881  
WWUS53 KLBF 182014  
SQWLBF  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SNOW SQUALL WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
214 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2026  
 
NEC009-031-041-171-182100-  
/O.NEW.KLBF.SQ.W.0009.260118T2014Z-260118T2100Z/  
CHERRY NE-CUSTER NE-BLAINE NE-THOMAS NE-  
214 PM CST SUN JAN 18 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NORTH PLATTE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR...  
SOUTHEASTERN CHERRY COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
WESTERN BLAINE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
NORTHEASTERN THOMAS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
 
* UNTIL 300 PM CST.  
 
* AT 213 PM CST, A DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL WAS LOCATED 7 MILES  
NORTHWEST OF PURDUM, OR 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF THEDFORD, MOVING  
SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...INTENSE BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND GUSTY WINDS LEADING TO  
BLOWING SNOW AND RAPIDLY FALLING VISIBILITY. WIND GUSTS  
UP TO 35 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...TRAVEL WILL BECOME DIFFICULT AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS  
WITHIN MINUTES.  
 
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 2 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 223 AND 260.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ANSELMO, DUNNING, HALSEY, PURDUM, AND LINSCOTT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SLOW DOWN! RAPID CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND ROAD CONDITIONS ARE  
EXPECTED WITH THIS DANGEROUS SNOW SQUALL. BE ALERT FOR SUDDEN  
WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.  
 
REDUCE SPEED AND TURN ON HEADLIGHTS! DURING SNOW SQUALLS, THE  
VISIBILITY MAY SUDDENLY DROP TO NEAR ZERO IN WHITEOUT CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4211 10016 4209 10017 4209 10014 4165 9969  
4151 10007 4215 10052 4222 10051 4229 10035  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 328DEG 49KT 4214 10037  
 
SNOW SQUALL...RADAR INDICATED  
 
 
 
NMJ  
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