NOAA National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE  
1000 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2008  
  
...ABUNDANT RAINFALL OCCURS ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH  
CENTRAL NEBRASKA...  
  
AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE ENCOUNTERED  
RICH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE...RESULTING IN AREAS OF HEAVY  
RAINFALL TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF WESTERN  
AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OCCURRED ACROSS  
PORTIONS OF LINCOLN AND FRONTIER COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL AND  
SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...CUSTER COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA...AND  
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF BROWN...ROCK...AND HOLT COUNTY IN NORTH  
CENTRAL NEBRASKA.  
  
COMPUTER MODELS ARE FORECASTING ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THURSDAY AND  
THURSDAY NIGHT AND AGAIN FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. A PROLONGED  
PERIOD OF DRY WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.  
  
BELOW IS A COLLECTIVE OF RAINFALL REPORTS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES.  
   
..ASOS/AWOS SITES  
  

LOCATION           COUNTY          RAINFALL (INCHES)  
  
BROKEN BOW         CUSTER         0.28  
ONEILL             HOLT           0.27  
NORTH PLATTE       LINCOLN        0.10  
IMPERIAL           CHASE          0.01  
AINSWORTH          BROWN          0.01  
VALENTINE          CHERRY         TRACE  
   
..COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVERS  
  
LOCATION           COUNTY          RAINFALL (INCHES)  
  
SWAN LAKE          HOLT            1.55  
EUSTIS             FRONTIER        0.78  
STOCKVILLE         FRONTIER        0.51  
CHAMBERS           HOLT            0.49  
CURTIS 3 NNE       FRONTIER        0.46  
MASON CITY         CUSTER          0.37  
LYNCH              BOYD            0.32  
ONEILL             HOLT            0.23  
HAYES CENTER       HAYES           0.19  
IMPERIAL           CHASE           0.19  
ATKINSON 3 SW      HOLT            0.16  
WALLACE 2 W        LINCOLN         0.10  
BUTTE              BOYD            0.07  
AINSWORTH          BROWN           0.05  
MADRID             PERKINS         0.05  
STAPLETON 5 W      LOGAN           0.04  
ERICSON 6 WNW      GARFIELD        0.01  
SPENCER 5 SSE      BOYD            TRACE  
   
..NEBRASKA RAIN NETWORK OBSERVERS  
  
LOCATION           COUNTY          RAINFALL (INCHES)  
  
BARTLETT 9 NW      WHEELER         0.98  
EWING 9 WSW        HOLT            0.85  
CURTIS 6 SE        FRONTIER        0.70  
ELSIE 21 SSE       HAYES           0.70  
AMELIA 14 WSW      HOLT            0.70  
CURTIS 1 W         FRONTIER        0.66  
BARTLETT 9 NNW     FRONTIER        0.59  
ARNOLD             CUSTER          0.57  
MERNA 5 WNW        CUSTER          0.53  
WALLACE 10 S       HAYES           0.51  
BARTLETT 11 E      WHEELER         0.50  
ANSLEY             CUSTER          0.47  
BROKEN BOW 12 S    CUSTER          0.46  
MAYWOOD            LINCOLN         0.44  
EUSTIS 8 SW        FRONTIER        0.40  
BROKEN BOW 2 N     CUSTER          0.28  
ONEILL 2WNW        HOLT            0.27  
ONEILL 1WNW        HOLT            0.26  
NORTH PLATTE 6 NE  LINCOLN         0.26  
NEWPORT 11 S       ROCK            0.25  
ELSIE 14 SE        HAYES           0.24  
HAYES CENTER 5 ENE HAYES           0.21  
ANSELMO 9 NW       CUSTER          0.18  
NORTH PLATTE 2 WNW LINCOLN         0.18  
NORTH PLATTE 1 NNW LINCOLN         0.18  
STAPLETON 4 SSE    LOGAN           0.16  
JOHNSTOWN 4 WSW    BROWN           0.15