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WEATHER SUMMARY FOR PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
535 AM CDT TUE MAR 31 2009

A MONSTER STORM SYSTEM IS CHURNING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS
MORNING RESULTING IN BLIZZARD CONDITIONS FROM THE DAKOTAS SOUTHWARD
INTO NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. WINDS HAVE BEEN HOWLING OVERNIGHT
RANGING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH IN MOST AREAS FROM NEBRASKA NORTHWARD.
ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST SNOW WAS FURTHER NORTH OVERNIGHT...LIGHT
SNOW WAS STILL FOUND AS FAR SOUTH AS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
ON THE OTHER HAND...IT WAS MOSTLY CLEAR ACROSS KANSAS WITH DRY
CONDITIONS. EARLY MORNING TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM AROUND 20 IN
THE NEBRASKA PANHANDLE...TO THE MID 30S ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER
VALLEY. 

THE STORM SYSTEM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE INCLEMENT WEATHER WILL
QUICKLY LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE DAY WITH THE SNOW DIMINISHING
ACROSS NEBRASKA BY LATER THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...WINDS WILL
REMAIN A PROBLEM THROUGH THE DAY WITH WIND ADVISORIES POSTED FOR
CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND NEBRASKA. IT WILL BE AN
UNPLEASANTLY COOL DAY WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES RANGING FROM THE MID
30S OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA...TO THE MID 50S ACROSS SOUTHERN KANSAS.

ON THIS DAY IN WEATHER HISTORY...IN 1892...30 HOMES AND SEVERAL
LARGE BUILDINGS IN EDGAR NEBRASKA WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED AS A
QUARTER MILE WIDE F3 TORNADO TRACKED NORTHEAST FROM NELSON TO
EDGAR DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. LARGE SECTIONS OF SIDEWALK
WERE CARRIED FOR A HALF MILE AND A BARREL WAS CARRIED FOR 2 MILES
AND DROPPED UNHARMED. THE TORNADO CLAIMED ONE LIFE AND INJURED
SEVERAL OTHERS.

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