December 29-31, 2006 Winter Storm
A powerful upper level low pressure center lifted across the Desert Southwest and onto the Southern Plains. This allowed for moisture to stream north into Nebraska...producing freezing precipitation and heavy snow. Strong winds also impacted the region...and by the storm's end...some locations were buried with upwards of a foot of snow.
The following are the final snow and precipitation totals across Western and North Central Nebraska:
COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS AND NWS SITES LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL/LIQUID (TOTALS IN INCHES) TAYLOR LOUP 12.0/1.60 HAYES CENTER HAYES 11.0/1.21 EUSTIS 2NW FRONTIER 9.6/2.06 EWING HOLT 9.5/1.79 SWAN LAKE HOLT 9.0/0.92 NORTH PLATTE NWS LINCOLN 8.2/0.68 WAUNETA 3NW CHASE 8.0/0.95 WELLFLEET LINCOLN 8.0/1.36 NORTH PLATTE EXP FARM LINCOLN 7.5/0.93 LYNCH BOYD 7.0/1.13 IMPERIAL CHASE 6.5/0.31 STAPLETON 5W LOGAN 6.5/0.79 BURWELL GARFIELD 6.1/1.26 CHAMBERS HOLT 5.6/1.37 ARNOLD CUSTER 5.4/0.89 BUTTE BOYD 5.3/0.47 AINSWORTH BROWN 5.0/0.40 HERSHEY 5SSE LINCOLN 5.0/0.26 HAY SPRINGS SHERIDAN 4.2/0.15 MULLEN 15S HOOKER 3.5/0.16 MASON CITY CUSTER 3.0/2.08 ARTHUR ARTHUR 2.0/NA ELLSWORTH 15NNE SHERIDAN 2.0/0.19 GORDON 6N SHERIDAN 2.0/0.21 OSHKOSH 10NE GARDEN 2.0/0.20 BIG SPRINGS 4W DEUEL 1.0/0.10 LEWELLEN GARDEN 1.0/0.10 KILGORE 1NE CHERRY 0.1/TRACE VALENTINE OBS CHERRY TRACE/TRACE
NERAIN SITES LOCATION COUNTY SNOWFALL/LIQUID (TOTALS IN INCHES) BURWELL 8WNW LOUP 13.0/1.08 CURTIS 7SE FRONTIER 12.8/2.14 BARTLEY 9NNW FRONTIER 11.5/2.05 MERNA 5WNW CUSTER 11.5/1.24 ANSELMO 12WSW CUSTER 10.0/1.13 SUTHERLAND LINCOLN 9.7/NA BERWYN 4NNE CUSTER 9.0/0.40 WAUNETA 5E HAYES 9.0/1.17 WALLACE 9WSW PERKINS 8.6/0.99 ELSIE 14SE HAYES 8.5/0.91 IMPERIAL 8S CHASE 8.5/0.95 BASSETT 14SE ROCK 8.0/0.49 BERWYN 6SSW CUSTER 8.0/1.62 WALLACE 10S HAYES 8.0/0.61 ANSELMO 9NW CUSTER 7.5/0.68 ELSIE 10SSE PERKINS 7.3/0.78 BURWELL 20NNE GARFIELD 7.0/1.35 STAPLETON 8SSE LINCOLN 7.0/1.00 NEWPORT 11S ROCK 6.5/0.55 STAPLETON 5WSW LOGAN 6.4/0.78 CHAMPION 8W CHASE 6.3/0.47 ENDERS 3W CHASE 6.0/1.35 MERNA 11W CUSTER 4.5/0.85 ANSLEY CUSTER 4.2/1.47 GRANT PERKINS 4.1/0.22 OGALLALA 2W KEITH 3.9/0.24 MADRID 7NW PERKINS 3.3/0.45 MERRIMAN 5N CHERRY 3.0/0.36 OGALLALA 4SSE KEITH 3.0/0.11 WHITMAN 16SSE GRANT 3.0/NA GRANT 3S PERKINS 2.5/0.45 RUSHVILLE 7SSW SHERIDAN 2.5/0.12 BARTLETT 9NW WHEELER 2.0/1.00 HAY SPRINGS 9ESE SHERIDAN 2.0/0.17 OGALLALA 6NNW KEITH 1.4/0.09 RUSHVILLE SHERIDAN 0.5/0.03 CODY CHERRY 0.2/0.02 VALENTINE 10WNW CHERRY TRACE/0.04
