On Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, a significant winter storm impacted the NWS Hastings coverage area, bringing heavy snow accumulations to many places along with some freezing rain. Much of the area saw snowfall accumulations of at least 6-10 inches with the highest totals of 15-17��� occurring along a line from Lexington to Ord. A secondary maximum was found between Hastings and Kearney with accumulations of 12-14���. To the southeast of the Tri-Cities, mixed precipitation and dry air led to a sharp dropoff in snowfall. Snowfall accumulations of 3-4  occurred along a line from Clay Center to Superior NE, and Hebron received only 1.8 inches of snow. Snow began early in the morning on the 18th, with locations west of Highway 281 seeing the first snow accumulations. Heavy snowfall closed Interstate 80 from Kearney to the Wyoming border by 6:30am. Precipitation began in Hastings and Grand Island as freezing rain, with overall light icing/limited impacts. Around noon, mixed precipitation over the Tri-Cities abruptly transitioned to intense heavy snow with 2-3���/hour snow rates! These intense snowfall rates  allowed Hastings to receive 10.6 of snow just between 12-6 pm! Interstate 80 and HWY 30 were closed from Grand Island-west around 3PM on the 18th. Snow began to let up across the Tri-Cities after 6 pm, and accumulations came to an end for most locations by sunrise on Thursday the 19th. The heavy snow in the Tri Cities broke multiple official records: Hastings broke a record for total precipitation for January 18th, with 0.93��� easily beating the previous record of 0.50 in 1912���. Hastings also set a new record snowfall for January 18th with 10.8 (previous record 2.5���). More notably, this was also is the highest single-day snowfall for ANY JANUARY DAY in Hastings (previous record 9.8��� on Jan. 31, 2002). Grand Island broke its record for January 18th total precipitation with 0.97��� (previous record 0.41 in 1931). Grand Island���s 10 of snow also broke the daily record for the 18th, but fell just shy of the highest single-day snowfall record for the month of January (10.5��� on Jan. 31, 2002). Adding to the impressive nature of these new snowfall records was the fact that the vast majority of snow fell within only a 6-8 hour period!
While lingering falling snow ended early on the 19th, the heavy snowfall accumulations across the area kept many roads impassable throughout most of the day, with Interstate 80 finally re-opening at 7pm. Portions of Highway 30 (along with several other rural highways) remained closed all day Thursday and even into Friday the 20th. Additional impacts included numerous school, civic, business, and church closings on both Wednesday (the 18th)  and Thursday (the 19th). Some school closures and late starts even lingered into Friday, particularly within rural areas and areas that received the heaviest snow. The Nebraska State Patrol recorded 42 crashes and 385 motorist assists across the state, with 30 of those crashes and 230 assists occurring prior to 930PM on the 18th.

Winter Storm in VALLEY, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 09:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 11 to 16 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 15.5 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Ord; 15 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located two miles west of Arcadia and by a CoCoRaHS observer located six miles west of North Loup.

Winter Storm in SHERMAN, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 09:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 10 to 18 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 17.3 inches, measured by the public in Hazard; 17 inches, measured by the public two miles west of Litchfield; 10.5 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Loup City.

Winter Storm in BUFFALO, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 09:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 8 to 14 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 16 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located three miles southeast of Ravenna; 14 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located one mile northwest of Ravenna; 13.7 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Miller.

Winter Storm in PHELPS, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 09:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 9 to 15 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 14.5 inches, measured by the public in Bertrand; 13 inches, measured by the public in Loomis; 11.5 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located one mile east of Holdrege.

Winter Storm in HARLAN, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 09:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 10 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 9.6 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located one mile west of Orleans; 8 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located at the Harlan County Dam.

Winter Storm in DAWSON, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 01:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 12 to 18 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 17 inches, measured by the public in Lexington; 13.5 inches, measured by the public three miles north of Overton; 12 inches, measured by the public two miles south-southeast of Willow Island.

Winter Storm in GOSPER, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 01:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 11 to 15 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 14 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located eight miles south of Elwood; 13 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located at the Canaday Power Station (six miles south-southeast of Lexington).

Winter Storm in FURNAS, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 01:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 8 to 12 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 12 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Cambridge; 12 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located five miles southwest of Beaver City; 10 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Wilsonville.

Winter Storm in FRANKLIN, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 6 to 10 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 9.8 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located six miles south of Wilcox; 9 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Naponee; 6 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Franklin.

Winter Storm in KEARNEY, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 8 to 14 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 13.5 inches, measured by the public five miles north of Heartwell; 9 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Minden; 8 inches, measured by the public three miles east-northeast of Axtell.

Winter Storm in WEBSTER, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 7 to 14 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 13.4 inches, measured by the public in Blue Hill; 11.1 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located four miles southwest of Blue Hill; 8 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Red Cloud.

Winter Storm in ADAMS, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 9 to 14 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 13.5 inches, measured by the public three miles southeast of Prosser; 13 inches, measured by the public in Kenesaw and in Juniata; 11 inches, measured by the NWS Hastings office (four miles north of Hastings); 10 to 12 inches, measured by a number of sources in Hastings.

Winter Storm in HALL, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Official NWS Observations

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 7 to 11 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 11 inches, measured by the public in Wood River; 10 inches, measured by the official NWS Observer in Grand Island; 7.5 inches, measured by an NWS employee in Doniphan.

Winter Storm in HOWARD, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 7 to 11 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 8.4 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in St. Paul; 7 inches, measured by the public in Dannebrog.

Winter Storm in GREELEY, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 7 to 11 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 11 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located eight miles north-northeast of Scotia; 10 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located four miles east of Scotia; 7.4 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Greeley.

Winter Storm in NANCE, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 10 inches across the county, with the highest totals being over far western portions. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 6 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Belgrade; 5.5 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located two miles west of Genoa.

Winter Storm in MERRICK, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 5 to 11 inches across the county, with the highest totals being over western portions. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 11 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer two miles west of Palmer; 7 inches, measured by the public in Chapman.

Winter Storm in HAMILTON, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 9 inches across the county, with the highest totals being over far western portions. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 8 inches, measured by the public in Marquette; 6.5 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located two miles south of Hordville; 6 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located six miles north of Aurora and by the public six miles east of Giltner.

Winter Storm in YORK, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 7 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 6.7 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Bradshaw; 6 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located three miles north of York; 5.5 inches, measured by the public in Henderson.

Winter Storm in POLK, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 7 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 6 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Polk; 5.8 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located three miles northeast of Shelby; 5.2 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Osceola.

Winter Storm in CLAY, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 9 inches across the county, with the highest amounts located over far western portions. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 6 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Clay Center; 4.2 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located six miles east-southeast of Clay Center.

Winter Storm in NUCKOLLS, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: CoCoRaHS

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 4 to 9 inches across the county, with the highest amounts located over far northwestern portions. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 8.5 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located in Lawrence; 4 inches, measured by the public three miles south of Oak; 3.3 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer in Superior.

Winter Storm in FILLMORE, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 1 to 4 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 4 inches, measured by NWS Cooperative Observers located in Geneva and four miles south of Shickley; 1.8 inches, measured by a CoCoRaHS observer located four miles east of Ohiowa. The local power district noted that 400 power poles were damaged due to icing.

Winter Storm in THAYER, NEBRASKA
From 18-JAN-23 12:00:00 to 19-JAN-23 00:00:00 (CST-6)
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: COOP Observer

Storm total snowfall amounts ranged from 1 to 3 inches across the county. A few of the highest amounts included the following: 2.5 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Hubbell; 2.3 inches, measured by the NWS Cooperative Observer located in Hebron.