A moisture-starved, weak low pressure system dropped narrow bands of 3 to 4 inches of snow over a few communities on this Tuesday. This event really evolved as two separate areas of snow. During the early to mid morning hours, a very narrow southwest-northeast oriented band of snow developed from eastern Colorado across northwest Kansas into southwest Nebraska. By late morning, this band moved into south central Nebraska from Johnson Lake to Miller to Loup City. This band gradually progressed eastward across south central Nebraska between 10 AM and midnight. This band was only two counties wide, but at times, there was an embedded band of heavy snow that was much more narrow, well less than one county wide. As this band initially moved into south central Nebraska, it was nearly stationary for about 3 hours from Cambridge to Elwood to Overton to Amherst. These locations are where the greatest snow amounts fell in association with this band. Three to five inches of snow was reported, with a maximum of 6 inches estimated in Cambridge. The visibility was estimated as low as 1/16 mi in heavy snow at Overton and Amherst. As this band moved east, its forward progress limited accumulations to 1 to 2 inches, and even less than 1 inch in some places. This snow band developed within the upper-level trough. The other area of snow developed in the late morning hours from central Kansas into southeast Nebraska. This band was a bit wider and was a poorly-organized deformation band and it deposited 3 to 4 inches of snow over eastern Nuckolls, Thayer, and southern Fillmore counties. Throughout this event, the character of all the radar returns, from both areas of snow, was so poorly-organized that the snow bands exhibited a skeletal structure.
At the surface, a weak low pressure system emerged from Colorado and moved east through Kansas. This low never had a closed isobar. In the upper-levels a positively-tilted trough was over Colorado and New Mexico at daybreak. This trough advanced into Nebraska, Kansas and extreme western Texas by sunset. This was the primary trough over the CONUS, with a ridge over the eastern Pacific and a ridge along the East Coast.

Winter Weather in DAWSON, NEBRASKA
From 21-JAN-19 09:00:00 to 21-JAN-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 21-JAN-19 09:00:00 to 21-JAN-19 19:00:00 (CST-6)
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Crop damage: 0.00K
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Winter Weather in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 21-JAN-19 09:00:00 to 21-JAN-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 21-JAN-19 10:00:00 to 21-JAN-19 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
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Winter Weather in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 21-JAN-19 10:00:00 to 21-JAN-19 18:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 21-JAN-19 10:00:00 to 21-JAN-19 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Trained Spotter

Winter Weather in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 21-JAN-19 10:00:00 to 21-JAN-19 20:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Winter Weather in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 21-JAN-19 10:00:00 to 21-JAN-19 17:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public