Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 17, 2023

Name: Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 17, 2023
Start: 2023-03-17T05:00
End: 2023-03-17T14:00
Location: Nebraska

March 17, 2023 · NWS OAX · 7 events in 7 counties and zones

A borderline Winter Storm event was forecast in northeast Nebraska. A frontal passage brought strong winds and snowfall.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 7 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 7

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 OAX wrote it up.

A borderline Winter Storm event was forecast in northeast Nebraska. A frontal passage brought strong winds and snowfall. Higher end snowfall amounts did not materialize and the event was a bust. Wind gusts to did top 40 mph but less intense snowfall only resulted in visibility reduction down to a mile for a couple of hours.

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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 16, 5:28 PM CST, 11 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 5:28 PM CST, 11 hours 32 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

7 winter weather. Local standard time, as filed.

Winter Weather, Antelope

When: March 17, 5:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Antelope forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

COOP Observer reported 1.5 inches of snowfall.

Winter Weather, Knox

When: March 17, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

COOP Observer reported 1.8 inches of snowfall.

Winter Weather, Cedar

When: March 17, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Cedar forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

COOP Observer reported 2.5 inches of snowfall.

Winter Weather, Wayne

When: March 17, 6:00 AM CST to 2:00 PM CST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 42.209, -97.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

COOP Observer reported 2.0 inches of snowfall.

Winter Weather, Boone

When: March 17, 6:00 AM CST to 12:00 PM CST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 41.707, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

COOP Observer reported 1.0 inches of snowfall.

Winter Weather, Madison

When: March 17, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Norfolk Airport reported 1.0 inch of snowfall. Visibility was reduced to a mile for a 2 hours.

Winter Weather, Stanton

When: March 17, 6:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
Where: Stanton forecast zone
Reported by: COOP Observer
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

COOP Observer reported 1.2 inches of snowfall.

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

Every storm in Nebraska in 2023 Every state in 2023 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, March 2023

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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1087577, 1087578, 1087579, 1087580, 1087581, 1087582, 1087583.