Narrow band of heavy snowfall fell across portions of south central Nebraska during the evening hours of March 25th into the early morning hours of March 26th. A small, but potent, upper level disturbance moved across the Central Plains during the last weekend of March. Precipitation began as rain during the early evening hours of March 26th before changing to heavy, wet snow after sunset, from southwest to northeast. Warm air and ground temperatures initially caused snow to melt on contact with the ground, but eventually the moderate to heavy rates overwhelmed the above-freezing ground temperatures and led to rapid snow accumulation even on roads and sidewalks. Snow rates near, or just above, one inch per hour were noted within the narrow band of heavy snow. Because of the narrowness of the snow band, snow amounts ranged drastically over short distances. For instance, just between the Tri-Cities amounts ranged from 8 to 10 inches around Kearney, to 5 to 7 inches in Grand Island, to only 1 to 2 inches in Hastings. The heavy snow band was centered over or just northwest of the Highway 30 corridor, where total amounts of 6 to 10 inches were most common. Snow rates peaked during the late evening of the 25th into the early morning hours of the 26th, before the entire system shifted east of the area by dawn on the 26th.
Impacts were somewhat limited, despite the heavy snow amounts, due to the fact that the majority of the heavy snow occurred during the overnight hours on a weekend. This limited impacts to schools and businesses, and snow removal on roadways was relatively efficient due to the aforementioned warm ground temperatures. Also, wind speeds were not overly strong and trees had not started the leafing process, so this limited damage to trees and power lines much more than if this event occurred a few weeks later into the spring season.

Winter Weather in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 22:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between a trace and 4 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused over far northern portions of the county. Highest amounts reported included 2.0 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer three miles west of Gresham, and 1.5 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer one mile east of McCool Junction.

Winter Storm in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 19:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between 2 and 8 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused in the northeast. Highest amounts reported included 7.0 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Holdrege, and 4.0 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer one mile north-northwest of Wilcox (along the Phelps-Kearney County line).

Winter Storm in KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 19:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between a trace and 8 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused in the northwest. Highest amounts reported included 6.0 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Minden, and 4.0 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer one mile north-northwest of Wilcox (along the Phelps-Kearney County line).

Winter Storm in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 19:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Employee

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between 3 and 9 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused through the heart of the county. Highest amounts reported included: 9.0 inches, measured an NWS Employee in Kearney; 8.0 inches, measured by emergency management four miles north of Kearney and by a CoCoRaHS observer three miles southeast of Ravenna; 5.0 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observers in Ravenna and Gibbon.

Winter Storm in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 21:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between 2 and 8 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused across the northwestern half of the county. Highest amounts reported included: 6.2 inches, measured by the official NWS snow observer in Grand Island; 6.0 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer three miles southwest of Grand Island; 5.0 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer three miles west-southwest of Wood River; 4.0 inches, measured by an NWS Employee in Doniphan.

Winter Storm in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 21:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between 2 and 8 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused across the southern half of the county. Highest amounts reported included: 7.0 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in St. Paul; 6 to 8 inches, estimated by an NWS Employee in Dannebrog; 5.0 inches, estimated by an NWS Employee two miles east of Farwell.

Winter Storm in MERRICK, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 22:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between 4 and 8 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused through the heart of the county. Totals of 7.0 inches were reported from the public in Central City and from a CoCoRaHS observer two miles west of Palmer.

Winter Storm in NANCE, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 22:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between 3 and 8 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused across the southeastern half of the county. Highest amounts reported included: 8.0 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer two miles west of Genoa; 7.0 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer three miles west-southwest of Genoa; 5.0 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Belgrade.

Winter Storm in POLK, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 23:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 06:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between 2 and 8 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused across the northern half of the county. Highest amounts reported included: 8.5 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Osceola; 8.0 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer seven miles west of Osceola; 7.4 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer 3 miles northeast of Shelby; 6.5 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer one mile east of Stromsburg; 5.0 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Polk.

Winter Weather in DAWSON, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 18:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 02:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between a trace and 5 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused over far southeastern portions of the county. Measured totals of 2.5 inches were reported from CoCoRaHS observers six miles southwest of Lexington and four miles east-southeast of Sumner.

Winter Weather in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 18:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 01:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between 2 and 4 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused over far southeastern portions of the county. A total of 3.5 inches was measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer eight miles south of Elwood.

Winter Weather in SHERMAN, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 19:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 04:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between a trace and 6 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused over far southeastern portions of the county. Highest amounts reported included 4.3 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer two miles northwest of Rockville, and 1.5 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Loup City.

Winter Weather in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 21:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between a trace and 5 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused over far northwestern portions of the county. Totals of 1 to 2 inches were measured at the NWS Hastings Office four miles north of Hastings and by several sources in Hastings.

Winter Weather in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 25-MAR-23 22:00:00 to 26-MAR-23 05:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snow amounts were estimated to be between a trace and 6 inches across the county, with the highest amounts focused over the northern half of the county. Highest amounts reported included 4.0 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer four miles south of Marquette, and 3.5 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer one mile northwest of Giltner.