Several inches of light snow fell across part of the area on this Friday evening and Saturday. During the daylight hours Friday, a large shield of rain and snow formed across Kansas and gradually lifted north. Between 2 and 4 PM CST, light snow began falling across south central Nebraska, along and south of Highway 6, as new bands developed north of the Kansas precipitation shield. By 6 PM CST, a single, long, fairly narrow deformation snow band had evolved and extended from near Garden City, KS east-northeast across south central Nebraska to Nebraska City. This band remained nearly stationary until 1 AM CST Saturday, with light snow falling primarily along and south of a line from Franklin to Clay Center to Geneva. After 1 AM CST, the band began slowly drifting east while diminishing in intensity. By 10 AM CST, light snow lingered only over Fillmore, Nuckolls, and Thayer counties. The band continue to decay and narrow and, by 4 PM CST, the band dissipated over Thayer county. Storm total accumulations were 2 to 4 inches from the town of Franklin to Red Cloud to Geneva, with 6 to 8 inches over Nuckolls and Thayer counties, as well as southern Fillmore county. The highest amounts included 7.8 inches at Carleton, 7.3 at Hebron, and 7.0 at Oak, Davenport, Ohiowa, and Hubbell. Surface winds were fairly light with this event, averaging 5 to 10 MPH Friday afternoon and night. During the daytime Saturday, winds increased to 10 to 20 MPH, which is tame for most snowstorms here. So, problems with drifting were minimal. Because this occurred on a weekend, the impacts were pretty low. There was one incident reported on Interstate 80, in York county, in which a tractor-trailer jack-knifed due to slick roads.
This snowstorm occurred in the absence of any surface features. The closest surface system was a weak 1009 mb low moving east through Oklahoma. The upper-levels exhibited an omega shaped pattern with a high-amplitude ridge extending from Arizona to Idaho. A downstream trough was along the Colorado-Kansas border Friday evening, and this trough closed off into a 500 mb low along the Oklahoma-Kansas border by dawn Saturday. 300 mb analyses indicated strong divergence over the area while the band was strongest, with a coupled jet streak configuration. This band developed within  the area of deformation, in the 700-500 mb trough. Despite the appearance on radar, though, mesoanalyses did not indicate frontogenesis was occurring.

Winter Storm in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 11-JAN-19 19:00:00 to 12-JAN-19 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranging from 6 to 8 inches was reported across the county.

Winter Storm in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 11-JAN-19 19:00:00 to 12-JAN-19 11:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranging from 5 to 7 inches was reported across the county.

Winter Weather in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 11-JAN-19 18:00:00 to 12-JAN-19 13:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranging from 3 to 6 inches was reported across the county.

Winter Weather in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 11-JAN-19 18:00:00 to 12-JAN-19 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranging from 2 to 6 inches was reported across the county.

Winter Weather in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 11-JAN-19 18:00:00 to 12-JAN-19 08:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranging from 2 to 6 inches was reported across the county.

Winter Weather in FRANKLIN, NEBRASKA
From 11-JAN-19 18:00:00 to 12-JAN-19 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranging from 2 to 6 inches was reported across the county.