Winter Weather — Red Willow, Nebraska

2025-01-04 to 2025-01-05 · Red Willow, Nebraska

Event narrative

Reports from 4 S McCook and 3 ESE Indianola of around 0.25 inches of storm total radial icing from freezing rain, freezing fog and freezing drizzle. An additional report from 4 S McCook of 0.2 inches of radial icing on a fence post. The McCook Airport ASOS (KMCK) also reported 0.17 inches of icing as well. Snow amounts across the county also ranged from 1.5 inches 3 W McCook and 3.8 inches 3 ESE Indianola.

Wider weather episode

A winter weather event consisting of a mixture of freezing drizzle, freezing fog resulting in thick rime ice and light snow occurred across SW Nebraska. Reports of up to one quarter inch in radial ice accumulation was across Red Willow county along with snowfall ranging from 1.5 to 3.8 inches.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1226931. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.