South-Central NE/North-Central KS Rainfall Records...
Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2004 12:36 pm
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1106 AM CST MON MAR 1 2004
...WIDESPREAD SIGNIFICANT RAIN ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...
SUNDAYS "LEAP DAY" STORM LEFT MANY CENTRAL NEBRASKANS AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSANS LEAPING OVER PUDDLES AS A PACIFIC STORM BROUGHT
BENEFICIAL RAIN AND HEAVY SNOW TO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. MOST LOCATIONS
ACROSS CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS RECEIVED BETWEEN
THREE QUARTERS...TO OVER AN INCH AND A HALF OF RAIN SUNDAY AND SUNDAY
NIGHT. BRADSHAW NEBRASKA APPEARS TO BE ONE OF THE RAINFALL LEADERS
WITH 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED DURING THE 24 HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT
7 AM THIS MORNING.
WHILE MANY DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS WERE SET ACROSS THE REGION...BEING
A LEAP DAY...THE FEBRUARY 29TH COMPARISONS ARE A POOR STANDARD. THE
MOST RECENT LEAP DAY WITH SIGNIFICANT MOISTURE WAS IN 1952 WHEN
AROUND 10 HUNDREDTHS TO A HALF INCH OF MOISTURE WAS ENTERED INTO THE
CLIMATE BOOKS. IN COMPARISON...THE PRECIPITATION FROM THIS WEEKENDS
STORM WAS ABOUT A THIRD TO A HALF OF WHAT NORMALLY FALLS IN AN
AVERAGE FEBRUARY.
THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF 24 HOUR RAINFALL REPORTS ENDING AT
7 AM THIS MORNING...
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
...LOCATION... AMOUNT ...LOCATION... AMOUNT
GRAND ISLAND 0.75 AURORA 1.33
HASTINGS 1.01 HEBRON AIRPORT 1.39
HOLDREGE 0.98 KEARNEY AIRPORT 0.85
LEXINGTON 1.26 ORD AIRPORT 0.89
YORK AIRPORT 1.15 MURPHY 1.20
FAIRMONT 1.18 FRANKLIN 1.16
GREELEY 0.74 HEBRON 0.53
KEARNEY 1.18 LOUP CITY 1.13
MINDEN 0.31 YORK FIRE DEPT 1.55
ARCADIA 1.15 ASHTON 1.46
BELGRADE 1.54 BLUE HILL 4 SW 1.07
BRUNING 1.05 CLAY CENTER 6ESE 1.40
COZAD 2S 1.26 DANNEBROG 1.12
DEWEESE 4SE 0.99 ELWOOD 8S 1.32
FULLERTON 1.52 GENOA 1.35
GUIDE ROCK 1.00 NAPONEE 0.92
ORD 1.16 OSCEOLA 1.09
POLK 1.31 RIVERTON 1.13
SHELBY 3NE 1.13 ST PAUL 4N 1.24
SUPERIOR 1.03 WILSONVILLE 0.83
WOOD RIVER 1.14 BRADSHAW 1.75
NORTH LOUP 1.15
NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS...
...LOCATION... AMOUNT ...LOCATION... AMOUNT
ALTON 1W 1.05 BELOIT 0.90
MANKATO 1.27 PHILLIPSBURG 1.22
PLAINVILLE 4NW 0.85 BURR OAK 1.10
CAWKER CITY 0.90 IONIA 0.91
LOGAN 0.98 PALCO 0.88
SMITH CENTER 1.09
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