Radar estimated precipitation,
12 Z (7 AM CDST) September 21 to 12 Z (7 AM CDST) September 22, 2004
Note the narrow band of heavy
precipitation stretching from near Salina, KS (SLN) to
northwest Iowa near Sioux City
(SUX). Lincoln is LNK and the official airport measurement.
Southeast Lincoln
had rainfall amounts exceeding
2 inches with the official airport measurement of 1.39 inches, which was
a new record daily precipitation
amount for the date.
| EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA
:TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION STATIONS :................................................... : STATION MAX / MIN / 24-HR / : NAME TEMP/ TEMP / PRECIP / :.................................................... Precipitation amounts are in inches:
BVN : ALBION AIRPORT :
72 / 54 / 0.02
|
Note how the thunderstorms keep passing over the same narrow region
from Beatrice (BIE) to
near Sioux City (SUX). This phenomenon of thunderstorms repeatedly
passing over the same location is
often referred to as "training" i.e. similar to a train of cars
passing down a track. The blue area on
the radar image in Wyoming and Colorado is SNOW!
Southeast Lincoln.
Southeast Lincoln
Mid-town Lincoln with rush hour traffic slowed by the heavy rainfall.
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