ROLLING SNOW
or
SNOW
BUNNIES as some people call them,
arrive in Oblong
On Feb. 11, 2003 about 8:30 PM the wind picked up to about 55 to 65 MPH,
when
it did it created what everyone is calling "Snow Bunnies"
The wind caused the fresh snow to roll in to big snow balls in
open fields.
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"John Parr, a hydrometeorological technician at the National Weather Service
in Lincoln, said he also heard reports of the strange occurrence.
Where the winds were the fastest -- in open areas and away from
cities -- is where
the snowballs had a chance of forming, he said." as quoted from Herald-Review.com contains selected news and information
from the Herald & Review newspaper.