Low pressure tracked from Kansas to the Great Lakes region on December 3rd as an upper level disturbance lifted northeast out of the Rockies.  This brought a southwest to northeast band of snow, some of it heavy, from Nebraska into western Iowa.  Slightly warmer air that was pulled into the system from the southeast kept most of the precipitation as rain in far southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa, and limited snow accumulations just to the northwest of that area.  Most of the precipitation was also southeast of far northern Nebraska, which allowed far northeast Nebraska to escape most of the snow also.  Heavier snow totals from the storm included 8 inches in Weston, Nebraska, around 7 inches in David City, Nebraska and Little Sioux, Iowa, 6.5 inches at the NWS office near Valley, Nebraska and around 6 inches in Ft. Calhoun, Fremont, Bennington, and Utica, Nebraska along with Castana, Harlan and Logan, Iowa.

Winter Storm in SAUNDERS, NEBRASKA
From 03-DEC-11 07:30:00 to 03-DEC-11 21:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall of 6 to 8 inches likely fell over the county with 8 inches reported in Weston one of the highest received from the storm.

Winter Storm in DODGE, NEBRASKA
From 03-DEC-11 07:00:00 to 03-DEC-11 21:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall of 6 to 7 inches likely fell over the county with 6 inches reported in Fremont.

Winter Storm in WASHINGTON, NEBRASKA
From 03-DEC-11 07:00:00 to 03-DEC-11 21:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall of 6 to 7 inches likely fell over much of the county with 6 inches reported in Ft. Calhoun.

Winter Storm in DOUGLAS, NEBRASKA
From 03-DEC-11 07:00:00 to 03-DEC-11 22:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall of 6 to 7 inches fell over the northern and western sections of Douglas county with 6.5 inches measured at the NWS office near Valley and 6.3 inches observed in Bennington.

Winter Storm in PLATTE, NEBRASKA
From 03-DEC-11 08:00:00 to 03-DEC-11 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall estimated to be at least 6 inches fell across much of Platte county based on satellite and surrounding observations.

Winter Storm in COLFAX, NEBRASKA
From 03-DEC-11 08:00:00 to 03-DEC-11 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall estimated to be at least 6 inches fell across much of Colfax county based on satellite and surrounding observations.

Winter Weather in LANCASTER, NEBRASKA
From 03-DEC-11 09:30:00 to 03-DEC-11 21:31:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 75.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Newspaper

Snowfall of 2 to 4 inches fell along Interstate 80 creating slick roads and poor visibilities.  This lead to an semi truck rear-ending a car which had slowed down due to traffic.  The collision killed a 2-year-old boy who was properly restrained in the back seat of the car.  The driver, the boy's father, was injured in the accident.  There were than 70 crashes in Lincoln alone from this storm and 17 other calls in the county that requested law enforcement help.

Winter Storm in BUTLER, NEBRASKA
From 03-DEC-11 08:00:00 to 03-DEC-11 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall of 7 inches was reported in David City from this storm.