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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
433 PM CST FRI FEB 13 2009

...FRIDAY THE 13TH SNOWFALL TOTALS...

THE INTENSE BUT FAST MOVING WINTER STORM MOVED INTO EASTERN
NEBRASKA AND IOWA FRIDAY AFTERNOON...LEAVING SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS 
UP TO 10 INCHES. NORTH PLATTE RECORDED A NEW SNOWFALL RECORD FOR THE 
DATE WITH 8.3 INCHES AND A PRECIPITATION RECORD OF 0.46 INCHES. 
REPORTS RECEIVED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN 
NORTH PLATTE ARE LISTED BELOW.

THE TOTALS BELOW ARE SEPARATED INTO SNOW...AND ICE AND SLEET
CATEGORIES...THEN BY AMOUNT...AND ARE NOT NECESSARILY THE
FINAL AMOUNT FOR EACH LOCATION.

SNOW REPORTS LISTED BY AMOUNT

 INCHES  LOCATION                 ST  COUNTY           TIME
 ------  -----------------------  --  --------------   -------
 10.00   15 N NORTH PLATTE        NE  LINCOLN          1001 AM
                  TEN INCHES ON THE GROUND. STILL SNOWING
                 MODERATE WITH A HALF MILE VISIBILITY.
 10.00   CALLAWAY                 NE  CUSTER           1111 AM

  9.00   2 W BROKEN BOW           NE  CUSTER           1113 AM
                  NINE INCHES ON THE GROUND. SNOWFALL RATES
                 WERE 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR BETWEEN 7 AND 9
                 AM THIS MORNING.
  9.00   NORTH PLATTE             NE  LINCOLN          0316 PM
                  TOTAL SNOWFALL OF NINE INCHES REPORTED ON
                 THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF NORTH PLATTE.
  8.30   NORTH PLATTE             NE  LINCOLN          0252 PM
                  OFFICIAL TOTAL SNOWFALL FOR NORTH PLATTE IS
                 8.3 INCHES. THE SNOW HAS STOPPED.
  8.00   15 N NORTH PLATTE        NE  LINCOLN          0703 AM
                  VISIBILITY IS BELOW 1/2 MILE AND SNOW IS
                 FALLING AT A RATE OF GREATER THAN INCH AN
                 HOUR. SNOW DRIFTS ARE EXCEEDING TWO FEET.
  8.00   BROKEN BOW               NE  CUSTER           1107 AM

  8.00   NORTH PLATTE             NE  LINCOLN          1212 PM

  7.30   NORTH PLATTE             NE  LINCOLN          1005 AM
                  STILL SNOWING MODERATE TO HEAVY...WITH ONE
                 INCH PER HOUR SNOWFALL RATES. VISIBILITY AT
                 1/4 MILE.
  7.00   7 SW MERNA               NE  CUSTER           0811 AM

  7.00   2 SW ARNOLD              NE  CUSTER           1026 AM
                  OBSERVER REPORTED HEAVY SNOW ACCUMULATIONS
                 WITH SNOW DRIFTS OF 2 TO 3 FEET.
  7.00   NORTH PLATTE             NE  LINCOLN          1111 AM

  7.00   2 NW EUSTIS              NE  FRONTIER         0228 PM

  6.50   5 W STAPLETON            NE  LOGAN            0100 PM

  6.00   CALLAWAY                 NE  CUSTER           0811 AM

  6.00   NORTH PLATTE             NE  LINCOLN          0815 AM
                  SIX INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND...WITH
                 THREE INCHES SINCE 630 AM. REPORT WAS FROM
                 SOUTHWEST SIDE OF TOWN.
  6.00   3 N NORTH PLATTE         NE  LINCOLN          0843 AM

  6.00   BROKEN BOW               NE  CUSTER           1039 AM

  6.00   NORTH PLATTE             NE  LINCOLN          1106 AM

  6.00   TRYON                    NE  MCPHERSON        1106 AM

  6.00   STAPLETON                NE  LOGAN            1111 AM

  6.00   SARGENT                  NE  CUSTER           1211 PM

  5.50   NORTH PLATTE             NE  LINCOLN          0757 AM
                  3 INCH SNOWFALL RATE OVER THE LAST HOUR.
  5.50   5 W STAPLETON            NE  LOGAN            0949 AM
                  CO-OP OBSERVER RECORDED 1.5 INCH SNOWFALL
                 RATE DURING THE LAST HOUR
  5.00   ANSLEY                   NE  CUSTER           0907 AM

  5.00   3 NNE CURTIS             NE  FRONTIER         0920 AM

  5.00   STOCKVILLE               NE  FRONTIER         0953 AM

  5.00   OCONTO                   NE  CUSTER           1043 AM

  4.00   BROKEN BOW               NE  CUSTER           0724 AM

  4.00   5 W STAPLETON            NE  LOGAN            0908 AM

  4.00   MULLEN                   NE  HOOKER           1103 AM

  4.00   BIG SPRINGS              NE  DEUEL            1108 AM

  4.00   OGALLALA                 NE  KEITH            1232 PM

  3.00   15 N NORTH PLATTE        NE  LINCOLN          0451 AM
                  VISIBILITY IS BELOW 1/2 MILE AND SNOW IS
                 FALLING AT A RATE OF AN INCH PER HOUR WITH
                 LARGE FLAKES. WIND IS EXTIMATED OUT OF THE
                 EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. SNOW IS FLUFFY AND
                 THERE IS BLOWING AND DRIFTING.
  3.00   ARNOLD                   NE  CUSTER           0809 AM

  3.00   MASON CITY               NE  CUSTER           0908 AM

  3.00   HAYES CENTER             NE  HAYES            1109 AM

  3.00   BURWELL                  NE  GARFIELD         1212 PM

  1.50   OGALLALA                 NE  KEITH            0345 AM

  0.00   OGALLALA                 NE  KEITH            0240 AM
                  HEAVY SNOW PRODUCING VISIBILITIES AROUND 1/4
                 MILE. SNOW DEPTH NOT REPORTED...HOWEVER
                 GROUND IS WHITE. ROADS ARE VERY
                 SLICK...TRUCKER WAS UNABLE TO CROSS AN
                 OVERPASS.


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