Snowfall Reports for Wednesday, January 19, 2011

 Snow fell across much of western and north central Nebraska Wednesday as a low pressure system interacted with a cold air mass of arctic origins that was in place across the region. A particularly intense band of snow developed across the heart of the Sandhills due to that scenario. Ten to twelve inches of snow fell from the Mullen and Thedford areas southeast to Anselmo and Broken Bow. Snow was less on either side of that band, but even North Platte's Lee Bird Field received 6.3 inches of snow from the system. That was enough to set a new daily record snowfall for January 19th. The old record for the day was 3.0 inches, which fell on January 19th, 1966. The far southwestern and far north central parts of Nebraska escaped the heavy snow. Valentine only recorded 1.1 inches of accumulation.

Listed below are the snowfall reports received by the National Weather Service for locations in western and north central Nebraska.

  

  INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME /CST/  
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------  
 12.00   2 SE ANSELMO             NE  CUSTER           0400 PM  
 11.00   BROKEN BOW               NE  CUSTER           0815 PM  
 11.00   MULLEN                   NE  HOOKER           0615 PM  
 10.00   11 N STAPLETON           NE  LOGAN            0600 PM  
 10.00   THEDFORD                 NE  THOMAS           0230 PM  
  9.80   MULLEN                   NE  HOOKER           0750 PM  
  9.00   OCONTO                   NE  CUSTER           0815 PM  
  9.00   8 WSW CALLAWAY           NE  CUSTER           0830 PM  
  8.00   MASON CITY               NE  CUSTER           0620 PM  
  8.00   7 N MULLEN               NE  CHERRY           0615 PM  
  8.00   12 N MULLEN              NE  CHERRY           1150 AM    
  7.00   5 W STAPLETON            NE  LOGAN            0620 PM  
  7.00   TRYON                    NE  MCPHERSON        0240 PM  
  7.00   DUNNING                  NE  BLAINE           0225 PM  
  6.30   3 E NORTH PLATTE         NE  LINCOLN          0800 PM  
                 STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL AT LEE BIRD FIELD.  
  6.30   15 NNE NORTH PLATTE      NE  LINCOLN          0549 PM  
  5.50   6 N GORDON               NE  SHERIDAN         0210 PM  
  4.50   9 ENE ELSMERE            NE  BROWN            0745 PM  
  3.50   10 NE OSHKOSH            NE  GARDEN           0840 PM  
  3.00   25 NW SENECA             NE  CHERRY           1040 AM  
  2.50   BROWNLEE                 NE  CHERRY           1100 AM   

 

 

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