Mainly between the mid-afternoon and late-evening hours of Friday the 26th, the majority of the 24-county South Central Nebraska area received at least 1-2��� of snow, with locations mainly north and northwest of a Johnson Lake-Kearney-Grand Island-Fullerton line realizing the highest totals of 2-4���. In addition, prior to the onset of snow, most counties along and especially east of the Highway 281 corridor experienced a few hours of light freezing drizzle, slickening area roadways and resulting in numerous traffic accidents (the majority of freezing drizzle occurred during the 2-7 p.m. time frame). Getting back to snowfall, some of the highest storm total amounts per a combination of NWS cooperative observers and NeRAIN observers featured 4.0��� at St. Paul, 3.5��� at Grand Island airport and Ord, 3.1��� at Greeley and 3.0��� at Ravenna, Belgrade and also four miles east of Scotia. Farther south and east, lower totals prevailed at places such as Hastings NWS office (1.5���), three miles north of York (1.5���) and Hebron (1.0���).  Fortunately, blowing and drifting snow was not overly-problematic given that sustained north wind generally averaged around 15 MPH or less with gusts largely under 25 MPH.
Timing-wise, between 3-5 p.m. a broad area of mainly light to moderate snow initially spread north and northeast into South Central Nebraska, first affecting counties mainly along and west of the Highway 281 corridor, while counties farther east started seeing the aforementioned freezing drizzle. During the evening, the broad area of snow expanded to cover nearly all of South Central Nebraska, before gradually tapering off to flurries or ending from west-to-east mainly between 9 p.m. and 2 a.m. On the synoptic scale aloft, this event was driven by a lead shortwave trough ejecting northeast into the Central Plains out of the base of a larger-scale, positively-tilted parent trough anchored over the Desert Southwest and Four Corners regions. At the surface, temperatures across South Central Nebraska averaged in the 20s, as the local area resided well to the north of a cold front stretched along an axis from west TX to eastern IA at sunset.

Winter Weather in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 26-DEC-14 15:00:00 to 27-DEC-14 01:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

A total snowfall of 3.5 inches occurred at the Central Nebraska Regional Airport in Grand Island.

Winter Weather in VALLEY, NEBRASKA
From 26-DEC-14 17:00:00 to 27-DEC-14 03:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

A snowfall total of 3.5 inches occurred in Ord.

Winter Weather in GREELEY, NEBRASKA
From 26-DEC-14 15:00:00 to 27-DEC-14 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

A snowfall total of 3.1 inches occurred in Greeley (NWS observer), and 3.0 inches occurred 4 miles east of Scotia (NeRAIN observer).

Winter Weather in NANCE, NEBRASKA
From 26-DEC-14 16:00:00 to 27-DEC-14 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A snowfall total of 3.5 inches occurred 9 miles northeast of Palmer, reported from an observer in the Nebraska Rainfall Assessment and Information Network (NERAIN). Also, a snowfall total of 3.0 inches occurred in Belgrade, reported from an cooperative observer.

Winter Weather in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 26-DEC-14 15:30:00 to 27-DEC-14 01:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

A snowfall total of 4.0 inches occurred in St. Paul.

Winter Weather in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 26-DEC-14 15:30:00 to 27-DEC-14 01:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

A snowfall total of 3.0 inches occurred in Ravenna.