIFT INTO THE DENDRITIC GROWTH ZONE. SPLIT FLOW WITH A JET STREAK ACROSS CO/KS AND A SECOND STREAK OVER THE DAKOTAS. THIS DOES CREATE SOME ADDED UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE OVER THE CWA...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NRN NEB. THUS FORECAST FAVORS A BAND OF SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN CWA...AND WILL ISSUE A WINTER WX ADVISORY. SNOW TOTALS IN THE 3 TO 6 INCH RANGE...HOWEVER THE DURATION WITH BE NEARLY 24 TO POSSIBLY 30 HOURS. FURTHER SOUTH 1 TO 3 AND NO HEADLINE AT THIS TIME. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAND...AS THE LATEST 18Z NAM DID SHIFT SLIGHTLY SOUTH...ALTHOUGH STILL HAS THE BAND IN THE ADVISORY AREA. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE THE BITTER COLD TEMPS...ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST DAY OF MARCH. TEMPS WILL FALL THROUGH THE NIGHT...AND SEE LITTLE MOVEMENT...IF ANY...DURING THE DAYTIME. DAYTIME HIGHS ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...BELOW ZERO ACROSS THE NORTH...AND ABOVE ZERO ACROSS THE SOUTH. NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE GUSTING AT TIMES TO 20 MPH WHICH WILL CREATE SOME LOCALIZED AREAS BLOWING SNOW...AND NEAR WIND CHILL ADVISORY READING OF 20 BELOW ZERO. COLDEST WIND CHILLS CO LOCATED WITH THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY AND WILL HIGHLIGHT THE WIND CHILLS IN THE WINTER WX ADV. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 342 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 ...BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES TO PERSIST THROUGH MONDAY...FOLLOWED BY A WARMUP TO MORE SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SNOW CHANCES LINGERING SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING SOME AREAS... SNOW CHANCES CONTINUE SATURDAY NIGHT AIDED BY A SRN STREAM JET AND UPPER TROUGH MOVING THROUGH THE CNTRL AND SRN ROCKIES. EVENING POPS MAINLY 40 TO 50 PERCENT WITH BEST FOCUS FOR SNOW WELL TO OUR SOUTH ACROSS KANSAS AND MISSOURI. OVERNIGHT...SNOW SHOULD HAVE ENDED MOST AREAS WITH LOW WIND CHILLS THE HIGHEST CONCERN. WITH STRONG ARCTIC HIGH BUILDING IN...SOME PARTIAL CLEARING POSSIBLE. FCST LOWS TRENDED TOWARD MET/MAV GUIDANCE WITH LOWS AROUND 15 BELOW NCTRL AND 5 BELOW TO 10 BELOW SOUTH. WITH NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH...CORRESPONDING WIND CHILLS AS LOWS AS 30 BELOW ESPECIALLY NCTRL...WHICH IS FURTHER JUSTIFICATION FOR EXTENDING THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY THROUGH THE NIGHT. BITTER COLD TO CONTINUE SUNDAY WITH H85 TEMPS OF -20C TO NEAR -25C HIGHS ONLY 0 TO 5 ABOVE MOST AREAS. FAR WESTERN TIER OF COUNTIES UPPER SINGLE DIGITS. STILL A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SNOW IN THE MORNING ACROSS THE PANHANDLE AND SOUTH WITH LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE WIND COMPONENT. ANOTHER BITTER COLD NIGHT SUNDAY NIGHT WITH LOWS BELOW ZERO AND COLDEST AT 10 BELOW OR COLDER EAST OF VALENTINE THROUGH BROKEN BOW. ALTHOUGH WINDS LOOK TO BE VERY LIGHT...LOW WIND CHILLS VALUES OF 20 BELOW OR COLDER WILL AGAIN BE A CONCERN. AS ARCTIC HIGH SLIDES EAST TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...MONDAY WILL SEE SOME IMPROVEMENT IN TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM NEAR 12 NORTHEAST TO NEAR 30 FAR SOUTHWEST. FURTHER WARMUP TUESDAY WITH UPPER FLOW MORE ZONAL AND COLDER ARCTIC AIR PINNED UP ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...MINNESOTA AND IOWA. WARMER H85 TEMPS OF 5C-7C RETURN TO SWRN NEBR SUPPORTIVE OF UPPER 30S TO MID 40S WHILE COLDER AIR LINGERS IN THE NORTHEAST WITH HIGHS NEARING THE UPPER 20S. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...UPPER RIDGE TO OUR WEST WILL MOVE EAST AND FLATTEN OUT WITH A LEESIDE TROUGH TO DEVELOP ALLOWING A THERMAL RIDGE AND MUCH MILDER AIR TO RETURN TO THE REGION. HIGHS WEDNESDAY TO REACH 35 TO 50 AND 50 TO 60 BY THURSDAY. A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS FRIDAY...AS A PACIFIC FRONT AND UPPER TROUGH CROSS THE REGION. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z SATURDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1128 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL SPREAD SNOW ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. AT THIS TIME...THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL OVER THE CENTRAL NEBRASKA SANDHILLS OR ROUGHLY ALONG A KAIA...TO KTIF...TO KBUB LINE. FOR THE KVTN TERMINAL...EXPECT LIGHT SNOW TO PERSIST OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS...WITH VISIBILITIES RANGING FROM 1 TO 2 MILES. SOME VISBYS MAY DROP TO A MILE OR LESS PARTICULARLY THROUGH 10Z OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. CIGS WILL GENERALLY BE AROUND 1500 FT AGL WITH NORTHEASTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 KTS EXPECTED. FOR THE KLBF TERMINAL...LIGHT SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH VISBYS GENERALLY AROUND 4SM. VISBYS MAY DROP DOWN TO 1SM TO 2SM ESPECIALLY AROUND MIDDAY SATURDAY. CIGS WILL RANGE FROM 1500 TO 3000 FT AGL. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO END AT THE KLBF TERMINAL BY EARLY SATURDAY EVENING. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 342 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 BELOW FREEZING TEMPERATURES HAVE RETURNED...AND SO HAS THE RIVER ICE. SO FAR MOST NOTABLE RISES HAVE OCCURRED ON THE NORTH PLATTE RIVER...AT LEWELLEN AND NORTH PLATTE. THE RIVER STAGE FOR LEWELLEN CONTINUES JUST BELOW FLOOD STAGE AND EXPECT THIS TO CONTINUE WITH MINOR FLUCTUATIONS. FLOOD ADVISORY WAS ISSUED YESTERDAY AND SEE NO REASON TO CHANGE. FURTHER DOWN STREAM...AT NORTH PLATTE...THE RIVER HAS BEEN JUMPING AROUND. A TRIP TO THE RIVER GAGE SITE CONFIRMED OVER HALF OF THE CHANNEL IS ICED...HOWEVER STILL A DECENT CHANNEL FLOWING...ALTHOUGH IS DOES CONTAIN FRAZZLE ICE. THE RIVER WAS NEAR BANKFULL AND DECIDED TO CONTINUE THE RIVER STATEMENT /RVS/ FOR NOW. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THROUGH THE WEEKEND INTO NEXT WEEK AS VERY COLD TEMPS...SINGLE DIGITS AND COLDER...EXPECT FOR THE WEEKEND. WITH THE VERY COLD TEMPERATURES EXPECTED...ALL RIVERS IN THE AREA WILL HAVE THE CONCERN FOR ICE JAMMING. && .CLIMATE... ISSUED AT 342 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 MARCH GOING TO START OUT ON A COLD NOTE. RECORD LOWS FOR SATURDAY...MARCH 1...ARE -11/1980 FOR NORTH PLATTE...AND -29/1980 FOR VALENTINE. LOWS FOR MARCH 2 ARE -16/2002 1960 FOR NORTH PLATTE AND -17/1960 FOR VALENTINE. LOWS FOR THE FIRST LOOK SAFE AS CLOUDS WILL KEEP TEMPS UP A LITTLE. HOWEVER HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN FOR SUNDAY MORNING /2ND/ AND LOWS COULD BE CLOSE TO RECORD TERRITORY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN NEB. MORE OF A CHANCE FOR RECORDS ARE THE LOW MAX TEMPS. THE COLDEST HIGHS FOR THE 1ST ARE 13 AND 9...FOR NORTH PLATTE AND VALENTINE RESPECTIVELY. DAYTIME FORECAST HIGHS ARE ONLY IN THE SINGLE DIGITS...HOWEVER EXPECT A MIDNIGHT HIGH WHICH WILL BE CLOSE TO THE RECORD. ON THE SECOND RECORDS ARE 7 FOR NORTH PLATTE AND 6 FOR VALENTINE. CURRENT FORECAST HIGHS AREA AROUND 5 FOR NORTH PLATTE AND ONLY 1 FOR VALENTINE. RECORD OR NO RECORD...THESE TEMPERATURES ARE NO WHERE NEAR THE NORMAL OF MID TO UPPER 40S FOR HIGHS AND AROUND 20 FOR LOWS. MARCH 2014 IS ARRIVING AS A LION. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 6 AM CST /5 AM MST/ SUNDAY FOR NEZ004>010-022>029-094. && SYNOPSIS...MASEK SHORT TERM...MASEK LONG TERM...ROBERG AVIATION...CLB HYDROLOGY...MASEK CLIMATE...MASEK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1130 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-020530- 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- 1130 PM CST FRI FEB 28 2014 /1030 PM MST FRI FEB 28 2014/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD SNOW TONIGHT IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE UP TO TWO INCHES OF SNOW IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. WIND CHILL VALUES OF 10 BELOW TO 20 BELOW ZERO CAN BE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SNOW CONTINUING IN NORTHERN NEBRASKA SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO PRODUCE UP TO 3 INCHES ADDITIONAL SNOW WITH TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES. VERY COLD TEMPERATURES SATURDAY THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY WITH SOME WIND WILL GIVE WIND CHILL VALUES OF 15 BELOW TO NEAR 30 BELOW ZERO THROUGH SUNDAY 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) CLB
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 April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued across the southwestern quarter of Lincoln County with Severe (D2) drought conditions over the remainder. The drought continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered as Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to Severe (D2) drought conditions. The drought continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 intensified in March due to the lack of rainfall. Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to Severe (D2) drought conditions and continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 intensified over Loup County in March. The Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to Severe (D2) drought conditions and continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 intensified in March over Garfield County. The Moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to include Severe (D2) drought conditions across southern Garfield County and continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingers. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Moderate (D1) to Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued in April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued into April.
The drought that began in June 2012 lingered. Severe (D2) to Extreme (D3) drought conditions continued into April.
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, March 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: 499475, 499477, 499478, 499479, 499484, 499485, 499486, 499487, 499488, 499489, 499490, 499471, 499472, 499473, 499476, 499480, 499481, 499482, 499483.