A few inches of light snow fell mainly between Highway 136 and Interstate 80 on this Wednesday and Thursday. Small patches of snow began overspreading south central Nebraska Wednesday evening, mainly west of Highway 281 and along and south of Interstate 80. Around 300 AM CST Thursday, a better-organized, but narrow, east-west oriented band of snow developed with its main axis centered along Highway 6. Between 300 and 900 AM CST, this band moved east across south central Nebraska. After 900 AM, the band weakened. A few small patches of light snow lingered behind this band after 900 AM, but the snow ended, from northwest to southeast, during the early afternoon hours. Snowfall totals ranged from 2 to 7 inches in a narrow, roughly 2-county wide area. The highest totals include 7 inches at Holdrege, where snow fell with moderate intensity between 400 and 600 AM CST, 6 at Minden, 5.8 at Cambridge, and 5.5 at Elwood. As one example of the narrowness of this band, Wilsonville is 12 miles south of Cambridge, and the cooperative observer there indicated only a trace of snow fell.
A continental polar air mass encompassed the central U.S. with the polar front along the Gulf Coast and banked up against the Rockies. High pressure was over the northern Plains. The upper-level pattern was similar to other situations, in the past, in which a frontogenetic band of snow forms. A low was over central Canada with a broad trough over the Lower 48. The subtle axis of the trough extended from North Dakota to Utah Thursday morning.

Winter Weather in DAWSON, NEBRASKA
From 07-NOV-18 19:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall amounts generally ranging from 2 to 5 inches were reported, mainly affecting the southern third of the county. Totals included 5.5 inches in Overton and 4.5 inches 6 miles southwest of Lexington.

Winter Weather in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 07-NOV-18 21:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall amounts ranging anywhere from 2 to 5 inches were reported, mainly affecting the southern half of the county. This included totals of 4.7 inches near Gibbon and 2.8 inches at the Kearney Regional Airport.

Winter Weather in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 08-NOV-18 01:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall amounts ranging anywhere from 2 to 4 inches were reported across the county, including a total of 3.6 inches by the official observer for Grand Island.

Winter Weather in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 08-NOV-18 00:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Snowfall amounts ranging anywhere from 2 to 5 inches were reported, with the highest totals occurring near the Adams-Kearney County line. Totals included 3 inches on the southeast side of Hastings and 2.1 inches at the NWS office located 4 miles north of Hastings.

Winter Weather in FRANKLIN, NEBRASKA
From 07-NOV-18 23:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 15:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Snowfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches fell across the county, with the highest amounts of 3 inches or more falling in a narrow corridor along the Franklin-Kearney County line.

Winter Weather in HARLAN, NEBRASKA
From 07-NOV-18 20:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 14:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Snowfall amounts of 2 to 5 inches fell across the county, with the highest amounts of 3 inches or more falling in a narrow corridor along the Harlan-Phelps County line.

Winter Weather in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 07-NOV-18 19:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Snowfall amounts of 2 to 6 inches fell across the county, with the highest amounts of 3 inches or more falling in a narrow corridor along the Furnas-Gosper County line.

Heavy Snow in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 07-NOV-18 19:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 10:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall amounts ranging from 3 to 7 inches fell, with the highest amounts affecting the southern half of the county.

Heavy Snow in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 07-NOV-18 20:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall amounts ranging from 3 to 8 inches were reported across the county. The highest amounts affected the southern half of the county and included 7 to 8 inches in and near Holdrege.

Heavy Snow in KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
From 07-NOV-18 23:00:00 to 08-NOV-18 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Snowfall amounts ranging from 3 to 7 inches were reported across the county. The highest amounts affected the central and southern portions of the county, and included 6 inches in Minden.