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NEZ061-051530-

RECORD EVENT REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
101 AM CST SUN FEB 5 2012

...NEW 24-HOUR PRECIPITATION RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 4TH AT KEARNEY...
...NEW 24-HOUR SNOWFALL RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 4TH AT KEARNEY NEBRASKA...

FOR THE 24-HOUR PERIOD ENDING AROUND 9AM FEBRUARY 4TH...THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER AT KEARNEY REGIONAL AIRPORT 
MEASURED 0.89 INCHES OF LIQUID PRECIPITATION FROM A COMBINATION OF
RAIN AND SNOW...AND 7.0 INCHES OF SNOW. BOTH OF THESE AMOUNTS WERE
NEW RECORDS FOR FEBRUARY 4TH. THE PRECIPITATION TOTAL OF 0.89
INCHES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD FOR FEBRUARY 4TH OF 0.65 INCHES
SET IN 1955. THE SNOWFALL OF 7.0 INCHES BROKE THE PREVIOUS RECORD
OF 6.5 INCHES...ALSO SET IN 1955. 

ALL RECORDS FOR KEARNEY ARE BASED ON THE DAILY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER REPORT. ALTHOUGH THE AUTOMATED WEATHER SENSOR AT THE
AIRPORT IS USED FOR VARIOUS DAILY AND MONTHLY CLIMATOLOGICAL
REPORTS...THE OFFICIAL SOURCE OF RECORD DATA IS THE REPORT OF THE
NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVER. 

&&

THESE DATA ARE PRELIMINARY AND HAVE NOT UNDERGONE FINAL QUALITY
CONTROL BY THE NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER /NCDC/.  THEREFORE...
THESE DATA ARE SUBJECT TO REVISION.  FINAL AND CERTIFIED CLIMATE DATA
CAN BE ACCESSED AT WWW.NCDC.NOAA.GOV.

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