Nebraska, 2021

Winter Weather in Nebraska, October 31, 2021

October 31, 2021 · NWS CYS · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Snowfall beginning on Halloween continued into early on the 1st of November with much of the southern Nebraska Panhandle receiving 2 to 5 inches of snow accumulation. Event also entered for the month of November.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What happened

The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.

Snowfall beginning on Halloween continued into early on the 1st of November with much of the southern Nebraska Panhandle receiving 2 to 5 inches of snow accumulation. Event also entered for the month of November.

What forecasters said that day

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 31, 5:02 AM MST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 31, 5:02 AM MST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

4 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Scotts Bluff

When
October 31, 9:00 AM MST to 11:59 PM MST
Where
Scotts Bluff forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snow accumulation of 2 to 3.5 inches reported on the 31st into November 1st. COOP observer reported 3.5 inches 3 miles west-northwest of Scottsbluff. Event also entered for the month of November.

Winter Weather, Banner

When
October 31, 12:00 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
Where
Banner forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
41.546, -103.710 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snow accumulation of 3 to 3.8 inches reported on the 31st into November 1st. CoCoRaHS observer reported 3.8 inches 9 miles southwest of Harrisburg. Event also entered for the month of November.

Winter Weather, Morrill

When
October 31, 12:30 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
Where
Morrill forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
41.716, -103.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Snow accumulation of 3 to 4 inches reported on the 31st into November 1st. COOP observer reported 4 inches along the Banner/Morrill County line 18 miles west-southwest of Bridgeport. Event also entered for the month of November.

Winter Weather, Cheyenne

When
October 31, 7:00 PM MST to 11:59 PM MST
Where
Cheyenne forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Area average snow accumulation of 3.5 to 5 inches reported on the 31st into November 1st. Event also entered for the month of November.

What these are

Winter Weather
Snow, sleet or freezing rain below warning levels that still caused disruption, damage or casualties.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

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: 985624, 985630, 985632, 985634.