Nebraska, 2023

Heavy Snow in Nebraska, January 1 to 3, 2023

January 1 to 3, 2023 · NWS CYS · 6 events in 6 counties and zones

Moderate to heavy snow fell across the Nebraska Panhandle 1 to 3 January 2023.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
6

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.

Moderate to heavy snow fell across the Nebraska Panhandle 1 to 3 January 2023.

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 Jan 1, 10:50 PM MST, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 1, 10:50 PM MST, 10 minutes before
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The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

6 heavy snow. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Snow, Kimball

When
January 1, 11:00 PM MST to January 3, 10:00 AM MST
Where
Kimball forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
41.198, -103.715 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

COOP observer Bushnell 15 miles south of Bushnell reported 6.6 inches of snowfall.

Heavy Snow, Morrill

When
January 2, 12:00 AM MST to January 3, 10:00 AM MST
Where
Morrill forecast zone
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
41.716, -103.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Report received on Facebook of 6-7 inches of new snowfall in Bayard.

Heavy Snow, Dawes

When
January 2, 1:35 PM MST to January 3, 9:00 AM MST
Where
Dawes forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
42.720, -103.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

COOP Observer Chadron 3 miles southwest reported 7.0 inches of new snow.

Heavy Snow, Cheyenne

When
January 2, 4:53 PM MST to January 3, 9:00 AM MST
Where
Cheyenne forecast zone
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observer Lodgepole 8.2 north reported 9.6 inches of new snowfall.

Heavy Snow, Scotts Bluff

When
January 2, 6:55 PM MST to January 3, 9:00 AM MST
Where
Scotts Bluff forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observer from Gering .4 miles east reported 6.6 inches of snowfall.

Heavy Snow, Banner

When
January 2, 6:55 PM MST to January 3, 9:00 AM MST
Where
Banner forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
41.546, -103.710 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Observer Harrisburg 9.1 southwest reported new snowfall of 7.4 inches with this event.

What these are

Heavy Snow
Snowfall reaching the local warning threshold without the other hazards of a winter storm.

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

The same day elsewhere

More

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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: 1066352, 1066355, 1066359, 1066366, 1066362, 1066364.