A strong cold front and upper level disturbance produced periods of moderate to heavy snow over the western Nebraska Panhandle. Snow totals ranged from six to eight inches.
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The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
A strong cold front and upper level disturbance produced periods of moderate to heavy snow over the western Nebraska Panhandle. Snow totals ranged from six to eight inches.
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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 13, 2:33 PM MST, 3 hours 27 minutes earlier.
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5 heavy snow, 5 winter storm. Local standard time, as filed.
Observer twelve miles west-northwest of Harrisburg measured 7.5 inches of heavy snow.
Six inches of snow was measured nine miles northeast of Harrison.
Five to six inches of snow was observed at Agate.
Five to six inches of snow was observed at Harrisburg.
An observer measured six inches of snow 15 miles south of Bushnell.
Six to eight inches of snow was observed from Melbeta to Gering to Scottsbluff.
Close to six inches of snowfall was measured nine miles northeast of Harrison.
Six to eight inches of snow was observed from Melbeta to the Scottsbluff area including Gering.
Observer fifteen miles south of Bushnell reported heavy snow measuring 5.8 inches.
Five to six inches of snow was observed at Agate.
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, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 799070, 785269, 785271, 785272, 785273, 785274, 799022, 799024, 799025, 799338.