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Heavy Rain From the Central Plains to the Mid-Atlantic; Heat Wave Begins This Weekend

Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain will impact portions of the central Plains into the Upper Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic through the weekend. A stretch of unusually hot and humid weather is expected across portions of the central U.S. and the Southeast beginning this weekend and continuing through next week. The heat may reach dangerous levels, particularly mid to late next week. Read More >

Overview

An area of low pressure developed along the lee of the Rockies in eastern Colorado and tracked northeast across the Great Plains on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Plentiful moisture and powerful dynamics of a system more typical of a springtime storm came together to result in a swath of significant snowfall across western and north central Nebraska. When all was said and done, the single calendar day snowfall record was broken at North Platte with a total of 13.9", while two feet of snow was reported in nearby Custer County. This storm was also the third major snow storm to impact the forecast area in the course of a month. With January not yet complete, portions of the northern Sandhills have nearly doubled the normal winter season's worth of snow. 

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Final snowfall at NWS North Platte: 13.9" 

(new single day snowfall record)

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