Heavy snow blanketed central Nebraska on Thursday, January 19, causing roads to be impassible or closed, the National Weather Service (
NWS)
said.The Nebraska Department of Transportation
advised drivers to increase following distance and turn off cruise control, as most of the state had snow-covered roads on Thursday morning.Footage posted to Instagram by Flavius Soficaru shows Kearney covered in white. The city received more than 10 inches of snow,
local media reported.The
NWS predicted possible light snowfall accumulations for southern Nebraska on Saturday. Credit: Flavius Soficaru via Storyful