Periods of light snow began during the very early morning hours before sunrise Saturday, January 31st, primarily along and east of Highway 281. The temperature profile was very marginal, but snow continued to fall through the day.
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The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Periods of light snow began during the very early morning hours before sunrise Saturday, January 31st, primarily along and east of Highway 281. The temperature profile was very marginal, but snow continued to fall through the day. It did mix with rain at times. Due to its persistence, some wet accumulations of 1 to 2 inches occurred on grassy surfaces. During the evening hours, snow became widespread as an organized snow band formed in the deformation zone of an intensifying low pressure center. Snow fell over nearly all of north central Kansas for a time, but the heaviest and most persistent snow fell where it had been snowing during the daylight hours of Saturday, east of Highway 281. By 4 am CST Sunday, the accumulating snow ended and exited into northeast Kansas. However, some smaller bands of light snow lingered through mid-morning. Storm total snowfall was generally 2 to 5 inches from eastern Smith into Jewell counties. The highest amount of 5.8 inches was measured at Mankato. As the snow ended, north winds dramatically increased as the low pressure system organized. Winds were sustained around 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. The cooling of the temperature profile allowed for the snow character to become drier after sunset. The result was significant blowing and drifting that lasted through the afternoon hours. The visibility was below one mile at times in blowing snow.
The initial wet snow Saturday occurred in warm air advection, in the entrance region of a 150 kt upper-level jet streak. The forcing for precipitation changed, however, as an arctic cold front sagged into Nebraska with lee cyclogenesis occurring ahead of it over southeastern Colorado. As the front continued moving south into Kansas Saturday night, the weak low left Colorado and progressed east along the front. It was located near Kansas City by daybreak Sunday and advanced east into Indiana by sunset. It was this low that was responsible for the majority of the snowfall accumulation which occurred Saturday night. The central pressure never lowered to less than 1005 mb and there was no deepening. However, the pressure gradient was significant northwest of the low, resulting in the strong winds. As with much of this winter, the flow aloft was split with a ridge along the West Coast, a closed low over the Desert Southwest, and confluent flow into the trough over the eastern United States. This low formed as a result of a shortwave trough that came out of western Canada and amplified as it approached the longwave trough.
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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 31, 10:06 PM CST, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1006 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
.UPDATE...
ISSUED AT 1001 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
PER COORDINATION WITH WFO OAX AND AFTER RECEIVING MULTIPLE REPORTS
OF SNOWFALL OVER THAN 3 INCHES EAST OF HIGHWAY 14...OPTED TO
UPGRADE THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY TO A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR
OUR EASTERN TIER OF COUNTIES AS BETWEEN 6 AND 8 INCHES OF TOTAL
SNOWFALL IS NOW EXPECTED BEFORE THE SNOWFALL COMES TO AN END
AROUND NOON CST TOMORROW. NO ADDITIONAL CHANGES MADE TO THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST AT THIS TIME.
UPDATE ISSUED AT 914 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
LIGHT SNOWFALL HAS EXPANDED IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THIS EVENING
AS THE ANTICIPATED COLD FRONT IS NEARING THE NORTHERN FRINGES OF
THE LOCAL AREA. WITH THIS COOLER AIR ADVECTING IN...ALREADY SEEING
AN INCREASE IN ACCUMULATIONS AND UPDATED FORECAST SNOWFALL
ACCUMULATIONS USING A BLEND OF LATEST GUIDANCE AND WPC GUIDANCE.
CONTEMPLATED ISSUING A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR THE FAR EASTERN
FRINGE OF COUNTIES WHERE TOTALS WILL LIKELY EXCEED SIX INCHES WHEN
ALL IS SAID AND DONE BY NOON SUNDAY...BUT GIVEN THE DURATION OF
THIS EVENT AND PER COORDINATION WITH WFO OAX...OPTED TO KEEP A
HIGH END ADVISORY IN PLACE ACROSS THIS AREA FOR THE TIME BEING.
OTHERWISE...EXPANDED THE WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW FURTHER
WEST TO MATCH UP BETTER WITH WFO LBF...WITH 2 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE NEWLY ADDED AREAS THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS SUNDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
...WIDESPREAD SNOW WILL ACCUMULATE TONIGHT ESPECIALLY FROM THE
TRI-CITIES N AND E WITH WINDY BITING COLD TO FOLLOW...
UPDATED AND EXPANDED THE WINTER WX ADVISORY POSTED AT 143 PM TO
INCLUDE ORD/GRAND ISLAND/HASTINGS.
ALOFT: THE FLOW WAS GENERALLY NW WITH A CUT-OFF LOW OVER THE
DESERT SW. THIS LOW HAS DELIVERED THE MOISTURE AND THE LIFT/WAA
WAS OCCURRING IN THE RRQ OF A 140 KT UPR-LVL JET. A SHORTWAVE TROF
WAS ALSO RACING SE FROM THE NRN ROCKIES. THESE DYNAMIC FEATURES
WERE INDUCING CYCLOGENESIS. THIS TROF WILL CONT SE AND CROSS THE
FCST AREA TOMORROW.
SURFACE: WEAK LOW PRES WAS ORGANIZING OVER CO WHILE AN ARCTIC
COLD FRONT WAS SURGING S THRU THE NRN PLAINS. THIS FRONT WILL
SWEEP THRU TONIGHT...WITH THE LOW EJECTING E ALONG IT THRU KS.
ARCTIC HIGH PRES SLIDES INTO THE NRN PLAINS AND BUILDS S.
NOW: SNOW HAS BEEN STEADY FOR MOST AREAS E OF HWY 281. WE HAVE
SEEN REPORTS UP TO 2" ON GRASSY SURFACES S AND E OF THE TRI-
CITIES...BUT MOST LOCATIONS HAVE REMAINED AROUND 1" OR LESS.
RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS A BROAD SHIELD OF PRECIP IN THE WAA E OF
DEVELOPING LOW PRES. THE 700 MB LOW IS CURRENTLY NEAR LBF AND WILL
HEAD E ALONG I-80 TONIGHT. THE 850 MB LOW ALONG THE KS-NEB BORDER.
TONIGHT: EXPECT THE PRECIP SHIELD TO INCREASE IN COVERAGE THRU
THE EVE WITH AREAS W OF HWY 281 GRADUALLY BECOMING INVOLVED. BUT
OVERALL EXPECT A RELATIVE MINIMUM IN PRECIP W OF HWY 281 AND S OF
I-80. IT WONT LAST AS LONG AND NOT AS MUCH ACCUM.
WE WILL SEE A BROAD EVOLUTION TO A FAIRLY COMMA-SHAPED SYSTEM
WITH THE FCST AREA GENERALLY ON THE WRN FRINGE. THIS IS CURRENTLY
UNDERWAY AND IT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THE SW 1/4 OF FCST AREA WILL
SEE RELATIVELY LITTLE.
WHAT YOU CURRENTLY SEE GOING ON OVER THE WRN SANDHILLS AND
PANHANDLE WILL BE THE LAST OF IT AND THAT WILL SLIDE THRU AFTER
MIDNIGHT. THERE WILL PROBABLY BE A BREAK FOR MANY AREAS BETWEEN
THE INITIAL PRECIP SHIELD AND WHEN THIS MOVES THRU.
ARCTIC COLD FRONTAL PASSAGE OCCURS ROUGHLY 9PM-3AM FROM NW-SE AND
THE WINDS WILL CRANK BEHIND IT. THE TOP OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER WILL
HAVE ACCESS TO 35-40 KTS. SO SURFACE WINDS WILL GUST 40-45 MPH AT
TIMES.
TRAVEL: THERE IS A LOT OF WET PAVEMENT AND ANY UNTREATED ROADS
WILL BECOME ICY AS TEMPS DROP BELOW FRZG.
SNOW/QPF: USED NCEP/WPC PRETTY MUCH VERBATIM. THIS BOOSTED
SNOWFALL AMTS REQUIRING EXPANSION OF THE ADVISORY AREA. THE 0.5"
QPF FROM THE LAST 2 GFS/NAM/EC RUNS IS CLUSTERED ALONG HWY 81. THE
09Z SREF PROBABILITIES FOR .5" QPF WERE OVER ERN NEB/KS...BUT 15Z
BACKED WESTWARD TO INCLUDE HWY 81...SUPPORTING OP MODELS.
FOR NOW WE HAVE 3-5" E OF HWY 281 WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS ALONG HWY
81.
AT THIS POINT CONFIDENCE IS MEDIUM THAT AN ADVISORY WILL HANDLE
THE SNOWFALL FROM OSCEOLA-YORK-GENEVA-HEBRON...BASED ON SNOW
RATIOS BELOW CLIMO /ABOUT 13:1/. THERE IS A CHANCE WE COULD SEE
SOME 6-7" AMTS IN THIS CORRIDOR...WITH THE NEED TO UPGRADE TO A
WARNING. SREF PLUME DIAGRAMS INDICATE SEVERAL MODELS CLUSTERED IN
THIS RANGE WITH A MEAN OF 8" AT HEBRON. SAME AT YORK BUT WITH A
MEAN OF 9". THESE AMOUNTS ARE PROBABLY INFLATED GIVEN TOO MUCH
ACCUM DURING THE DAYTIME HRS.
SUN: COLD SECTOR BEHIND THE DEPARTING LOW. WHATEVER SNOW IS
LEFTOVER AT SUNRISE RAPIDLY DEPARTS TO THE E AND ENDS. N WINDS
CONT TO GUST 40-45 MPH. CLOUDS WILL SLOWLY BEGIN TO BREAK UP OVER
WRN AREAS...BUT EXPECT CLOUDS TO LINGER MOST OF THE DAY ALONG AND
E OF HWY 183.
BITTERLY COLD! WE HAVENT SEEN THIS KIND OF BRUTAL WINTER COLD IN
NEARLY 3 WEEKS. TEMPS WILL FALL THRU THE DAY OVER S-CNTRL NEB AND
HOLD STEADY OVER N-CNTRL KS. WIND CHILLS WILL BE SUB-ZERO OVER MOST
OF S-CNTRL NEB.
.LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY)
ISSUED AT 330 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS AN UPPER TROPOSPHERIC SHORT WAVE WILL BE NOTED
OVER THE MID-MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO START THE LONG-TERM FORECAST
PERIOD AT 00Z MONDAY. THIS SHORT WAVE IS EXPECTED TO QUICKLY MOVE
SOUTHEAST EARLY MONDAY MORNING...THUS ALLOWING FOR NORTHWESTERLY
UPPER TROPOSPHERIC FLOW OVER OUR AREA THROUGH MUCH OF THE LONG-
TERM FORECAST PERIOD. THERE ARE ALSO INDICATIONS FROM THE EC AND
OPERATIONAL GFS OF A SUBTLE UPPER TROPOSPHERIC PERTURBATION MOVING
OVER PORTIONS THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...AS WELL AS AN UPPER
TROPOSPHERIC SHORT WAVE MOVING OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER
MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND DEPENDING ON WHAT MODEL YOU LOOK AT
PERHAPS PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS...TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY.
GUIDANCE SUGGESTS AN OVERALL LACK IN OMEGA SHOULD KEEP US DRY
SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT...AND SUCH HAS BEEN PRESENTED IN
THE OFFICIAL FORECAST. GUIDANCE FROM THE EC AND OPERATIONAL GFS
THEN SUGGEST THERE MAY BE JUST ENOUGH OMEGA...IN ASSOCIATION WITH
THE AFOREMENTIONED UPPER TROPOSPHERIC PERTURBATION...FOR
PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION ACROSS OUR EXTREME NORTHEAST TUESDAY
MORNING AFTER SUNRISE. GIVEN THIS...AND AFTER COORDINATION WITH
SURROUNDING OFFICES...OPTED TO GO AHEAD WITH ~20% POPS FOR LIGHT
PRECIPITATION ACROSS OUR NORTHEAST 12-18Z TUESDAY. ANY
PRECIPITATION THAT IS REALIZED WITH THIS PERTURBATION SHOULD BE
VERY LIGHT AND IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO PROVIDE LOW-IMPACT...IF
ANY...TO THE AREA.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE OPERATIONAL GFS AND EC PRESENT A TRICKY
FORECAST DURING THE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT TIME
FRAME. THE OPERATIONAL GFS SUGGESTS THE UPPER TROPOSPHERIC SHORT
WAVE WILL MOVE FAR ENOUGH SOUTHWEST TO CLIP THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...INCLUDING OUR AREA...THUS BRINGING PRECIPITATION TO MUCH
OF OUR AREA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY. THE EC ON THE OTHER HAND
KEEPS THE UPPER TROPOSPHERIC SHORT WAVE WELL TO OUR NORTHEAST...
MORE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...AND
WITH THE PRIMARY AXIS OF OMEGA ALSO REMAINING TO OUR NORTHEAST
SUGGESTS OUR AREA WILL BE DRY TUESDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH PART OF
THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY. THAT SAID...THE EC DOES SUGGEST THE AXIS OF
A ~70KT UPPER TROPOSPHERIC JET STREAK WILL NOSE INTO THE CENTRAL
HIGH PLAINS BY LATE IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUE WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...WITH THE LEFT-FRONT QUADRANT OF THIS JET STREAK SETTING UP
OVER OUR AREA THUS RESULTING IN PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION ACROSS
MUCH OF OUR AREA STARTING DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING
INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. LOTS OF THINGS TO CONSIDER BETWEEN THE TWO
MODELS...BUT THROUGH ONE FORCING MECHANISM OR ANOTHER IT CERTAINLY
APPEARS WEDNESDAY DURING THE DAY SHOWS THE HIGHEST PROBABILITY OF
PRECIPITATION PRODUCTION AND AS A RESULT...POPS AS HIGH AS 40% ARE
IN EXISTENCE ACROSS THE CWA DURING THE DAYTIME WEDNESDAY. REAL
QUESTION IS WHAT TO DO WITH TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...SIDE WITH THE OPERATIONAL GFS...THE EC...OR BOTH? THE
INHERITED FORECAST ALREADY HAD ~20% POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR
TUESDAY NIGHT AND GIVEN THIS...FEEL IT MUCH MORE PRUDENT TO
PRESENT FORECAST CONSISTENCY AND LET THESE POPS RIDE ACROSS OUR
NORTHWEST...WHICH IS WHERE THE GREATEST OMEGA IS EXPECTED TO
RESIDE THROUGH 12Z WEDNESDAY. TURNING AHEAD TO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT...THE INHERITED FORECAST ONLY HAD ~20% POPS ACROSS OUR
EXTREME SOUTH...AND SEEING AS HOW IT WAS JUST THE LAST COUPLE RUNS
OF THE EC WHICH STARTED SHOWING PRECIPITATION ACROSS MUCH OF THE
CWA...AND AFTER COORDINATION WITH SURROUNDING OFFICES...OPTED TO
KEEP WEDNESDAY NIGHT DRY FOR MOST LOCATIONS WITH THE ONLY
EXCEPTION BEING OUR EXTREME SOUTH. SO...THE CURRENT OFFICIAL
FORECAST SIDES MORE WITH THE OPERATIONAL GFS SOLUTION BY BRINGING
PRECIPITATION IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
THE DAY WEDNESDAY AND CLEARING PRECIPITATION OUT WEDNESDAY NIGHT
...BUT TRENDS WILL CERTAINLY NEED TO BE MONITORED FOR THE POSSIBLE
ADDITION/EXPANSION OF POPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT SHOULD IT BECOME MORE
LIKELY THE EC SOLUTION MIGHT VERIFY.
THE AFOREMENTIONED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SETS OF MODEL GUIDANCE
RESULTS IN A LOW-CONFIDENCE FORECAST REGARDING POTENTIAL
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION TUESDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY...AND THUS IT IS TOO EARLY TO PRESENT POTENTIAL
SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE OFFICIAL FORECAST. THAT SAID...IT IS WORTH
MENTIONING THAT THE OPERATIONAL GFS DOES SUGGEST SNOW ACCUMULATION
OF THREE INCHES OR GREATER COULD BE REALIZED ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE CWA TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY AND THUS...THIS IS SOMETHING
TO CLOSELY MONITOR THROUGH THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.
AS FOR TEMPERATURE READINGS DURING THE LONG-TERM FORECAST
PERIOD...IT CURRENTLY APPEARS THE ARCTIC AIR MASS WILL REMAIN IN
PLACE THROUGH MONDAY MORNING WITH LOWS GENERALLY IN THE SINGLE
DIGITS. SOUTHERLY RETURN FLOW THROUGH THE BOUNDARY LAYER IS THEN
EXPECTED TO PRESENT WARMER WEATHER LATER IN THE DAY MONDAY AND
INTO TUESDAY...WITH HIGHS RANGING FROM THE UPPER 20S ACROSS OUR
EAST TO THE LOWER 40S ACROSS OUR WEST ON MONDAY...AND HIGHS IN THE
40S AND 50S CURRENTLY EXPECTED ON TUESDAY. THE PASSAGE OF ANOTHER
BOUNDARY- LAYER BAROCLINIC ZONE TUESDAY NIGHT IS THEN EXPECTED TO
BRING ABOUT ANOTHER ROUND COLD AIR...WITH HIGHS BACK INTO THE 20S
ON WEDNESDAY AND LOWS IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THAT NIGHT. GUIDANCE
SUGGESTS THIS SECOND SHOT OF COLD AIR WILL BE SHORT LIVED HOWEVER
AS AFTERNOON HIGHS QUICKLY REBOUND INTO THE 30S FOR MOST LOCATIONS
ON THURSDAY...AND INTO THE 40S AND 50S FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY.
LOWS IN THE 20S ARE ALSO CURRENTLY FORECAST TO FINISH THE LONG-
TERM FORECAST PERIOD. IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS TEMPERATURE
FORECAST HAS A DECENT CHANCE TO BE ADJUSTED DOWNWARD...PENDING ANY
SNOWFALL THAT IS POSSIBLY REALIZED DURING THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z KGRI/KEAR TAFS THROUGH 00Z SUNDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 543 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
GENERALLY POOR AVIATION CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE AT BOTH TERMINALS
THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS AS AN ARCTIC FRONT CROSSES THE
TERMINALS AROUND MIDNIGHT...AND SNOW AND LIFR CIGS PERSIST THROUGH
THE EARLY MORNING HOURS SUNDAY. EXPECT VSBYS/CIGS TO IMPROVE SOME
DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS THE SNOW PUSHES EASTWARD...BUT WITH
GUSTY NORTHWESTERLY WINDS TO 35KT+ AND MVFR CIGS PERSISTING
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
&&
.GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NE...WINTER STORM WARNING UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY FOR NEZ041-048-049-
063-064-077-087.
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY FOR NEZ039-040-046-
047-060>062-074>076-085-086.
KS...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL NOON CST SUNDAY FOR KSZ007.
&&
UPDATE...ROSSI
SHORT TERM...HALBLAUB
LONG TERM...BRYANT
AVIATION...ROSSIHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1013 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087- 020415- PHILLIPS-SMITH-JEWELL-ROOKS-OSBORNE-MITCHELL-VALLEY-GREELEY-NANCE- SHERMAN-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-DAWSON-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK- GOSPER-PHELPS-KEARNEY-ADAMS-CLAY-FILLMORE-FURNAS-HARLAN-FRANKLIN- WEBSTER-NUCKOLLS-THAYER- 1013 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD LIGHT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE. AS A RESULT...A WINTER STORM WARNING AS WELL AS A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY ARE IN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE LOCAL AREA. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MESSAGE FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. IN ADDITION...NORTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 25 TO 35 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. LIGHT SNOWFALL WILL TAPER OFF FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING...WITH THE WINTER STORM WARNING AND A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINING IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST. NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR SUNDAY...WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS...PLEASE REPORT SNOWFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWERCASE)
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
938 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0920 PM SNOW BENEDICT 41.01N 97.61W
01/31/2015 M3.0 INCH YORK NE MESONET
NE RAIN OBSERVERER REPORTS 0.5 INCH OF LIQUID AND 3
INCHES OF ACCUMULATED SNOWFALL AS OF 920 PM.
0937 PM SNOW YORK 40.87N 97.60W
01/31/2015 E3.5 INCH YORK NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT 3-3.5 INCHES OF SNOWFALL IN YORK.
&&
SROSSIPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1026 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1024 PM SNOW GOTHENBURG 40.93N 100.16W
01/31/2015 E2.0 INCH DAWSON NE TRAINED SPOTTER
TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 2 INCHES OF SNOW IN GOTHENBERG.
&&
REEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1040 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1038 PM SNOW 4 N HASTINGS 40.65N 98.39W
01/31/2015 M4.2 INCH ADAMS NE OFFICIAL NWS OBS
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR AT THE NWS HASTINGS OFFICE.
&&
REEDPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1110 PM CST SAT JAN 31 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1030 PM SNOW OSCEOLA 41.18N 97.55W
01/31/2015 M2.5 INCH POLK NE NWS EMPLOYEE
STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL SO FAR IN OSCEOLA, NEBRASKA.
&&
REEDThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 3 to 5 inches.
Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 2 to 5 inches.
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