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RECORD EVENT REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
206 AM CDT WED APR 25 2007


...THE ALL TIME 24 HOUR RAINFALL RECORD BROKEN FOR APRIL AT
LINCOLN...

...DAILY MAXIMUM RAINFALL RECORD SET AT OMAHA...LINCOLN AND
NORFOLK...

THE 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FOR LINCOLN FOR APRIL 24 WAS 2.60 INCHES.
THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RAINFALL RECORD FOR APRIL 24 OF 0.92
INCHES SET BACK INTO 1965. IN ADDITION...THE 2.60 INCHES OF RAIN
RECORDED AT LINCOLN BREAKS THE ALL TIME MONTHLY 24 HOUR RAINFALL
TOTAL FOR APRIL. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS 2.34 INCHES SET BACK ON
APRIL 28 1974. FINALLY...THIS IS THE EARLIEST IN THE YEAR FOR
THIS MAGNITUDE OF RAINFALL EVER FOR LINCOLN. THE PREVIOUS RECORD WAS
2.76 INCHES ON MAY 13 1976.

THE 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL RECORDED AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD IN OMAHA FOR
APRIL 24 WAS 1.72 INCHES. THIS BREAKS THE PREVIOUS DAILY RAINFALL
RECORD FOR APRIL 24 OF 1.60 INCHES SET BACK INTO 1893.

THE 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FOR NORFOLK FOR APRIL 24 WAS 2.12
INCHES. THIS BREAK THE PREVIOUS DAILY RAINFALL RECORD FOR APRIL 24
OF 1.25 INCHES SET BACK IN 1944.


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