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Snow Squall Warning, Nebraska

Severe

Intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds leading to blowing snow and rapidly falling visibility. Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes, and vary significantly over very short distances.

Ended Friday, January 16, 2026.

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Places in this warning

Map

Map of Nebraska with this warning The Snow Squall Warning covers Johnstown. The weather service drew the area; it is moving southeast at 39 mph. Moving southeast at 39 mphJohnstownNEBRASKA10 mi JohnstownNEBRASKA10 mi JohnstownNEBRASKA20 mi JohnstownNEBRASKA20 mi
  • This warning
  • Area drawn by the weather service
  • Moving southeast at 39 mph
Alert area: National Weather Service. Borders and highways: U.S. Census Bureau. Lakes, rivers and other countries: Natural Earth. Open this area in OpenStreetMap

Details from the National Weather Service

What
Intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds leading to blowing snow and rapidly falling visibility. Wind gusts greater than 50 mph could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.
Squall now
At 10:51 in the morning, a dangerous snow squall was located over Johnstown, or 10 miles west of Ainsworth, moving southeast at 40 mph.
Impacts
Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous within minutes, and vary significantly over very short distances.
Highways
Highway 20 between mile markers 225 and 239.
Places named
Johnstown.
Seen by
Radar indicated.

Updates

  1. Ended for part of the area. January 16, 2026
  2. Snow Squall Warning issued until Friday, 11 in the morning. January 16, 2026