Starting during the evening hours of Saturday the 22nd, peaking in intensity overnight and gradually moving out by late morning on the 23rd, a notably-narrow band of heavy snow in the 6-10 inch range targeted mainly the southwestern-most counties of South Central Nebraska. Meanwhile, the majority of the 24-county area outside this heavy banding observed little to no accumulation. The primary snow band of 6+ inches generally extended no more than 10 miles either side of a line stretched from Cambridge to Harlan County Lake, meaning that Furnas, Harlan and southern Gosper counties bore the brunt of the action. The highest unofficial snow total of 10 originated from Stamford, while a few of the highest NWS cooperative observer reports included 8.5 at Cambridge, 8 at Edison and 7 in Beaver City. Only a short distance north-northeast of the primary band, the Holdrege and Minden areas observed no more than 1-2. Fortunately, winds were not a major issue during this event, with sustained northeasterly speeds of generally 10-15 MPH keeping blowing and drifting to a minimum.
Timing-wise, this quasi-stationary heavy snow band first started organizing over the area between 7-9 PM, peaked in intensity during the overnight hours, and gradually weakened and slid off to the east during the post-sunrise hours on the morning of the 23rd. Not surprisingly, the meteorological culprit for this narrow, banded snow event was a concentrated zone of mid level frontogenesis evident at the 700 millibar level, driven by lift from passing upper level jet streaks. On the larger scale aloft, a broad, low-amplitude trough encompassed most of the nation. At the surface during this snow event, South Central Nebraska became increasingly under the influence of high pressure building southward out of southern Canada.

Heavy Snow in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 22-FEB-14 19:00:00 to 23-FEB-14 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

A snowfall total of 8.5 inches fell in the community of Cambridge, 8.0 inches in Edison, 7.0 inches in Beaver City, and 6.0 inches in Wilsonville. A lesser amount of 4.5 inches was reported 6 miles north-northwest of Oxford.

Heavy Snow in HARLAN, NEBRASKA
From 22-FEB-14 19:00:00 to 23-FEB-14 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

A snowfall total of 10.0 inches fell in the community of Stamford. A sharply lesser amount of 5.0 inches was reported from the cooperative observer at Harlan County Lake.

Winter Weather in FRANKLIN, NEBRASKA
From 22-FEB-14 19:00:00 to 23-FEB-14 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

A snowfall total of 5.0 inches fell in the community of Franklin, 4.7 inches in Naponee, and 4.0 inches two miles northeast of Upland.

Winter Weather in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 22-FEB-14 20:00:00 to 23-FEB-14 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

A snowfall total of 3.0 inches fell in the community of Red Cloud.

Heavy Snow in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 22-FEB-14 19:00:00 to 23-FEB-14 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

A snowfall total of 6.0 inches fell 8 miles south of the community of Elwood.