SNOW AND STRONG WINDS BUFFET
WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 23RD 2016
A STRONG SPRING STORM...WHICH FIRST CAME ONTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST COAST DURING THE EVENING HOURS OF MONDAY...MARCH 21ST 2016...CROSSED THE NORTHERN ROCKIES....AND EJECTED ONTO THE FRONT RANGE OF COLORADO DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF WEDNESDAY...MARCH 23RD 2016. THIS STRONG SPRING STORM BROUGHT INTENSE WINDS...SNOW...BLOWING SNOW...AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TO MUCH OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...MARCH 23RD 2016. THE HIGHEST OBSERVED WIND SPEED YESTERDAY...WAS 68 MPH 6.0 MILES NORTH OF NORTH PLATTE IN LINCOLN COUNTY. THE HIGHEST OBSERVED SNOWFALL REPORT OCCURRED 13.0 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF TRYON IN LOGAN COUNTY...WHERE 10 INCHES OF SNOW WAS REPORTED. WHILE THIS SPRING STORM CAUSED ROADS...SCHOOLS...AND BUSINESSES TO CLOSE EARLY OR DURING THE DAY ON WEDNESDAY...IT DID BRING MUCH NEEDED MOISTURE TO MOST OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE HIGHEST OBSERVED PRECIPITATION TOTAL OCCURRED 8.0 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ERICSON IN WHEELER COUNTY...WHERE 1.25 INCHES OF MOISTURE WAS RECORDED. |
..................................................................... ...................... .................... ....WED MARCH 23RD... .......LOCATION....... .......COUNTY....... .HIGHEST WIND SPEEDS. ...................... .................... ....AND TIME (CDT)... ..................................................................... NORTH PLATTE 6.0 N : LINCOLN : 68.0 / 5:24PM NORTH PLATTE 4.0 NNE : LINCOLN : 64.0 / 6:44PM BROKEN BOW AIRPORT : CUSTER : 61.0 / 7:03PM BIG SPRINGS 2.0 E : KEITH : 57.0 / 12:55PM ELSIE : PERKINS : 57.0 / 5:29PM LISCO 7.0 SE : GARDEN : 56.0 / 12:30PM NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT : LINCOLN : 56.0 / 5:52PM OGALLALA AIRPORT : KEITH : 54.0 / 6:55PM CRESCENT LAKE (RAWS) : GARDEN : 51.0 / 2:58PM OGALLALA 3.0 E : KEITH : 51.0 / 1:15PM KINGSLEY DAM 3.0 NNE : KEITH : 51.0 / 12:30PM PAXTON 3.0 NW : KEITH : 50.0 / 10:00AM LEMOYNE 5.0 W : KEITH : 50.0 / 2:15PM NORTH PLATTE 1.0 W : LINCOLN : 49.0 / 10:14AM AINSWORTH AIRPORT : BROWN : 44.0 / 7:15AM THEDFORD AIRPORT : THOMAS : 44.0 / 11:35AM VALENTINE AIRPORT : CHERRY : 44.0 / 2:44PM VALENTINE 27.0 S : CHERRY : 43.0 / 4:14PM HALSEY 2.0 W : THOMAS : 42.0 / 5:23PM NORTH PLATTE 1.0 SE : LINCOLN : 42.0 / 8:20PM VALENTINE 1.0 ENE : CHERRY : 41.0 / 3:27PM VALENTINE 1.0 W : CHERRY : 40.0 / 3:50PM O`NEILL AIRPORT : HOLT : 38.0 / 6:55PM && ..................................................................... ...................... .................... .......24 HOUR....... .......LOCATION....... .......COUNTY....... ...SNOWFALL TOTALS... ...................... .................... .......(INCHES)...... ..................................................................... TRYON 13.0 ENE : LOGAN : 10.0 ARNOLD 8.0 NW : LOGAN : 9.0 ERICSON 8.0 WNW : WHEELER : 8.0 BARTLETT 9 NE : WHEELER : 7.0 LAMAR 3.4 S : CHASE : 7.0 IMPERIAL (KADL) : CHASE : 6.5 BUTTE : BOYD : 6.4 ANSELMO 1.0 N : CUSTER : 6.0 ANSELMO 9.2 NW : CUSTER : 6.0 NEWPORT : ROCK : 6.0 NORTH PLATTE 15.0 N : LINCOLN : 6.0 VALENTINE AIRPORT : CHERRY : 5.5 VALENTINE 1.0 W : CHERRY : 5.5 AINSWORTH : BROWN : 5.0 CHAMBERS : HOLT : 5.0 GRANT : PERKINS : 5.0 IMPERIAL : CHASE : 5.0 SUTHERLAND 0.9 NW : LINCOLN : 5.0 STAPLETON 5.0 W : LOGAN : 4.9 ASHBY : GRANT : 4.5 BASSETT : ROCK : 4.5 NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT : LINCOLN : 4.3 NORTH PLATTE 3.6 S : LINCOLN : 4.2 MULLEN : HOOKER : 4.0 MULLEN 16.0 SW : HOOKER : 4.0 NORTH PLATTE 1.0 W : LINCOLN : 4.0 BIG SPRINGS 4.0 W : DEUEL : 3.5 BURWELL 2.1 SSW : GARFIELD : 3.5 O`NEILL : HOLT : 3.5 PURDUM : BLAINE : 3.5 WALLACE 2.0 W : LINCOLN : 3.5 ARTHUR : ARTHUR : 3.0 LISCO : GARDEN : 3.0 OGALLALA : KEITH : 3.0 VALENTINE 27.0 S : CHERRY : 3.0 CAMBRIDGE 7.3 N : FRONTIER : 2.5 HAYES CENTER 1.0 NW : HAYES : 2.5 KINGSLEY DAM : KEITH : 2.5 ATKINSON : HOLT : 2.0 BERWYN 4.4 NNE : CUSTER : 2.0 ELSMERE 9.0 ENE : BROWN : 2.0 BROKEN BOW 2.0 W : CUSTER : 2.0 OSHKOSH 10.0 NE : GARDEN : 2.0 CALLAWAY 8.0 WSW : CUSTER : 1.8 EUSTIS 2.0 NW : FRONTIER : 1.8 MAYWOOD 0.1 NNW : FRONTIER : 1.5 OGALLALA 1.7 W : KEITH : 1.0 BRADY : LINCOLN : 0.7 CURTIS 0.1 S : FRONTIER : M LAKESIDE 5.8 SSE : GARDEN : M OSHKOSH 0.1 SSE : GARDEN : M RUSHVILLE 18.9 N : SHERIDAN : M ..................................................................... ...................... .................... .......24 HOUR....... .......LOCATION....... .......COUNTY....... .....STORM TOTAL..... ...................... .................... ..PRECIPITATION(IN).. ..................................................................... ERICSON 8.0 WNW : WHEELER : 1.25 LAMAR 3.4 S : CHASE : 1.15 BARTLETT 9 NE : WHEELER : 1.00 STAPLETON 5.0 W : LOGAN : 0.85 BUTTE : BOYD : 0.72 BURWELL 2.1 SSW : GARFIELD : 0.66 NEWPORT : ROCK : 0.65 ANSELMO 9.2 NW : CUSTER : 0.62 NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT : LINCOLN : 0.57 NORTH PLATTE 3.6 S : LINCOLN : 0.52 AINSWORTH : BROWN : 0.51 CHAMBERS : HOLT : 0.51 NORTH PLATTE 1.0 W : LINCOLN : 0.50 VALENTINE 1.0 W : CHERRY : 0.48 VALENTINE AIRPORT : CHERRY : 0.45 BIG SPRINGS 4.0 W : DEUEL : 0.42 LISCO : GARDEN : 0.38 MULLEN 16.0 SW : HOOKER : 0.38 WALLACE 2.0 W : LINCOLN : 0.38 IMPERIAL AIRPORT : CHASE : 0.37 PURDUM : BLAINE : 0.35 MULLEN : HOOKER : 0.29 OSHKOSH 10.0 NE : GARDEN : 0.28 CALLAWAY 8.0 WSW : CUSTER : 0.24 HAYES CENTER 1.0 NW : HAYES : 0.24 EUSTIS 2.0 NW : FRONTIER : 0.23 O`NEILL AIRPORT : HOLT : 0.23 IMPERIAL : CHASE : 0.22 O`NEILL : HOLT : 0.21 BROKEN BOW AIRPORT : CUSTER : 0.20 LAKESIDE 5.8 SSE : GARDEN : 0.20 KINGSLEY DAM : KEITH : 0.20 BROKEN BOW 2.0 W : CUSTER : 0.19 RUSHVILLE 18.9 N : SHERIDAN : 0.19 ARTHUR : ARTHUR : 0.15 OSHKOSH 0.1 SSE : GARDEN : 0.15 CURTIS 0.1 S : FRONTIER : 0.11 MAYWOOD 0.1 NNW : FRONTIER : 0.11 OGALLALA 1.7 W : KEITH : 0.10 ANSELMO 1.0 N : CUSTER : M ARNOLD 8.0 NW : LOGAN : M ASHBY : GRANT : M BERWYN 4.4 NNE : CUSTER : M CAMBRIDGE 7.3 N : FRONTIER : M ELSMERE 9.0 ENE : BROWN : M GRANT : PERKINS : M IMPERIAL (KADL) : CHASE : M MULLEN 16.0 SW : HOOKER : M NORTH PLATTE 15.0 N : LINCOLN : M OGALLALA : KEITH : M SUTHERLAND 0.9 NW : LINCOLN : M TRYON 13.0 ENE : LOGAN : M VALENTINE 27.0 S : CHERRY : M |
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