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  1. Christmas Holiday Major Storm System

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    WOW!!

     

    Current conditions at

    Norfolk, Stefan Memorial Airport (KOFK)Lat: 41.98°NLon: 97.44°WElev: 1572ft.
    http://forecast.weather.gov/newimages/large/nwind_sct.png

    Fair and Windy

    42°F

    6°C

    Humidity 62% Wind Speed S 48 G 70 mph Barometer 29.24 in (991.0 mb) Dewpoint 30°F (-1°C) Visibility 10.00 mi Wind Chill 29°F (-2°C) Last update 25 Dec 7:56 pm CST

  2. Christmas Holiday Major Storm System

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    61KT gusts at both Norfolk and Wayne in the last hour. Heck-- these are stronger winds , or on par, with what Matthew delivered to the E Coast.

    PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NEBRASKA

    831 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

     

    ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

    ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

    ..REMARKS..

     

    0827 PM NON-TSTM WND DMG 2 NNE NORFOLK 42.06N 97.40W

    12/25/2016 MADISON NE PUBLIC

     

    LARGE LIMBS BLOWN DOWN. POWER TRANSFORMERS ON FIRE.

  4. Christmas Holiday Major Storm System

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    Grand Island just had a 65kt (75mph) wind gust

    .KGRI 260053Z 10SM 04/M01 A2934 RMK AO2 PK WND 21065/0035 SLP950 T00391006 $

    And Hastings had this, wow. I'm telling you, I have never heard such a roar out there........we are directly under the ULL. 

     

    PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT

    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE

    714 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

     

    ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...

    ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....

    ..REMARKS..

     

    0641 PM NON-TSTM WND GST HASTINGS NWS OFFICE 40.65N 98.38W

    12/25/2016 M71 MPH ADAMS NE OFFICIAL NWS OBS

     

    71MPH WIND GUST MEASURED ON OFFICE DAVIS STATION.

  6. Christmas Holiday Major Storm System

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    Very strong pressure, I'm currently at 29.37". I have just been included in the high wind warning, it's hollowing. I couldn't imagine what it would look like if it were snowing. 

     

    URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
    634 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

    NEZ041-048-049-063-064-076-260600-
    /O.EXB.KGID.HW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-161226T0600Z/
    NANCE-MERRICK-POLK-HAMILTON-YORK-CLAY-
    INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...GENOA...CENTRAL CITY...
    STROMSBURG...OSCEOLA...SHELBY...POLK...AURORA...YORK...SUTTON...
    HARVARD...CLAY CENTER...EDGAR...FAIRFIELD
    634 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

    ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT...

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND
    WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST TONIGHT.

    * TIMING...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.

    * PEAK WINDS...SUSTAINED WINDS OF 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO
    70 MPH.

    * IMPACTS...TRAVEL WILL BE HAZARDOUS. SUDDEN WIND GUSTS COULD
    CAUSE VEHICLES TO SWERVE OR LOSE CONTROL...ESPECIALLY HIGH
    PROFILE VEHICLES AND LIGHT WEIGHT TRAILERS.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    A HIGH WIND WARNING MEANS A HAZARDOUS HIGH WIND EVENT IS EXPECTED
    OR OCCURRING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH OR GUSTS
    OF 58 MPH OR MORE CAN LEAD TO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

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  7. Christmas Holiday Major Storm System

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    This storm is a beast, you have high winds, ice storm, blizzard and flooding. I feel for the people in Aberdeen......

     

     

    Flash Flood Warning

    Flash Flood Warning
    SDC013-260615-
    /O.NEW.KABR.FF.W.0007.161226T0013Z-161226T0615Z/
    /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

    BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
    Flash Flood Warning
    National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
    613 PM CST SUN DEC 25 2016

    The National Weather Service in Aberdeen has issued a

    * Flash Flood Warning for...
    Rain and Snowmelt in...
    Brown County in northeastern South Dakota...

    * Until 1215 AM CST Monday

    * At 606 PM CST, local law enforcement officials reported flooding
    over several major intersections in the city of Aberdeen in the
    warned area. Over an inch of rain has already fallen, and when
    combined with melting snow in town, additional flooding problems
    are expected over the next several hours. Flooding is already
    occurring.

    Additional rainfall amounts of up to a half inch are possible in the
    warned area. Other cities within Brown County may experience the
    same problems, especially in low lying areas and near rivers,
    streams and creeks.

    PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

    Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall and melting snow will cause
    flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets
    and underpasses as well as other drainage areas and low lying spots.

  10. December 2016 Observations and Discussion

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    Bah Humbug!  I'm not to thrilled to have another brown Christmas for the 3rd straight year.  Depending on how the impending warm cutter evolves, the snow pack may hold through Christmas day but most likely will take a huge beating.  This high ratio fluff will get nuked by the warm surge.  Over the past few days, I've been trying to enjoy the scenery around here as much as possible before its gone.  The December Thaw is on it's way.... :wacko:

    We might get to experience severe weather this year.....last year we saw this:

     

     ** Christmas 2015 Weather Recap (Christmas Thunderstorms!):  In terms of weather, last Christmas was by far the most "interesting" one in the Grand Island area since the significant blizzard of 2009. Although most of the day was simply cloudy with a seasonably chilly high temperature of 31°, the evening hours featured a winter rarity as a narrow corridor of thunderstorms developed over the area and dropped a mix of snow, graupel (snow pellets), and freezing rain. Officially, the total snowfall for the day was only 0.6", but the overall-precipitation total of 0.17" was good for the 3rd-wettest Christmas on record! ** 

     

    Hopefully by late December and into January we can start to experience some share the wealth storms. One this is for sure, if we can get a negative AO with the next go around in the LRC look out for a lot of us!! 

  11. Winter 2016 Medium to Long Range Discussion; 5+ days out

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    Wonder how this one is going to miss us?! I'm guessing won't be as strong of a storm as being shown.....this would be a Christmas miracle for a lot of people though. Valley mentioned it in their discussion today.

     

    The EC/GFS/Canadian agree on a potential winter storm for

    Christmas Day. The GFS is farther south and keeps OMA on the

    northern fringe of the snow, however the 00Z EC has an open system

    and allow the moisture to advanced northward into the Dakotas. The

    EC has a 180mi wide heavy snow swath centered north over SUX,

    while the GFS has a narrower heavy snow swath 80 to 100mi wide

    centered 225 miles south closer to TOP. the 12Z EC is even more

    robust with the heavy snow and a little farther northwest than the

    previous run. The Canadian also has more development farther north

    than the GFS covering more of our forecast area with snow.

     

    This far out and a lot can change, however will want to pay

    attention to the forecast for Friday night through Sunday for

    those traveling over the holidays.

     

    &&

     

    .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Monday afternoon)

    Issued at 1110 AM CST Sun Dec 18 2016

     

    Look for VFR conditions through the period. There will be some

    clouds above 9000 feet this afternoon.

     

    &&

     

    .CLIMATE...

    Issued at 315 PM CST Sun Dec 18 2016

     

    We broke the record low at Norfolk for both the 17th and the 18th as

    temperatures bottomed out at -24F this morning (previous records:

    18th was -19 in 1983 and for the 17th -15 1981 (new record for

    the 17th -16). Omaha`s low this morning was -11 and Lincoln`s -12,

    so these did not break the records from 1983 which were -18.

     

    It could have been worse...the coldest low this morning across

    the U.S. was -37 deg F at Aberdeen, SD. They also set records for

    Dec. 17th and 18th.

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  12. December 2016 Observations and Discussion

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    I'm impressed with the depth of the snow pack for the northern tier at this point in the cold season...usually something you see in January and not December...

     

    http://www.nohrsc.noaa.gov/snow_model/images/full/Upper_Midwest/nsm_depth/201612/nsm_depth_2016121805_Upper_Midwest.jpg

    That's a large swath of 10"+ snow depth..... I couldn't imagine some of the drifts after there two blizzards.

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  19. 12/16 - 12/18 Plains/Lakes Major Winter Storm

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    Streets and sidewalks extremely slick here.  Most activities, games, etc. are cancelled tonight.  Nothing like freezing drizzle to screw everything up.  So now if it snows the 1-3 inches they predict it will be extremely slick underneath.  Obviously traveling anywhere in the next 48 hours will be dicey.  

    Nothing here yet.....our b ball game got postponed though to another date. I was checking out web cams and they are completely iced up. 

  20. Winter 2016 Medium to Long Range Discussion; 5+ days out

    in East of the Rockies

    Posted

    The post Christmas storm still looks interesting. I seem to remember a Christmas storm 7 or 8 years ago that went from Arkansas north to Chicago. Anyone remember when that was?

     

    http://www.tropicaltidbits.com/analysis/models/gfs/2016121606/gfs_mslp_pcpn_frzn_us_40.png

    X mas blizzard of 2009. By far the best snowstorm we have seen in our area in quiet some time. That thing was massive, had blizzard warnings from Oklahoma all the way up to Minnesota. That would make up for the lackluster start for us in the central plains for sure!!

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