...WINTER STORM SLOWED FOR MOISTURE RICH EVENT...
MONDAY DECEMBER 18 2006 AN INTENSIFYING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVED INTO THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. LIFTING NORTH...THIS SYSTEM SLOWED...TAPPING INTO GULF MOISTURE...AND PROVIDING FOR THE THIRD WETTEST DECEMBER ON RECORD. WINTER STORM WATCHES WERE POSTED FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA MONDAY. THEN WATCHES WERE UPGRADED TO WARNINGS OVERNIGHT MONDAY AS WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE FORECAST TO STEADILY DETERIORATE TUESDAY EVENING. A PRECIPITATION MIXTURE WOULD IMPACT THE REGION WITH HEAVY SNOW TO BLIZZARD WARNING FOR AREAS WEST OF HIGHWAY 61...AND WINTER STORM WARNING FURTHER EAST FOR A MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET AND SNOW.
TUESDAY EVENING AROUND 7 PM CST...RAIN DEVELOPED INTO SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA AND CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN ACROSS THE WEST BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THE SWATH OF FREEZING RAIN SURGED NORTH WITH MANY LOCATIONS EAST OF HIGHWAY 61 RECEIVING 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION BEFORE THE FREEZING RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW WEDNESDAY EVENING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT SNOWFALL RATES WERE HEAVY OVER A FOUR HOUR PERIOD. THE HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATED ON TOP OF THE ICE THAT CREATED HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS AS MANY TREE LIMBS AND SOME POWER LINES BEGAN TO SAG AND EVENTUALLY BREAK FROM THE ACCUMULATED WEIGHT. POWER OUTAGES WERE REPORTED IN MANY COMMUNTIES WITH SOME LOCATIONS STILL WITHOUT POWER AT THIS TIME. BY NOON THURSDAY...INTERSTATE 80 WAS SHUT DOWN ACROSS THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE EAST TO LEXINGTON IN DAWSON COUNTY UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 5 PM CST.
SNOWFALL TOTALS FOR THIS DECEMBER 2006 EVENT RANGED FROM 2 INCHES ON THE EASTERN FRINGES OF THE COUNTY WARNING AREA WHERE UP TO 1/2 INCH OF ICE ACCUMULATION OCCURRED...TO 11 INCHES 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF OSHKOSH IN GARDEN COUNTY. THE TWO DAY PRECIPITATION TOTAL RANGED FROM 0.49 INCH AT WALLACE IN LINCOLN COUNTY...TO 2 INCHES AT 2 MILES WEST OF AMELIA...IN HOLT COUNTY.
Below is a map of the storm total snowfall amounts reported by co-operative weather observers on the left. The same map is on the right with a visible satellite image showing the snow cover. Notice Lake McConaughy and the rivers are darker on the satellite image. Click a map for a larger image.
Below is a map of the storm total liquid precipitation amounts (including rain, freezing rain, and melted snowfall from Tuesday evening through Thursday morning) reported by co-operative weather observers.
PRELIMINARY SNOW FALL TOTALS AND STORM REPORTS THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.
THE STRONG WINTER STORM OF DECEMBER 20TH..21ST...YIELDED STORM TOTAL
SNOW FALL RANGING FROM LESS THAN 2 INCHES TO IN EXCESS OF 10
INCHES AND PRECIPITATION ACCUMULATIONS NEARING TWO INCHES. AS OF 10
AM THIS MORNING...SOME OF THE SNOW FALL AND PRECIPITATION REPORTS
RECEIVED ARE IN THE TABLE BELOW.
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LOCATION |
COUNTY |
24 HOUR SNOWFALL (7AM WED-7AM THUR) |
48 HOUR "MELTED" PRECIPITATION (7AM TUES-7AM THUR) |
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10 NE OSHKOSH |
GARDEN |
11.0" |
1.31" |
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21 NW MULLEN |
CHERRY |
10.0" |
N/A |
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4 W BIG SPRINGS |
DEUEL |
8.5" |
1.23" |
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NORTH PLATTE ARPT |
LINCOLN |
8.0" |
1.75" |
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OGALLALA |
KEITH |
8.0" |
0.87" |
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VALENTINE |
CHERRY |
7.0" |
0.92" |
|
15 S MULLEN |
HOOKER |
6.9" |
1.08" |
|
5 W STAPLETON |
LOGAN |
6.3" |
N/A |
|
ARNOLD |
CUSTER |
6.3" |
1.70" |
|
IMPERIAL |
CHASE |
4.0" |
1.25" |
|
2 SE ANSELMO |
CUSTER |
4.0" |
1.61" |
|
O'NEILL |
HOLT |
3.0" |
1.07" |
|
2 W AMELIA |
HOLT |
3.0" |
N/A |
|
CHAMBERS |
HOLT |
2.5" |
1.58" |
|
MASON CITY |
CUSTER |
2.0" |
1.75" |
|
WELLFLEET |
LINCOLN |
1.8" |
N/A |
BELOW IS A LIST OF LOCAL STORM REPORTS FROM THE ONSET OF THE STORM UNTIL NOON CST.
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 AM FREEZING RAIN 30 SSW VALENTINE 42.47N 100.78W
12/20/2006 E0.25 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
1/4 INCH OF ICE, RAINING NOW, 0.18 INCH OF LIQUID
PRECIPITATION.
0731 AM FREEZING RAIN 2 SE ANSELMO 41.60N 99.84W
12/20/2006 E0.00 INCH CUSTER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF ICE ACCUMULATION ON
SURFACES...TREE BRANCHES AND POWER LINES
0741 AM FREEZING RAIN 15 S MULLEN 41.82N 101.04W
12/20/2006 E0.25 INCH HOOKER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
1/4 INCH OF ICE OVER PAST 10 HOURS. 31 DEGREES. FREEZING
RAIN AND DRIZZLE CAUSING ICY ROADS. OTHER SURFACES ICING
ALSO.
0830 AM ICE STORM 7 E DICKENS 40.83N 100.86W
12/20/2006 LINCOLN NE PUBLIC
ICE, TOPS OF TREES BREAKING AND TREE LIMBS DOWN. 5 MILES
WEST OF MILE MARKER 59 ON HIGHWAY 83.
0840 AM ICE STORM NORTH PLATTE 41.13N 100.77W
12/20/2006 LINCOLN NE NWS EMPLOYEE
6 TO 8 INCH TREE BRANCHES DOWN IN TOWN. NUMEROUS SMALL
BRANCHES DOWN.
1200 PM FREEZING RAIN ARNOLD 41.42N 100.19W
12/20/2006 M0.25 INCH CUSTER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
0.25 INCH OF FREEZING RAIN AND 0.65 INCHES OF RAIN.
0156 PM FREEZING RAIN 15 S MULLEN 41.82N 101.04W
12/20/2006 M0.50 INCH HOOKER NE PUBLIC
LARGE BRANCHES DOWN WITH POWERLINES SAGGING
0420 PM BLIZZARD 10 NW LISCO 41.60N 102.76W
12/20/2006 GARDEN NE PUBLIC
VISIBILITY 1/4 MILE IN BLOWING SNOW..SNOW DRIFTS AS HIGH
AS 4 FT
0453 PM FREEZING RAIN OCONTO 41.14N 99.76W
12/20/2006 M0.50 INCH CUSTER NE FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
TREES COMING DOWN
0928 PM SNOW IMPERIAL 40.52N 101.64W
12/20/2006 E5.0 INCH CHASE NE CO-OP OBSERVER
1033 PM SNOW OGALLALA 41.13N 101.72W
12/20/2006 E12.0 INCH KEITH NE LAW ENFORCEMENT
SNOWING MODERATE TO HEAVY
1044 PM SNOW CHAPPELL 41.09N 102.47W
12/20/2006 E9.0 INCH DEUEL NE CO-OP OBSERVER
0725 AM HEAVY SNOW 30 S VALENTINE 42.44N 100.55W
12/21/2006 E6.0 INCH CHERRY NE PUBLIC
6 INCHES OF SNOW OVERNIGHT. POWER OUT.
0801 AM HEAVY SNOW 15 S MULLEN 41.82N 101.04W
12/21/2006 M6.9 INCH HOOKER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
6.9 INCHES OF SNOW OVER THE PAST 12 HOURS. THIS IS ON TOP
OF YESTERDAY/S 0.50 INCHES OF ICE ACCUMULATION. LOTS OF
LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. LOCAL SNOW DEPTH IS 7 INCHES.
0910 AM HEAVY SNOW NW MULLEN 42.04N 101.04W
12/21/2006 M10.0 INCH HOOKER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
10 INCH STORM TOTAL SNOW FALL
0926 AM ICE STORM ARNOLD 41.42N 100.19W
12/21/2006 CUSTER NE CO-OP OBSERVER
LARGE TREES DOWN AND 7-8 INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN IN TOWN
FROM STORM. ROADS ICY. 6 INCHES OF SNOW.
0935 AM HEAVY SNOW 5 W STAPLETON 41.48N 100.61W
12/21/2006 M6.3 INCH LOGAN NE CO-OP OBSERVER
POWER OUT SINCE DEC 20TH AT 8 PM CST NUMEROUS 8 T 10 INCH BRANCHES
BROKEN BY ICE AND SNOW
PHOTOS FROM THE DOWNED TREES ON WEDNESDAY AROUND NORTH PLATTE AND THE OVERNIGHT SNOWFALL AT THE NORTH PLATTE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE ARE BELOW. PHOTOS ARE TAKEN BY CHRISTINA HENDERSON AND ANGELA ODER.
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Webpage last updated by the National Weather Service on Friday , Decmeber 22, 2006 at 1 pm.
