Nebraska, 2023

Winter Weather in Nebraska, January 27 to 30, 2023

January 27 to 30, 2023 · NWS CYS · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

A multi-day period of snowfall across the northern Nebraska Panhandle, especially areas around the Pine Ridge, resulted in total accumulation around 8-10 inches with each day seeing roughly 3 inches of accumulation.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

A multi-day period of snowfall across the northern Nebraska Panhandle, especially areas around the Pine Ridge, resulted in total accumulation around 8-10 inches with each day seeing roughly 3 inches of accumulation.

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 26, 4:52 PM MST, 22 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 26, 4:52 PM MST, 22 hours 8 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

2 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, South Sioux

When
January 27, 3:00 PM MST to January 30, 11:00 AM MST
Where
South Sioux forecast zone
Reported by
Park/Forest Service
Coordinates
42.488, -103.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Received report from Agate Fossil Beds of 10.3 inches of snowfall spread out over a 3 day period.

Winter Weather, Dawes

When
January 27, 9:00 PM MST to January 29, 8:00 PM MST
Where
Dawes forecast zone
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
42.720, -103.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

CoCoRaHS observer 10 miles east-southeast of Crawford reported 8 inches of snow accumulation over a 3 day period.

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

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: 1072095, 1072097.