An arctic air mass, with wind gusts of 20-40 MPH and temperatures in the teens below zero, led to wind chills as low as -46F during the worst of the cold. During the night of the 21st a band of heavy snowfall restricted the visibility as low as 100 ft.
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The episode as NWS GLD wrote it up.
An arctic air mass, with wind gusts of 20-40 MPH and temperatures in the teens below zero, led to wind chills as low as -46F during the worst of the cold.
During the night of the 21st a band of heavy snowfall restricted the visibility as low as 100 ft. due to the wind and heavy snow falling. Snow amounts were only one to two inches. However the winds were gusting 25-35 MPH.
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Dec 20, 4:55 PM MST, 22 hours 5 minutes earlier.
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3 extreme cold/wind chill, 3 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.
Wind chills of -25F to -46F were reported across the county.
Key impacts: wind chill, frostbite, extreme cold.
Wind chills of -25F to -43F were reported across the county.
Key impacts: wind chill, frostbite, extreme cold.
Wind chills of -25F to -44F were reported across the county.
Key impacts: wind chill, frostbite, extreme cold.
Officers reported the visibility had fallen to 100 ft. in the falling and blowing snow. Snow amounts were estimated at one to two inches at the time of the report.
Key impacts: limited visibility, blowing snow.
A band of heavy snowfall moved over the county. Based on near-blizzard reports in surrounding counties, Hitchcock County should have had near-blizzard conditions as well under the band of snow.
Key impacts: limited visibility, blowing snow.
Blizzard-like conditions were reported at the McCook airport under a band of heavy snowfall.
Key impacts: limited visibility, blowing snow.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, December 2022
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1072502, 1072504, 1072503, 1073148, 1073149, 1073150.