Late season winter storm impacted portions of the Nebraska Panhandle with the worst snowfall falling across the Pine Ridge area in Sioux and Dawes Counties. Additional heavy snow was reported in Banner County as well due to heavy snowbands forming and lingering over the area.
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The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
Late season winter storm impacted portions of the Nebraska Panhandle with the worst snowfall falling across the Pine Ridge area in Sioux and Dawes Counties. Additional heavy snow was reported in Banner County as well due to heavy snowbands forming and lingering over the area.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.
Observer nine miles southwest of Harrisburg measured 6.8 inches of snowfall.
Observer located seven miles southeast of Crawford measured snow total of over 12 inches of snowfall.
Observer in Harrison measured 10.0 inches of snowfall.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, May 2019
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: 817079, 817081, 817082.