National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

...PROLONGED PERIOD OF RAINFALL ACROSS OUR REGION...  
  
A SLOW MOVING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ALOFT MOVED FROM NORTH CENTRAL  
KANSAS NEAR MIDNIGHT...INTO EASTERN KANSAS BY SUNRISE FRIDAY.  
THIS FINALLY ALLOWED A DRIER AIR MASS TO BEGIN MOVING INTO WESTERN  
NEBRASKA.  
  
RAINFALL TOTALS OF AN INCH OR MORE WERE RECORDED DURING THE PAST 24  
HOUR PERIOD ENDING AT 700 AM CDT FRIDAY MAY 13TH - AND WILL BE  
DETAILED BELOW. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS WERE CLUSTERED OVER  
PARTS OF LINCOLN...FRONTIER AND CUSTER COUNTIES...ALONG WITH GARFIELD  
COUNTY.  
  
SOME OF THESE REPORTS INCLUDED 1.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL AT THE NORTH  
PLATTE AIRPORT...AS WELL AS A LOCATION 2.4 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF  
NORTH PLATTE. MEDICINE CREEK DAM...LOCATED 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF  
STOCKVILLE IN FRONTIER COUNTY...ALSO RECEIVED 1.25 INCHES OF  
RAINFALL. A REPORT OF 1.24 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAME FROM 6 MILES WEST  
NORTHWEST OF ERICSON...BY A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER. THE NORTH  
PLATTE EXPERIMENTAL FARM...3 MILES SOUTH OF NORTH PLATTE...REPORTED  
1.17 INCHES OF RAINFALL THE PAST 24 HOURS...WITH THE MASON CITY  
COOP OBSERVER RECEIVING AN INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.  
  
BELOW ARE SOME 2 DAY RAINFALL TOTALS GARNERED FROM NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH  
CENTRAL NEBRASKA -RANKED FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST AMOUNTS RESPECTIVELY:  
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LOCATION                                   TWO DAY RAINFALL AMOUNT  
  
BARTLETT 1 S                               2.43 INCHES  
NORTH PLATTE EXPERIMENTAL FARM             2.42 INCHES  
ERICSON 6 WNW                              2.14 INCHES  
MADRID                                     1.93 INCHES  
WELLFLEET                                  1.81 INCHES  
KINGSLEY DAM                               1.73 INCHES  
SPENCER 5 SSE (HYDRO PLANT)                1.57 INCHES  
BUTTE                                      1.56 INCHES  
SWAN LAKE                                  1.51 INCHES  
EUSTIS 2 NW                                1.50 INCHES  
IMPERIAL                                   1.49 INCHES  
O'NEILL                                    1.48 INCHES  
MEDICINE CREEK DAM (STOCKVILLE 14 SE)      1.48 INCHES  
KILGORE 1 NE                               1.33 INCHES  
HAYES CENTER                               1.27 INCHES  
MASON CITY                                 1.14 INCHES  
CHAMBERS                                   1.07 INCHES  
STAPLETON 5 W                              0.88 OF AN INCH  
BIG SPRINGS 4 W                            0.87 OF AN INCH  
MULLEN                                     0.86 OF AN INCH  
CALLAWAY 8 WSW                             0.83 OF AN INCH  
TAYLOR                                     0.68 OF AN INCH  
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BELOW ARE SOME 2 DAY RAINFALL TOTALS...ENDING AT 700 AM CDT FRIDAY  
MORNING...FROM AUTOMATED AIRPORT SENSOR LOCATIONS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS  
WILL BE RANKED FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST RESPECTIVELY:  
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LOCATION                                   TWO DAY RAINFALL AMOUNT  
  
NORTH PLATTE AIRPORT                       2.33 INCHES  
IMPERIAL AIRPORT                           1.44 INCHES  
OGALLALA AIRPORT                           1.25 INCHES  
O'NEILL AIRPORT                            1.05 INCHES  
BROKEN BOW AIRPORT                         0.83 OF AN INCH  
VALENTINE AIRPORT                          0.76 OF AN INCH  
AINSWORTH AIRPORT                          0.69 OF AN INCH  
THEDFORD AIRPORT                           0.61 OF AN INCH  
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