Loup storm history

Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph were common across Loup County during the morning hours on December 18th. A nearby mesonet site 15 miles northwest of Burwell recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph at 700 am CST.

Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph were common across Loup County during the morning hours into the mid afternoon hours. A nearby mesonet site near Sargent recorded the highest peak wind gust of 67 mph at 106 pm CST, while the nearby Broken Bow ASOS site …

Severe (D2) drought conditions from southwestern into central and far northeastern portions of the county, became drought free by the end of July.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across a small portion of Loup County through the end of June. This area extended from southwestern into central and far northeastern portions of the county. Elsewhere, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought by th…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Loup County through the end of May.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Loup County through the end of April.

Across Loup County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 20 below or colder began during the early morning hours on January 18th through the early morning hours on February 20th. Although winds remained generally light throughout the event, winds combined to produce …

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Loup County through the end of February.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Loup County through the end of January.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Loup County through the end of December.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Loup County through the end of November.

Abnormally dry (D0) and moderate (D1) drought conditions deteriorated to severe (D2) drought conditions over all of Loup County by the end of October.

Motorist reported hail along highway 183.

General public located 1 mile south of Taylor reported a storm total snowfall of 8.0 inches. Freezing rain and sleet began during the evening hours on March 24th and transitioned to heavy snow during late evening hours, continued into the daytime hours on March 25th. Visibility f…

Across Loup County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the evening hours on January 12th through the morning hours on January 16th. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred at times during the event. The winds combined to pro…

Northerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph at times occurred during the event, causing blizzard conditions across Loup County with visibility of a quarter mile or less at times. Considerable blowing and drifting occurred. Blizzard conditions began at 6 pm CST on Decembe…

Severe (D2) drought conditions over most of Loup County, improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions by the end of August.

Public reported quarter size hail near Taylor.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over most of Loup County through the end of July. Over far northeastern portions of the county, severe (D2) drought improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions by the end of the month.

Public estimated winds of at least 60 mph.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of June across all of Loup County.

Extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought conditions across all of Loup County by the end of May.

Severe (D2) drought conditions deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought conditions across all of Loup County by the end of April.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Loup County through the end of March.

Across Loup County, dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early morning hours on February 23nd through the morning hours on February 23rd. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred to produce a lowest wind chill of 31 below at the nearby Ord AS…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across all of Loup County through the end of February.

General public located 6 miles southwest of Almeria reported 18.1 inches of snowfall. The nearby Broken Bow ASOS reported visibilities of a quarter mile or less from 9 am CST through 6 pm CST on January 18th. Snowfall across Loup County ranged from 15 to 19 inches. Northerly wind…

The nearby Broken Bow ASOS recorded freezing rain during the afternoon and early evening hours followed by snow during the overnight hours into the morning hours of January 3rd. Visibility was as low as a quarter mile at times. Up to a tenth of an inch of ice from freezing rain p…

Extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of January.

Across Loup County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early afternoon hours on January 21st and continued until the early morning hours on January 24th. Northerly winds as high as 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph occurre…

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted over all of Loup County through the end of December.

Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted over all of Loup County through the end of November.

Severe (D2) drought conditions deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought conditions over all of Loup county by the end of October.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month over Loup county.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over northwestern Loup county through the end of August. Over southeastern Loup county, moderate (D1) drought conditions worsened to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of August.

The northwest half of Loup County remained in D2 (severe drought) throughout the month, while the southeast half was reclassified as D1 during the July 12 update.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over all of Loup county through the end of June.

Hail up to 5 inches in diameter reported by a storm chaser at this location.

A storm chaser measured 6 inch diameter hail at this location.