National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

...VERY STRONG WINDS AND MORE HEAVY RAIN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
  
THE SAME UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT BROUGHT SEVERE WEATHER  
SATURDAY CONTINUED TO EFFECT THE REGION TODAY. AS THE COLD FRONT  
PUSHED INTO EASTERN NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST WINDS BECAME VERY STRONG  
WITH WIDESPREAD WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH TODAY. THE STRONGEST  
WINDS WERE ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND  
EARLY EVENING WITH SOME GUSTS EXCEEDING 60 MPH.  
  
IN ADDITION TO THE WINDS...THE SYSTEM BROUGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY  
RAIN TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEBRASKA. THREE  
CLIMATOLOGICAL STATIONS BROKE THEIR DAILY RAINFALL RECORDS.  
  
HERE IS A LISTING OF THE THREE CLIMATOLOGICAL DAILY RAINFALL  
RECORDS BROKEN TODAY. REPORTS ARE AS OF 830 CDT.  
  
LOCATION           DAILY TOTAL IN INCHES         OLD RECORD  
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NORTH PLATTE                0.91                    0.64  
VALENTINE                   0.90                    0.80  
BROKEN BOW                  1.12                    0.80  
  
HERE IS A LISTING OF HIGH WIND REPORTS FROM THIS AFTERNOON AND  
EVENING AS OF 830 CDT.  
  
LOCATION           MAXIMUM WIND GUST (MPH)  
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AINSWORTH                    61  
VALENTINE                    60  
BROWNLEE                     59 (NEDOR)  
BREWSTER                     59 (NEDOR)  
ONEILL                       58  
12W BIG SPRINGS              57 (NEDOR)  
BROKEN BOW                   56  
IMPERIAL                     55  
29S MERRIMAN                 55 (NEDOR)  
SUTHERLAND                   55 (NEDOR)  
CRESCENT LAKE                55 (RAWS)  
NORTH PLATTE                 54  
NEWPORT                      53 (NEDOR)  
VALENTINE NWR                53 (RAWS)  
WELLFLEET                    51 (NEDOR)  
12SSW OSHKOSH                51 (NEDOR)  
RUSHVILLE                    50 (NEDOR)  
OGALLALA                     49