...NEW RECORD SET FOR FEBRUARY SNOW DEPTH AT OMAHA...

ALMOST EXACTLY ONE WEEK AFTER THE LAST MAJOR WINTER STORM...ANOTHER
ROUND OF SIGNIFICANT SNOW HAS HIT EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA. THE SNOW FROM LAST WEEKS STORM HAS BARELY HAD A CHANCE TO
MELT...SO THE NEW SNOW HAS PILED UP ON TOP OF THE OLD SNOW TO RESULT
IN SOME OF THE DEEPEST SNOW PACK THE REGION HAS EXPERIENCED IN MANY
YEARS.

AT THE OMAHA EPPLEY AIRPORT...11.3 INCHES OF NEW SNOW FELL...GIVING 
THEM A SNOW DEPTH OF 21 INCHES.  THIS IS A NEW RECORD FOR SNOW DEPTH 
IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY.  THE OLD RECORD WAS 18 INCHES...WHICH WAS 
SET IN 1965.  THE ALL TIME RECORD SNOW DEPTH FOR OMAHA IS 27 
INCHES...WHICH OCCURRED IN MARCH OF 1960...AND IS ONLY 6 INCHES 
GREATER THAN THE CURRENT SNOW DEPTH.

THIS SNOWSTORM AND THE STORM LAST WEEK WERE THE RESULT OF AN ACTIVE
WEATHER PATTERN OVER MUCH OF THE UNITED STATES...WITH NUMEROUS LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEMS MOVING THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS.  THESE LOWS
HAVE BEEN PULLING MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTHERN STATES NORTH INTO THE
COLD AIR WHICH HAS SETTLED INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA.  THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS...COLD AIR...AND MOISTURE HAVE
COMBINED TO CREATE VERY EFFICIENT SNOW PRODUCING WINTER STORMS.

THE SNOWFALL POTENTIAL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE OVER FOR THIS WEEK.
ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS PREDICTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE PLAINS
ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...WITH A CHANCE FOR MORE ACCUMULATING
SNOW.
 

...SNOW FALL FROM THE FEBRUARY 1-2 WINTER STORM THROUGH 9 AM MON...

                                AS OF 9 AM FEB 02     SELECTED
COUNTY           CITY/TOWN       SNOWFALL/INCHES     SNOW DEPTHS
 
 

ANTELOPE         NELIGH               3.9               6
BOONE            LORETTO              1.8               7
BOONE            ALBION               3.0               6
BURT             LYONS                3.0              16
BURT             OAKLAND              7.0
BUTLER           DAVID CITY           2.8              11
CASS             PLATTSMOUTH          6.0              16
CEDAR            HARTINGTON           3.5
COLFAX           SCHUYLER             3.0              12
CUMING           WEST POINT           3.0              12
DODGE            FREMONT              5.0              15
DODGE            UEHLING              4.0              12
DOUGLAS          ELKHORN              8.0              20
DOUGLAS          EPPLEY AIRPORT      11.3              21
DOUGLAS          DODGE PARK AREA      9.0              18
DOUGLAS          BEMIS PARK           7.9              18
DOUGLAS          BENNINGTON           6.6              18
DOUGLAS          FLORENCE             8.7              18
DOUGLAS          32ND AND CHARLES     7.9              18
DOUGLAS          BOYS TOWN AREA       7.5              19
DOUGLAS          156 AND              7.8              19
DOUGLAS          105 AND FORT         8.5
DOUGLAS          VALLEY               6.9              16
GAGE             BEATRICE             7.5              15
GAGE             VIRGINIA             5.0              13
GAGE             WYMORE               6.0              12
JEFFERSON        JANSEN               6.5
JEFFERSON        FAIRBURY             6.0              15
JOHNSON          TECUMSEH             9.0              14
KNOX             BLOOMFIELD           2.0              11
KNOX             CROFTON              3.5               5
LANCASTER        NE LINCOLN                            12
LANCASTER        SW LINCOLN                            14
LANCASTER        HICKMAN              7.3              18
LANCASTER        LINCOLN AIRPORT      5.6              13
LANCASTER        RAYMOND              5.0              16
MADISON          MADISON              2.5              13
MADISON          NORFOLK              1.2               8
NEMAHA           AUBURN               5.3              11
OTOE             SYRACUSE             5.0              13
PAWNEE           PAWNEE CITY          7.0              11
PAWNEE           TABLE ROCK           6.0              12
PIERCE           OSMOND               5.0              10
PIERCE           PIERCE               0.8               8
PLATTE           COLUMBUS             3.0              13 (MIDNT)
RICHARDSON       RULO                 5.0               7
SARPY            GRETNA              10.0              19
SARPY            PAPILLION           10.4              20
SARPY            SPRINGFIELD          7.9              19
SALINE           FRIEND               6.0              16
SALINE           WILBER               8.0
SALINE           TOBIAS               8.0
SALINE           WESTERN              4.5              12
SEWARD           SEWARD               5.0              12
SEWARD           UTICA                2.9               8
STANTON          STANTON              1.0               9
THURSTON         WALTHILL             3.0              11
WAYNE            WAYNE                4.0              10
WASHINGTON       FORT CALHOUN         5.3              17
FREMONT IA       SIDNEY               5.0              11
FREMONT IA       RANDOLPH             6.0              12
HARRISON IA      LITTLE SIOUX         6.5              20
HARRISON IA      LOGAN                8.5              20
MILLS IA         GLENWOOD             7.0              16
MILLS IA         PACIFIC JUNCTION     7.1              18
MONONA IA        MAPLETON             6.0              19 
MONONA IA        CASTANA              6.5              20 
MONONA IA        ONAWA                5.0              16 
MONTGOMERY IA    RED OAK              6.0               9 
PAGE IA          SHENANDOAH           2.5               9 
PAGE IA          CLARINDA             5.0               8 
POTTAWATTAMIE IA UNDERWOOD            7.0              14 
POTTAWATTAMIE IA OAKLAND              8.0              15 
SHELBY IA        HARLAN               7.8              18

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