The record
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| Event typeevent_type | Extreme Cold/Wind Chill |
|---|---|
| NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id | 270,552 |
| Episode IDepisode_id | 46,635 |
| Begin UTCbegin_utc | 2011-02-01T06:00:00+00:00 |
| End UTCend_utc | 2011-02-02T17:00:00+00:00 |
| Statestate | NEBRASKA |
| County/zone typecz_type | Z |
| County/zone namecz_name | CEDAR |
| Deaths directdeaths_direct | 0 |
| Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect | 0 |
| Injuries directinjuries_direct | 0 |
| Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect | 0 |
| Damage propertydamage_property | 0.00K |
| Damage cropsdamage_crops | 0.00K |
| Weather forecast office sourcewfo_source | COOP Observer |
| Episode narrativeepisode_narrative | A large upper level system dropped southeast from the northern Rockies and then split into two pieces, one tracked across the central plains while the other drifted southwest across the southwestern U.S. Surface low pressure associated with the first piece tracked from northeast Texas across southeast Missouri and then into the lower Great Lakes region. Arctic air was pulled in behind this system and brought a massive winter storm to a very large part of the U.S. Freezing rain, heavy snow and blizzard conditions prevailed from the southern plains toward the Great Lakes, while record setting cold temperatures plunged southwest across western Texas, New Mexico and Arizona.||Across eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa the storm initially spread freezing drizzle or light freezing rain, mixed at times with light snow, across much of the area during the early morning hours of Jan. 31. The precipitation changed over to all snow later on the 31st and continued into the late night hours of Feb. 1st. As Arctic air spilled in behind the system, dangerously cold wind chill values spread over the region on the 1st and early on the 2nd. Increasing north to northwest winds on the 1st caused considerable blowing and drifting snow which closed some county roads and created near-blizzard conditions. The heavier snow from the storm was generally from around Lincoln and David City east and southeast into western Iowa, with most amounts across this area in the 5 to 7 inch range. Heavier snow totals from the storm in eastern Nebraska included; 6.9 inches in Omaha, 6.6 inches at the NWS in Valley, 6.2 inches in Virginia, and around 6 inches in Rulo, Shubert, Auburn, near Cedar Bluffs and Papillion and around 5 inches at David City, Lincoln and Beatrice. In southwest Iowa the heavier totals included; 7.5 inches in Glenwood, and around 5 inches at Harlan, Clarinda and Little Sioux. |
| Event narrativeevent_narrative | Wind chill values dropped to around 30 below zero during the early morning hours of 2/1 and then again from late in the evening of 2/1 through the early morning hours of 2/2. Temperatures during this time fell into the low single digits above zero and then to 5 below to 10 below zero by the morning of 2/2. Northwest winds gusted between 20 and 35 mph on 2/1 and decreased to 15 to 25 mph by the morning of 2/2. Temperatures warmed a bit during the afternoon of 2/1 allowing wind chill values to moderate to 15 below to 20 below during that time, but they quickly dropped off again by evening. Decreasing winds and slightly warming temperatures helped values moderate to 20 below to 25 below by mid morning of 2/2 and then to 5 below to 10 below during that afternoon. |
| Yearyear | 2,011 |
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