The second winter storm in a week hit a large part of southeast and east central Nebraska and parts of southwest Iowa.  Precipitation began over much the area late Saturday evening the 31st as Freezing drizzle.  The freezing drizzle changed to snow by early Sunday February 1st and continued into Monday morning the 2nd.  During a 2 to 3 hour period Sunday afternoon a heavy snow band set up from around Beatrice northeast through eastern Lincoln, into Omaha and then toward Harlan Iowa.  The band was only 10 to 20 miles wide, but snowfall rates under the heaviest part of it were on the order of 2 inches or even more per hour.  The band lifted slowly northeast across nearly the same area from around noon through 3pm before weakening and merging with the rest of the snow that was occurring across the region at that time.  Thus, those locations under the band reported the greatest storm totals with this storm. The storm closed many schools for the second Monday in a row, and some schools remained closed Tuesday, especially those that were under the heavier snow band.Omaha Eppley picked up 11 inches of snow from this storm.  When combined with the storm from the previous week, the snow depth reached 21 inches as of 900 am on 2/2/04.  That set a record snow depth for the month of February.  Most other locations throughout the Omaha area reported 8 to 10 inches of snowfall.  The snow accumulations from the two storms caused a few roofs of weaker structures to collapse, including the roof of a barn near Arlington which killed a number of livestock.Additional higher amounts from the storm in eastern Nebraska included 10 inches at Gretna and Papillion, 9 inches at Tecumseh, and eastern Lincoln, and 7 to 8 inches at Elkhorn, the NWS in Valley, Beatrice, Hickman, Pawnee City, Springfield, Wilber, and Tobias.Higher storm totals in western Iowa included 9 inches at Logan, 8 inches at Oakland and Harlan and 7 inches in Little Sioux, Glenwood, Pacific Junction, Castana, and Underwood.

Winter Storm in DODGE, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in BURT, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in CASS, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in DOUGLAS, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in GAGE, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in JEFFERSON, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in JOHNSON, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in LANCASTER, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in NEMAHA, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in OTOE, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in SALINE, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in SARPY, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in SAUNDERS, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in SEWARD, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in WASHINGTON, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in PAWNEE, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Winter Storm in RICHARDSON, NEBRASKA
From 01-FEB-04 00:00:00 to 02-FEB-04 10:00:00 (CST)
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.