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Some pretty impressive totals coming out, I haven't been outside yet to measure but the official measurement just north of town is over 12". I have waste deep snow in my driveway and my neighbor's bobcat that I was hoping to use is not working at the moment....hoping it gets to working because I'll be scooping all day otherwise! PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 1008 AM CST WED FEB 03 2016 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0434 AM HEAVY SNOW LOUP CITY 41.28N 98.97W 02/03/2016 M13.5 INCH SHERMAN NE CO-OP OBSERVER STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0600 AM HEAVY SNOW RAVENNA 41.03N 98.91W 02/03/2016 M12.2 INCH BUFFALO NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0630 AM SNOW HEBRON 40.17N 97.59W 02/03/2016 M4.7 INCH THAYER NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0630 AM HEAVY SNOW SUPERIOR 40.02N 98.07W 02/03/2016 M12.0 INCH NUCKOLLS NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0636 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 WNW PLAINVILLE 39.26N 99.37W 02/03/2016 M8.4 INCH ROOKS KS CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0700 AM SNOW IONIA 39.66N 98.35W 02/03/2016 M5.0 INCH JEWELL KS CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 4 SW BLUE HILL 40.29N 98.50W 02/03/2016 M14.3 INCH WEBSTER NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0700 AM HEAVY SNOW LEBANON 39.81N 98.56W 02/03/2016 M10.0 INCH SMITH KS CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0700 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 NE SHELBY 41.22N 97.39W 02/03/2016 M12.7 INCH POLK NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0700 AM HEAVY SNOW OSCEOLA 41.18N 97.55W 02/03/2016 M11.5 INCH POLK NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0700 AM HEAVY SNOW CLAY CENTER 40.52N 98.05W 02/03/2016 M12.0 INCH CLAY NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0700 AM HEAVY SNOW NAPONEE 40.07N 99.14W 02/03/2016 M10.0 INCH FRANKLIN NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0713 AM HEAVY SNOW 3 N YORK 40.91N 97.60W 02/03/2016 M12.4 INCH YORK NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0730 AM HEAVY SNOW 6 ESE CLAY CENTER 40.49N 97.95W 02/03/2016 M6.5 INCH CLAY NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0800 AM HEAVY SNOW CAMBRIDGE 40.28N 100.17W 02/03/2016 M13.2 INCH FURNAS NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0800 AM HEAVY SNOW ORD 41.60N 98.93W 02/03/2016 M12.0 INCH VALLEY NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0800 AM SNOW 2 SW ALTON 39.45N 98.97W 02/03/2016 M5.0 INCH OSBORNE KS CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0800 AM HEAVY SNOW 8 S ELWOOD 40.47N 99.86W 02/03/2016 M15.2 INCH GOSPER NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0800 AM SNOW JEWELL 39.67N 98.15W 02/03/2016 M5.2 INCH JEWELL KS CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0830 AM HEAVY SNOW ST. PAUL 41.21N 98.46W 02/03/2016 M14.3 INCH HOWARD NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL. 0830 AM HEAVY SNOW MINDEN 40.50N 98.95W 02/03/2016 M14.0 INCH KEARNEY NE CO-OP OBSERVER 2 DAY STORM TOTAL SNOWFALL.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 840 PM CST TUE FEB 02 2016 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0830 PM HEAVY SNOW 3 N KEARNEY 40.74N 99.08W 02/02/2016 E18.0 INCH BUFFALO NE EMERGENCY MNGR

Edit: By the way, a lot of roads are still closed in Nebraska, including I-80 west from Lincoln out towards North Platte. That's at least 200 miles! Pretty crazy out here, this will go down as a record breaker for some, I know Hastings and GI reported 16+" of snow. The morning will tell the story, I expect some epic drifts.......

I'm making a video that I hope to have posted by tomorrow along with pictures. I believe it Central Neb, I'm guessing the country roads and in places have drifts that are impassable. Here is one pic that I found tonight, to give you an idea these drifts are at least 8 foot tall!!

Sitting with somewhere between 10-12" of snow. Really tough to measure; I really wish that band of snow that has just been dumping on the tri-cities would swing thru already before it falls apart! I would have loved to pick up another 1-2", either way it's pretty crazy around town and conditions continue to be blizzard/near blizzard like, especially when you get out of town.

True blizzard conditions at York since 530 this morning, I just went and walked around and there are some huge drifts! I'll take plenty of pictures when I can! http://w1.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KJYR.html

I just went and measured between 7-8" of snow. I'm hoping for another 3-6" when this main band moves thru. I couldn't believe the thundersnow this morning! Visibility is literally down to a block!

One flash of thunder and the clap about 10 minutes ago! Now it's snowing and blowing like crazy, there is no way roads should be open, I can't see across the street!!

By no means am I a pro at this, but I would look at current radar/upper air analysis. To this point it looks like this thing is a wrapped up beast and we should all be good, also thunder snow should be a lock from Columbus, York, Lincoln and towards Omaha. I think that because it's the closest to the pivot point of the low, either way radar should start ripping as this storm approaches our southeast; that's my two cents.......mean while snow is finally falling continuously, hoping it doesn't stop for 18 hours.

Wow that looks very impressive, as does the line of storms forming to our south. Gonna be a very interesting night to say the least!

yeah it did, back to what it looked like a night ago.

OAX updated disco, mention thundersnow.... .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 830 PM CST MON FEB 1 2016 NO BIG CHANGES TO PREVIOUS FORECAST. WATER VAPOR SATELLITE IMAGERY LOOP EARLY THIS EVENING SHOWED CLOSED MID TROPOSPHERIC CIRCULATION CENTER OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO. DIFFLUENT FLOW WITH NEGATIVELY TILTED TROUGH WAS CREATING LIFT AND SLOWLY SATURATING THE ATMOSPHERE LOCALLY. HEAVY SNOW WAS FALLING TO THE WEST IN NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. LIGHTNING HAD DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. 00Z KOAX SOUNDING HAD AROUND 0.41 PW BUT LOWER LEVELS WERE STILL FAIRLY DRY. LAPSE RATES ABOVE 600 MB WERE FAIRLY STEEP. 300 MB CHART AT 00Z HAD A 125 KT JETSTREAK PUNCHING NORTHEAST FROM THE OKLAHOMA/KANSAS BORDER REGION. AT 500 MB HEIGHT FALLS ESTIMATED AT UP TO 150 METERS IN THE PAST 12 HOURS WERE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. THERE WAS A MODEST THERMAL GRADIENT AT 700 MB ACROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS AHEAD OF THE LOW BACK OVER COLORADO. AT 850 MB... THERE WAS NOT MUCH COLD AIR NOTED. ACROSS NEBRASKA...850 MB TEMPERATURES WERE GENERALLY -2 TO -5 DEGREES CELSIUS. HIGHEST 850 MB DEWPOINTS WERE 6 TO 10 DEGREES CELSIUS ALONG THE GULF COAST. SURFACE LOW AT 02Z WAS STILL OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO... WITH ANOTHER IN SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA. EXPECT THAT RADAR ECHOES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THE RECENT SHORT RANGE MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE A FAIRLY STRONG BAND OF 700-600 MB FRONTOGENESIS DEVELOPING FROM PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INTO NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN IOWA. FARTHER SOUTH...IN THE TROWAL AREA THAT WILL BE MOVING INTO THE NEBRASKA/KANSAS/MISSOURI BORDER REGION...THUNDER IS POSSIBLE WITH NEGATIVE EPV IN THE 700-500 MB LAYER BY AROUND 12Z. THAT AREA OF INSTABILITY MAY LIFT UP INTO THE OMAHA AREA IN THE MORNING AS DRY SLOT PUNCHES INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. IF IT DOES...THERE MAY BE A BURST OF HEAVY SNOW IN THE MORNING (AND ADDED SOME ISOLD THUNDER INTO THE FORECAST)...A BRIEF LULL BY NOON...AND THEN SNOW PICKING UP AGAIN IN THE AFTERNOON. AGAIN NO BIG CHANGES FROM PREVIOUS FORECAST. WILL UPDATE ALL TEXT PRODUCTS BEFORE 9 PM CST.

Hastings updated snowfall projection; 12+ looks to run right along I-80 and either side of it by 50 miles. Perfect for most of us in Nebraska, hoping for the same for everyone else down stream.

LMFAO!! Has to be the quote of the night......he comes to Lincoln for a super outbreak of tornadoes during the spring game, not a tornado in sight. Keep that guy out of this state, he is a jinx!! Snow began around 5:45 here, didn't last long but it coated the ground. I can't wait until this thing goes full potato tonight.....I will be up with my camera. I'm hoping I get lucky and can catch thunder snow.......

Holy buckets 991!!!!

Wow, pretty impressive probabilities!

HPC update, we are golden!!!

My wife is teacher at Columbus, they have already closed school for tomorrow. That never happens! They never ever close school, I'm sure we will cancel too. My varsity basketball game got canceled also, I'm pretty bummed because we won't be able to make it up since the season is coming to and end and there is no room on the schedule!

Precip totals have increased also. No snow here yet, but I'm thinking pretty much everything in the state will be closed down tomorrow.

I don't get how the main band breaks up from central nebraska and se nebraska. Hopefully that heavy band runs straight thru, onto the gfs....

I think we all are going to cash in big time!! Very exciting times, my camera will be ready to go, I just hope we all can experience thunder snow. Been a very long time since I experienced a storm like that.

The important thing to watch is tonight's run, it will have the full upper air support.

OAX waiting until tonight's run before they hoist their warnings....I also seen Des Moines trimmed back their Blizzard watch. EXPECT MODERATE-TO-HEAVY SNOW TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...GRADUALLY SHIFTING NWD/NWWD WITH TIME WITHIN THE EVOLVING DEFORMATION AXIS OF THE MATURING SYNOPTIC CYCLONE. GRADIENT FLOW ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL INCREASE MARKEDLY THROUGH THE DAY...RESULTING IN BLIZZARD OR NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. AND WHILE SNOWFALL SHOULD BEGIN TO TAPER OFF FROM WEST-TO-EAST ACROSS THE AREA TUESDAY EVENING INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST...REDUCING VISIBILITIES AND CAUSING DRIFTING. SINCE THE SHORT-WAVE TROUGH OF INTEREST IS CURRENTLY MOVING ONTO THE CA COAST...THE 00Z MODELS SHOULD HAVE A LARGER QUANTITY OF RELEVANT OBSERVATIONAL DATA AVAILABLE FOR ASSIMILATION. AS SUCH...WE WILL DEFER ANY POTENTIAL BLIZZARD WARNINGS TO LATER SHIFTS WHEN CONFIDENCE IN THE STORM TRACK /AND ATTENDING DRY SLOT/ IS MORE CERTAIN.

Went straight to a blizzard warning, heck ya!!! URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 312 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE LOCAL AREA BEGINNING MONDAY AFTERNOON/EVENING AND LASTING INTO TUESDAY EVENING... NEZ041-047>049-061>064-075>077-011200- /O.UPG.KGID.WS.A.0001.160202T0000Z-160203T0600Z/ /O.NEW.KGID.BZ.W.0001.160202T0000Z-160203T0600Z/ NANCE-HOWARD-MERRICK-POLK-BUFFALO-HALL-HAMILTON-YORK-ADAMS-CLAY- FILLMORE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FULLERTON...GENOA...CENTRAL CITY... STROMSBURG...OSCEOLA...SHELBY...POLK...KEARNEY...GRAND ISLAND... AURORA...YORK...HASTINGS...SUTTON...HARVARD...CLAY CENTER... EDGAR...FAIRFIELD...GENEVA...EXETER...FAIRMONT 312 PM CST SUN JAN 31 2016 ...BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HASTINGS HAS ISSUED A BLIZZARD WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM MONDAY TO MIDNIGHT CST TUESDAY NIGHT. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * IMPACT...HEAVY SNOW...ALONG WITH AREAS OF BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW...WILL RESULT IN DETERIORATING VISIBILITIES AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH BLIZZARD CONDITIONS BECOMING LIKELY LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY. * TIMING...LIGHT SNOW IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE LOCAL AREA BY MONDAY AFTERNOON...WITH SNOWFALL INTENSITY PEAKING LATE MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...BEFORE ENDING TUESDAY EVENING. * SNOW ACCUMULATION...BETWEEN 8 AND 12 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. * WINDS...NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH MONDAY EVENING...INCREASING AND BECOMING NORTHERLY MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY...WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 45 MPH. SPEEDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * CONFIDENCE..MODELS CONTINUE TO COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT FOCUSING AN APPROACHING STORM SYSTEM ACROSS THE HEART OF THE LOCAL FORECAST AREA MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY...WITH A MAJOR WINTER STORM NOW EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE LOCAL AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A BLIZZARD WARNING MEANS SEVERE WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW WITH STRONG WINDS AND POOR VISIBILITIES ARE LIKELY. THIS WILL LEAD TO WHITEOUT CONDITIONS AT TIMES...MAKING TRAVEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. DO NOT TRAVEL. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...HAVE A WINTER SURVIVAL KIT WITH YOU. IF YOU GET STRANDED...STAY WITH YOUR VEHICLE.

Meanwhile North Platte and Goodland have gone with WSW, got to figure Hastings should be updating pretty soon.....