Strong northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph or higher occurred during the mid morning, through the afternoon hours.
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Strong northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph or higher occurred during the mid morning, through the afternoon hours.
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 5, 4:26 AM MST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service North Platte NE 526 AM CST Mon Mar 5 2018 .SHORT TERM...(Today and tonight) Issued at 308 AM CST Mon Mar 5 2018 Thunderstorms with mixed rain, small hail, sleet and snow across ncntl Neb will lift into SD shortly. Additional snow and rain showers should continue develop ahead of midlevel disturbance across wrn Neb. The model consensus shows both areas of precipitation lifting through ncntl Neb this morning. A lull in the snow develops this afternoon as the H700mb low stalls across ern SD. This upper low begins moving southeast tonight and the models show wrap around snow developing overnight across ncntl Neb. The snow forecast continues to follow a multimodel blend and there is good agreement with over 1/2 inch of QPF across Boyd county and around 1/2 inch near O'Neill. Unfortunately, most of this falls before sunrise across ncntl Neb making blizzard conditions less likely across Boyd and Keya Paha counties until tonight when winds will weaken somewhat. The Blizzard warning and Winter Weather advisory will continue in place for at least the next 12 to 24 hours until we are certain no weather problems will develop. The models show two corridors of high winds developing today. These corridors are the result of the Black Hills with one focused across Wrn Neb and a second across Ncntl Neb. These strong winds could skirt far southwest Neb and perhaps produce high winds around Valentine. The 500m AGL winds indicate 40kts across Wrn Neb, generally west of highway 83 and along and north of I-80. The sfc low will do a small loop across ern SD today and this should produce strong winds throughout Wrn Neb and perhaps ncntl Neb and the far southwest. The forecast continues the High Wind Warning as climatology suggests a more widespread event than indicated by the models. The temperature forecast today and tonight uses a blend of model data plus bias correction. This forecast today was a couple of degrees warmer than the rapid refresh models. .LONG TERM...(Tuesday through Sunday) Issued at 308 AM CST Mon Mar 5 2018 12z Tuesday and beyond. The models show the Missouri Valley cyclone wobbling east and taking on a neutral to positive tilt as it combines with a low north of the Canadian border. Still, strong northwesterly winds are forecast as decent mixing and a strong pressure gradient is shown. Plan on keeping thing simple at this point, but additional wind headlines may be required for much if not all of the forecast area on Tuesday. The northwesterly flow will continue to tap colder air from the north across the forecast area Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Both highs and lows will be some 10-15 degrees below average. Precipitation is forecast across our north central and northeastern zones through much of the day, but additional snow amounts should be fairly light after the lunch hour as the QG ascent and FGEN wanes. For now, only our far northeast should expect measurable snow amounts on Tuesday. Given the strong winds though, blowing snow may continue well into the afternoon. Wednesday temperatures begin to rebound as a ridge of high pressure develops over the Great Basin/Rockies. Expect near normal highs for much of the CWA by Thursday, though we're expecting fresh snow across our northeast to impact those highs which will keep that area near average. The airmass will be dry with subsidence spreading east from the high, low relative humidity is forecast for our southwest Thursday and Friday. Both days, winds appear to be rather light. By late week and early next weekend northern stream energy begins to breakdown or flatten the ridge to our west with the potential of light precipitation Saturday and cooling temperatures for the weekend. && .AVIATION...(For the 12Z TAFS through 12Z Tuesday morning) Issued at 526 AM CST Mon Mar 5 2018 The snowband across ncntl Neb should exit east by 18z. MVFR/IFR/local LIFR is expected in the snow. MVFR/VFR is expected 18z-00z. Thereafter snow moves back south affecting areas along and north of highway 2. MVFR/IFR/local LIFR is expected in this snow. Northwest winds gradually increase to 30035G50KT by 18z today and decrease to 30025G35kt around 00z this evening, 30020G30KT by 06z tonight. && .FIRE WEATHER... Issued at 308 AM CST Mon Mar 5 2018 The potential for large range fire spread today and Tuesday somewhat remains across southwest Nebraska. Extremely strong post frontal northwest winds are forecast across the entire CWA. But given the forecast of overcast skies, on going precipitation, residual snowpack/drifts and below average temperatures, relative humidity and the resultant fine dead fuel moistures are largely not expected to fall to levels that would support Red Flag criteria spread either day. The possible exception is southwest Nebraska where a dry slot will limit any fuel shading and the snow pack has largely been absent for about a week now. Bottom line, its hard to ignore the strong winds, but given the marginality of the fuels due to the ongoing snow, recent melt and the cooler than average forecast high temperatures, widespread RFW conditions will be absent or tough to come by, even across southwest Nebraska. && .LBF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... High Wind Warning until 9 PM CST /8 PM MST/ this evening for NEZ004-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094. Winter Weather Advisory until noon CST /11 AM MST/ Tuesday for NEZ005-008>010. Blizzard Warning until noon CST Tuesday for NEZ006-007. && SHORT TERM...CDC LONG TERM...Jacobs AVIATION...CDC FIRE WEATHER...Jacobs
Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATED National Weather Service North Platte NE 622 AM CST Mon Mar 5 2018 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-061230- 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- 622 AM CST Mon Mar 5 2018 /522 AM MST Mon Mar 5 2018/ This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of western and north central Nebraska. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. Winter Weather Advisories, Blizzard Warnings and High Wind Warnings are in effect for parts of western and north central Nebraska. Please see the latest weather bulletin for details in your area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. Winter Weather Advisories and Blizzard Warnings are in effect for parts of north central Nebraska until noon Tuesday. Please see the latest winter weather bulletin for details in your area. Wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph are expected across most of western and north central Nebraska Tuesday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed through tonight. && Get your weather, hydrological, and climate information at http://www.weather.gov/northplatte
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
813 AM CST MON MAR 5 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0800 AM SNOW NEWPORT 42.60N 99.33W
03/05/2018 M1.0 INCH ROCK NE CO-OP OBSERVER
0600 AM SNOW 3 ENE NORTH PLATTE 41.15N 100.72W
03/05/2018 M0.2 INCH LINCOLN NE OFFICIAL NWS OBS
0600 AM SNOW 1 S VALENTINE 42.86N 100.55W
03/05/2018 M0.2 INCH CHERRY NE OFFICIAL NWS OBS
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JGOMEZPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
835 AM CST MON MAR 5 2018
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0825 AM SNOW 4 N VALENTINE 42.93N 100.55W
03/05/2018 E0.5 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
0.5 INCHES OF SNOW AND 0.03 LIQUID PRECIPITATION.
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JGOMEZThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
14 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Gordon AWOS recorded sustained winds of 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts up to 59 mph were common throughout Sheridan County.
Nearby Alliance ASOS recorded sustained winds of 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. The Crescent Lake RAWS site also recorded a peak gust to 59 mph. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts up to 59 mph were common throughout Garden County.
Nearby Sidney ASOS recorded sustained winds of 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. The mesonet site near Big Springs also recorded a peak gust to 57 mph. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts near 58 mph were common throughout Deuel County.
Nearby Valentine ASOS recorded a peak gust of 60 mph during the late morning hours. Also nearby Gordon AWOS recorded sustained winds of 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts near 60 mph were common throughout western Cherry County.
Imperial ASOS recorded a peak gust of 58 mph during the mid afternoon hours. Sustained winds were also frequently around 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts near 60 mph were common throughout Chase County.
Nearby Imperial ASOS recorded a peak gust of 58 mph during the mid afternoon hours. Sustained winds were also frequently around 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts near 60 mph were common throughout Perkins County.
A mesonet site near Kingsley Dam recorded a peak gust of 65 mph during the mid morning hours. Sustained winds were also frequently around 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts up to 65 mph were common throughout Keith County.
A nearby mesonet site near Kingsley Dam recorded a peak gust of 65 mph during the mid morning hours. Sustained winds were also frequently around 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts up to 65 mph were common throughout Arthur County.
A nearby mesonet site near Crescent Lake recorded a peak gust of 58 mph during the early afternoon hours. Sustained winds were also frequently around 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts up to 60 mph were common throughout Grant County.
North Platte ASOS recorded sustained winds of 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. Wind gusts also frequently reached 55 to 65 mph, with a peak gust of 72 mph recorded mid afternoon. These types of sustained winds along with frequent gusts of 55 to 65 mph, up to around 70 mph common throughout Lincoln County.
Nearby North Platte ASOS recorded sustained winds of 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. Wind gusts also frequently reached 55 to 65 mph, with a peak gust of 72 mph recorded mid afternoon. These types of sustained winds along with frequent gusts of 55 to 65 mph, up to around 70 mph common throughout McPherson County.
Nearby North Platte ASOS recorded sustained winds of 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. Wind gusts also frequently reached 55 to 65 mph, with a peak gust of 72 mph recorded mid afternoon. These types of sustained winds along with frequent gusts of 55 to 65 mph, up to around 70 mph common throughout Logan County.
Nearby Imperial ASOS recorded a peak gust of 58 mph during the mid afternoon hours. Sustained winds were also frequently around 40 mph during the mid morning into the afternoon hours. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts near 60 mph were common throughout Hayes County.
Nearby McCook ASOS recorded a peak gust of 61 mph during the late morning hours. Sustained winds were also frequently around 40 mph during the late morning into the mid afternoon hours. These types of sustained winds along with a few gusts near 60 mph were common throughout Frontier County.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, March 2018
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: 733445, 733447, 733450, 733452, 733453, 733454, 733455, 733468, 733469, 733473, 733474, 733475, 733476, 733477.