Heavy snow and blizzard conditions affected south central Nebraska on this Monday, with the worst conditions north of Interstate 80. On Sunday, a band of snow developed from northwest Kansas and extended northeast into the Nebraska Sandhills. This band formed in the deformation zone on the west side of the upper-level low and it remained stationary. The eastward fringe of this band affected areas from Cambridge to Lexington to Ord from 3 pm until 10 pm CST. Most of south central Nebraska was in the dry slot Sunday into Sunday evening. Multiple narrow bands of rain began forming over eastern Kansas, southeast Nebraska, and Iowa, east of the low Sunday evening. These bands rotated cyclonically, expanded and eventually merged with the larger snow band to the west which finally began moving east after midnight. By daybreak Monday, one large snow band extended from south central Nebraska into southern Minnesota. Over central Nebraska, the snow was heaviest and most persistent along and north of Highway 92, from 3 am to 9 am CST. At least 10 inches of snow fell over most of that area. The highest amounts were 14 inches at Belgrade and St. Paul. Greeley measured 12 inches, with 11 inches at Genoa, Osceola, and Shelby, and 10 inches at Ord. Other amounts of note include 7 inches at Grand Island and Ravenna. The southern tail of this band swept across the rest of south central Nebraska, but its narrow character resulted in much lower snow accumulations. One to 5 inches of snow fell from near Interstate 80 to the Kansas state line, with the lowest amounts near the state line.
Strong winds developed with widespread gusts of 45 to 58 mph east of Highway 183. The highest wind gusts were 58 mph at Hastings and 57 mph at Cairo. This resulted in blizzard or near-blizzard conditions in many areas, but especially along and north of Interstate 80, with near white-out conditions reported. Conditions were so bad that the Nebraska Department of Transportation pulled their plows off the roads in Buffalo and Hall counties for about 2 hours. Numerous roads and highways were closed or reported as impassible, including portions of Highways 11, 58, and 92. Northbound Highway 281 was closed in Grand Island just north of Stolley Park Rd because two semi trucks could not make it over the overpass. Nebraska State Patrol responded to numerous vehicle accidents and vehicles that became stuck. Dozens of vehicles remained stranded as conditions were too dangerous for tow truck operators. The Polk county sheriff reported a number of cars slid into ditches on Highway 81. Portions of Interstate 80 in York county were closed for a couple hours due to multiple accidents. Power lines were reported down in Phelps county, with isolated power outages also reported in and near Lexington and from Franklin county northeast to Hamilton and Merrick counties. Numerous schools, government offices, and businesses were closed Monday, as well as the regional airports in Grand Island and Kearney. The University of Nebraska at Kearney, Hastings College, and all Central Community Colleges at Lexington, Ord, Kearney, Hastings, and Grand Island were also closed. Snow emergencies were declared in Aurora, Cozad, Gibbon, Gothenburg, Grand Island, Kearney, Hastings, Holdrege, Minden, and St. Paul. Since most people stayed off the roads, crews were able to plow roads, and life was back to normal by Tuesday.
The snow storm was associated with low pressure that moved east across Kansas and deepened near Kansas City during the morning hours. This low then occluded over Iowa. This system formed as an upper-level trough over the western U.S. moved east and intensified over Colorado.

Blizzard in VALLEY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 02:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in GREELEY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 02:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 12:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in NANCE, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 02:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in SHERMAN, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 03:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 03:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in MERRICK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 03:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in POLK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 03:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in DAWSON, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 04:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 04:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 05:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 05:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 05:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 05:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 05:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 06:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in HARLAN, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 06:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in FRANKLIN, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 06:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 06:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 07:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 07:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 07:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 08:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 16:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Blizzard in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 22-JAN-18 08:00:00 to 22-JAN-18 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager