This winter storm began when mixed precipitation moved from Kansas north and northeast into southern Nebraska during the early morning hours of the 9th...eventually spreading across much of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa throughout the daytime and into the evening on the 9th. The precipitation type was snow with the following exceptions: rain fell across southeast Nebraska on the morning of the 9th, and some freezing rain and freezing drizzle fell mainly along Interstate 80 and the Platte River, as well as south of Lincoln, during the early morning hours of the 9th.  Sleet may have also been mixed in during the early morning hours, but it was very brief and sparse.  The freezing precipitation did result in some glazing.  Although most of the glazing was fairly thin, an area of heavier glazing occurred across southern Saline and northern Gage counties.  The icing across that area combined with wet snow and increasing winds and knocked down power lines. That left many people across those two counties without power, in some cases for over 24 hours.  Also since the glaze preceded the snowfall, it made for an especially slippery surface beneath the snow.  Gusty winds were also a factor with this storm.  As the surface low passed southeast of eastern Nebraska, north or northeast surface winds gusted to over 40 mph in some locations, especially during the afternoon and evening of the 9th.   This resulted in considerable blowing and drifting snow, with visibilities of one-quarter mile being reported at some locations.  Snowfall totals varied greatly across eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa. Amounts ranged from one-half inch in the Columbus area, to a maximum  of 10 inches in the northern part of Lincoln.  The heaviest snow, generally 5 to 9 inches, fell from around Fairbury and Crete northeast through Lincoln and Omaha and then into southwest Iowa from near Little Sioux to near Red Oak.  Besides the 10 inches in north Lincoln other heavier snow totals included...9 inches at Hickman, 8 inches at Gretna and Fairbury, 7 inches at Lincoln, Raymond, Papillion and Wilber and 6 inches at Friend and the NWS in Valley, Nebraska and Oakland, Glenwood, Red Oak and Randolph, Iowa.   Many schools were closed on the 10th as a result of the snow and blowing snow.  Numerous traffic accidents were reported, along with a few minor power outages in the cities of Omaha, Elkhorn, and Blair.

Winter Storm in LANCASTER, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in PAWNEE, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in SALINE, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in OTOE, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in SARPY, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in SAUNDERS, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in WASHINGTON, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in JOHNSON, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in DOUGLAS, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in GAGE, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in JEFFERSON, NEBRASKA
From 09-DEC-03 08:00:00 to 09-DEC-03 23:30:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.