A widespread ice storm occurred on this Sunday and Monday. This was the most significant ice storm, for south central Nebraska, since December 2006. The amounts and impacts were not as significant as that event, but this event covered a much larger area. Ice amounts within the Ice Storm Warning area were generally 0.25-0.5, with locally higher amounts. Amounts within the Winter Storm Warning were generally 0.10-0.25. If any higher amounts occurred, they were the exception. It all began just before sunrise Sunday with scattered showers of light freezing rain and sleet. That was followed by two swaths of light freezing rain that lifted from south to north, through the day and evening, across all of south central Nebraska. Each band was about 50 miles wide. The main, solid band of light to moderate freezing rain, associated with the deformation zone, reached the state line with Kansas by 4 AM CST Monday. This east-west oriented band lifted north, affecting nearly all of south central Nebraska through midday. As the morning progressed, the band contracted and pivoted, becoming oriented southwest-northeast. It diminished significantly and moved northeast during the afternoon, with the freezing rain ending.
Portions of Interstate 80 were closed due to semi-truck accidents during the morning hours of the Sunday. There were probably many more accidents that were not reported. Numerous relatively short-lived power outages occurred, caused by both ice and falling tree limbs. Some tree limbs were snapped off in spots, with some as large as 8-10 in diameter. The regional airports in Grand Island and Kearney were both closed. Melted precipitation amounts were significant, with most of the region receiving at least 0.50, with an embedded area of 0.75 to more than 1.25. The highest amount was 1.30 at Clay Center. Grand Island and Hastings both set daily precipitation records for Monday.
At the surface, high pressure was over the Midwest Sunday, and it gradually drifted into New England Monday. The polar front extended from Texas, across the Gulf Coast States into the Carolina's Sunday, and it was quasi-stationary. A weak low pressure system exited New Mexico and moved into Texas, interacting with the pre-existing polar front. This low lifted north across Oklahoma and into Kansas Sunday night where it remained for most of the day Monday. In the upper-levels, split flow was over North America, with the main band of Westerlies along and just north of the Canadian border. Confluent flow was over the Northern Plains and Midwest. A small low tracked across northern Mexico and then lifted northeast into Oklahoma before opening up in the confluent flow.

Ice Storm in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 03:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 03:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 04:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 24.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 04:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 05:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 05:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 05:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in HARLAN, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 06:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in FRANKLIN, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 06:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 06:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 06:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 06:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 07:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 07:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 09:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Ice Storm in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 09:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Ice Storm in MERRICK, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 11:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in POLK, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 11:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm in DAWSON, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 12:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm in SHERMAN, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 14:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Ice Storm in NANCE, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 15:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 14:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm in VALLEY, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 17:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Storm in GREELEY, NEBRASKA
From 15-JAN-17 17:00:00 to 16-JAN-17 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 25.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer