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#1 Postby senorpepr » Mon Feb 02, 2004 6:36 pm

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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY
1130 AM CST MON FEB 02 2004

...NEW RECORD SET FOR FEBRUARY SNOW DEPTH AT OMAHA...

ALMOST EXACTLY ONE WEEK AFTER THE LAST MAJOR WINTER STORM...ANOTHER
ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS HIT EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA. THE SNOW FROM LAST WEEKS STORM HAS BARELY HAD A CHANCE TO
MELT...SO THE NEW SNOW HAS PILED UP ON TOP OF THE OLD SNOW TO RESULT
IN SOME OF THE DEEPEST SNOW PACK THE REGION HAS EXPERIENCED IN MANY
YEARS.

AT THE OMAHA EPPLEY AIRPORT...10.6 INCHES OF NEW SNOW FELL...GIVING
THEM A SNOW DEPTH OF 21 INCHES.  THIS IS A NEW RECORD FOR SNOW DEPTH
IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.  THE OLD RECORD WAS 18 INCHES...WHICH WAS
SET IN 1965.  THE ALL TIME RECORD SNOW DEPTH FOR OMAHA IS 27
INCHES...WHICH OCCURRED IN MARCH OF 1960...AND IS ONLY 6 INCHES
GREATER THAN THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH.

THIS SNOWSTORM AND THE STORM LAST WEEK WERE THE RESULT OF AN ACTIVE
WEATHER PATTERN OVER MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES...WITH NUMEROUS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS.  THESE LOWS
HAVE BEEN PULLING MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES NORTH INTO THE
COLD AIR WHICH HAS SETTLED INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA.  THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS...COLD AIR...AND MOISTURE HAVE
COMBINED TO CREATE VERY EFFICIENT SNOW PRODUCING WINTER STORMS.

THE SNOWFALL POTENTIAL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OVER FOR THIS WEEK.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PREDICTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS
ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH A CHANCE FOR MORE ACCUMULATING
SNOW.
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#2 Postby David » Mon Feb 02, 2004 6:52 pm

Probably be getting more later this week.. maybe this month! It's only the 2nd!
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#3 Postby senorpepr » Mon Feb 02, 2004 7:40 pm

It's nice to see that snowfall total in your signature finally rise. You're only about 3 feet shy of my total :D

Yeah, local forecasters here are saying we can get another significant round this week as well as this weekend. We shall see....
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#4 Postby Anonymous » Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:00 pm

I am emerald-green with envy!!!!



-Jeb
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#5 Postby Guest » Mon Feb 02, 2004 9:05 pm

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
320 PM CST MON FEB 2 2004

...ANOTHER WINTER STORM TARGETING THE AREA...
.A STRONG UPPER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BEGIN TO MOVE OUT OF THE
SOUTH CENTRAL ROCKIES LATE TUESDAY...AND ACROSS THE PLAINS ON
WEDNESDAY...BEFORE DEPARTING THURSDAY.  MOISTURE WILL BE DRAWN NORTH
INTO THE PLAINS LATE TUESDAY WITH SNOWFALL BEGINNING AFTER
DARK...AND CONTINUING ALL DAY WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS THE
STORM SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS.  LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY BEFORE TAPERING OFF IN THE AFTERNOON.

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-031000-
ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLAY-DAWSON-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-GREELEY-
HALL-HAMILTON-HARLAN-HOWARD-JEWELL-KEARNEY-MERRICK-MITCHELL-NANCE-
NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHELPS-PHILLIPS-POLK-ROOKS-SHERMAN-SMITH-THAYER-
VALLEY-WEBSTER-YORK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BELOIT...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...
HOLDREGE...KEARNEY...LEXINGTON...MINDEN...ORD...PHILLIPSBURG...
SUPERIOR...YORK
320 PM CST MON FEB 2 2004

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING...

SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...AS
A WINTER STORM SYSTEM CROSSES THE PLAINS.  SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
AFTER DARK TUESDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE ALL DAY WEDNESDAY AND
WEDNESDAY NIGHT.  SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE DEPENDENT ON THE EXACT
TRACK OF THE SYSTEM...HOWEVER AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS SNOWFALL
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY WEDNESDAY MORNING...WITH
ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. 
LIGHTER SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE FORECAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT...AND
ONE MORE INCH OF SNOW IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY BEFORE THE WINTER
STORM SYSTEM DEPARTS.  THIS BRINGS POTENTIAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE
RANGE OF 8 TO 14 INCHES...WITH THE GREATER SNOWFALL EXPECTED SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 80 IN NEBRASKA.

IF YOU HAVE ANY TRAVEL PLANS TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...BE
PREPARED TO ALTER PLANS AS WEATHER CONDITIONS WARRANT.  STAY TUNED
TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND UPDATED STATEMENTS REGARDING THIS
APPROACHING WINTER STORM SYSTEM.

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And in this afternoon's discussion from Omaha, it looks like a Winter Storm Watch may be needed by Tuesday morning's ZFP package! They actually thought about going for it with this afternoon's issuance but held back because of questions about forcing and whatnot!
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#6 Postby senorpepr » Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:07 pm

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#7 Postby AirmaN » Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:15 pm

it's beginning to look a lot like christmas...la la la la la

let it snow..let it snow...let it snow...
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#8 Postby senorpepr » Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:42 pm

lol. just wait until next week is over lol
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#9 Postby PTrackerLA » Mon Feb 02, 2004 11:44 pm

That's some pretty deep snow, get ready for more and enjoy.
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#10 Postby Guest » Tue Feb 03, 2004 4:40 am

Mike No fair...the more I tell you to shut up the more snow you get.....

43 inches today.....now I'm jealous....

Patricia
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#11 Postby CaptinCrunch » Tue Feb 03, 2004 12:43 pm

ticka1 wrote:Mike No fair...the more I tell you to shut up the more snow you get.....

43 inches today.....now I'm jealous....

Patricia



same here Ticka, same here :cry:
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#12 Postby AirmaN » Tue Feb 03, 2004 1:17 pm

ticka1 wrote:Mike No fair...the more I tell you to shut up the more snow you get.....

43 inches today.....now I'm jealous....

Patricia


keep it up :D we want snow! :lol:
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