EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA IS DIGGING OUT FROM THE WORST
WINTER STORM SO FAR THIS SEASON.  THIS STORM DROPPED THE HEAVIEST
SNOW IN OMAHA...13.5 INCHES...SINCE THE WINTER STORM OF MARCH 28-29
1987 WHEN 14.1 INCHES FELL.

THIS STORM WAS VERY UNIQUE.  IT ACTUALLY CONSISTED OF TWO DIFFERENT
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS THAT MOVED THROUGH THE PLAINS...WHICH IS WHY
THE STORM APPEARED TO LAST SO LONG.  THIS FIRST SYSTEM MOVED OUT OF
THE SOUTHWEST AND SET THE STAGE FOR OUR MAJOR WINTER STORM.  IT
HELPED BRING MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH INTO THE REGION...RESULTING IN
AN ICE STORM FOR AREAS SOUTH OF NEBRASKA AND IOWA.  THERE WERE ALSO
BRIEF PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET THROUGHOUT MUCH OF
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA SUNDAY MORNING...ESPECIALLY
NEAR THE KANSAS AND MISSOURI BORDERS.  ACCUMULATING SNOW BEGAN TO
FALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION SUNDAY MORNING AND SUNDAY
AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW HEAVY SNOW-BANDS SETTING UP FROM THE ELKHORN
AREA INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.

THEN THE SECOND LOW PRESSURE MOVED OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES
SUNDAY NIGHT...WHICH BROUGHT THE ARCTIC AIR FROM CANADA.  THE
COMBINATION OF ARCTIC AIR WITH THE ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE SOUTH
RESULTED IN THE HEAVY SNOWFALL RATES.  ALL OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT SNOWS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.
THE SECOND SYSTEM ALSO MOVED RATHER SLOWLY THROUGH THE PLAINS...AND
CONTINUED TO PUSH COLDER AIR INTO THE REGION. EVENTUALLY THE LOW
MOVED TO OUR EAST...WHICH CAUSED THE WINDS TO INCREASE DRASTICALLY.
WITH FAIRLY LIGHT AND FLUFFY SNOW...THE GUSTY WINDS WERE ABLE TO BLOW
THE SNOW AROUND AND CREATE LOW VISIBILITIES...LARGE SNOW DRIFTS...AND
DANGEROUSLY COLD WIND CHILLS.

...SNOW DEPTH FROM THE JANUARY 25-26 WINTER STORM...

                                     TUE AM          SELECTED
COUNTY           CITY/TOWN       SNOWDEPTH/INCHES    SNOWFALL
                                                   (STORM TOTAL)

ANTELOPE         NELIGH               6
BOONE            LORETTO              4
BUTLER           DAVID CITY          11
CASS             PLATTSMOUTH         14
CEDAR            RANDOLPH             5
COLFAX           SCHUYLER             9
CUMING           WEST POINT           9
DODGE            FREMONT             12
DODGE            UEHLING             12
DOUGLAS          ELKHORN             15                15.0
DOUGLAS          EPPLEY AIRPORT      13                13.5
DOUGLAS          DODGE PARK AREA     12
DOUGLAS          BEMIS PARK          12
DOUGLAS          BENNINGTON          12
DOUGLAS          FLORENCE            12
DOUGLAS          VALLEY              13                13.8
GAGE             BEATRICE             9
GAGE             VIRGINIA             9
GAGE             WYMORE               8
JEFFERSON        FAIRBURY             9
JOHNSON          TECUMSEH             8
KNOX             BLOOMFIELD           4
LANCASTER        NE LINCOLN          13
LANCASTER        SW LINCOLN          12
LANCASTER        HICKMAN             12
LANCASTER        LINCOLN AIRPORT     10                10.1
LANCASTER        RAYMOND             12
MADISON          MADISON              8
MADISON          NORFOLK              5                 5.5
NEMAHA           AUBURN               8
OTOE             SYRACUSE             9
PAWNEE           PAWNEE CITY          5
PAWNEE           TABLE ROCK           7
PIERCE           PIERCE               4
PLATTE           COLUMBUS            10
RICHARDSON       SALEM                6
RICHARDSON       RULO                 5
SARPY            GRETNA              15                15.5
SARPY            OFFUTT AFB          11
SARPY            PAPILLION           12
SARPY            SPRINGFIELD         12
SALINE           FRIEND              12
SEWARD           SEWARD               7
SEWARD           UTICA                7
STANTON          STANTON              7
THURSTON         WALTHILL            11
WAYNE            WAYNE                6
WASHINGTON       FORT CALHOUN        12
FREMONT IA       SIDNEY               7
FREMONT IA       RANDOLPH            10
HARRISON IA      LITTLE SIOUX        12
HARRISON IA      LOGAN               10
MILLS IA         GLENWOOD            14
MONONA IA        MAPLETON            11
MONONA IA        KENNEBEC             9
MONONA IA        CASTANA             12
MONTGOMERY IA    RED OAK              6
PAGE IA          SHENANDOAH           6
PAGE IA          CLARINDA             6
POTTAWATTAMIE IA UNDERWOOD           11
POTTAWATTAMIE IA OAKLAND             13
SHELBY IA        HARLAN              12