Lincoln could see its first snow of the season early Monday morning, according to the National Weather Service.
The weather service said in a bulletin that a mixture of snow and rain is possible in the Lincoln area, which could have an impact on the morning commute.
Any accumulating snow will easily melt later in the morning with temperatures expected to reach the upper 30s or lower 40s.
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PhotoFiles: The blizzard of 1948-49 in Nebraska
Operation Snowbound
Operation Snowbound helped provide aid to remote properties that were stranded because of the large amounts of snow.
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Only way out
Houses west of Imperial were almost completely covered in snow. Occupants of this house tore the screen off the window in order to get in and out of their home.
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Ghost Town
A. small town in western Nebraska looks likes a ghost town after the entire population made a mass exodus before roads were blocked.
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Delivering Milk
Unable to get around by automobile, Lorene Hickok, Mrs. Hickok and brother Verne Hickok used a horse-drawn wagon to make their milk deliveries.
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Pattern in the snow
Bulldozers participating in Operation Snowbound cleared patterns on the Nebraska landscape in an attempt to reach and save stranded people and cattle.
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Providing Aid
Captain Tanski of the U.S. Army interviews Carl Belzer regarding conditions of neighbors who had been isolated for several weeks.
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Cattle Graze
Almost 2 million head of cattle survived thanks to Operation Snowbound, which airlifted an estimated 35-40 tons of feed a day. Â
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Finding the chicken coop
Farmers in western Nebraska had to uncover their chicken houses from a blanket of snow that hit the state in 1948.
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Lending a hand
Pilot Don Higgins perches atop the chimney at the Lester Goodrich farm home, where he answered a distress call.
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Stranded Locomotives
Two locomotives that attempted to open the railroad line were temporarily lost as snow drifts began to cover the locomotives. Â
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Snow covered windmill
As part of rescue and relief efforts carried out by the Red Cross, a tunnel was dug to the pump houses of this windmill as snow drifts of about 30 feet enveloped the area.
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