Winter Storm — Boone, Nebraska

2024-01-07 to 2024-01-09 · Boone, Nebraska

Event narrative

An estimated 4 to 10 inches of snow fell across the county, with the highest snowfall totals being in the southeastern part of the county. This part of the county was on the western edge of a semi-stationary snow band that set up before the main round of snow moved in from the south during the day on the 8th. 10 inches of snow was reported 3 miles southwest of Newman Grove which is just on the Platte side of the Boone-Platte county border. Up to 6 inches of snow was also reported in Albion.

Wider weather episode

A longwave trough over the western CONUS moved out into the central Plains on 1/8. At the surface, a deep low-pressure system developed in the Texas panhandle the morning of the eighth and tracked east-northeast into the mid-Mississippi river valley by the morning of the ninth.

Beginning three in the morning on the eighth, a mesoscale band of snow set up extending from Jefferson County into Thurston County. This band persisted for four to five hours before the main round of snow moved into Eastern Nebraska and western Iowa from the south. While heavy snow fell across most of eastern Nebraska for the duration of the event, dry air across portions of east-central Nebraska and southwest Iowa in combination with warm ground temperatures significantly delayed the onset of accumulating snow in and around the Omaha metro. Moderate to heavy snow bands traversed eastern Nebraska and western Iowa after midnight on the ninth and lasted through the morning hours. Strong wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour on the back side of the storm system led to patchy blowing and drifting snow across the entire county warning area.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1158322. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.