Heavy Snow in Morrill, Nebraska

Heavy Snow December 25, 2023 – December 27, 2023 · Morrill, Nebraska

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trained spotter 10 miles southeast of Broadwater reportred 4 to 6 inches of snow with near-blizzard conditions due to a lot of blowing and drifting snow.

The wider storm

A strong cutoff upper level low across the central US began retrograding westward with wrap around moisture and strong winds leading to heavy snowfall and blizzard conditions, especially along the Pine and Cheyenne Ridges in the Nebraska Panhandle. Snowfall persisted longest near the Pine Ridge where the Chadron area received 10 to 16 inches of snowfall. Further south near Kimball and Sidney, snowfall totals ranged from 4 to 9 inches with strong winds gusting 50 to 60 mph leading to low visibility and blizzard conditions.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1146223. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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