Lincoln, NE breaks 110-year-old record for rain in May; precipitation total likely to grow

[Omaha Steve]

DAVID HENDEE/THE WORLD-HERALD
A vehicle plows through water at Second and D Streets on May 7 as people in the South Bottoms neighborhood considering evacuating after torrential rains Wednesday night caused flooding in southeast Nebraska.

POSTED: TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015 5:00 PM
By Nancy Gaarder / World-Herald staff writer

A wet month has pushed Lincoln to record levels for rain in May.

The smattering of rain that Lincoln received Tuesday took it past the 10.72-inch record for May precipitation set in 1905, according to the National Weather Service. By Tuesday evening, Lincoln had received 10.82 inches. The month ends Sunday, and with more rain in the forecast, the record is likely to grow.

Josh Boustead, meteorologist for the National Weather Service, said Lincoln’s record-setting month is a direct result of the whopping 3.77 inches of rain it received on May 7. It’s also an indirect result of the weather patterns that have flooded Oklahoma and Texas. Historic rains there have left several dozen people dead or missing.

Abundant moisture streaming out of the Gulf of Mexico is fueling the intense rains, and floods have followed in several areas. While the persistent rains that have swamped the Southern Plains haven’t occurred this far north, more localized systems have spun into this region. The latest area to see flooding is northern Missouri, where dozens of rural roads remained closed Tuesday.

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[rurallib]

1. what used to be "once in 500 years" rainfalls

now seem to happen daily in the US.
Followed by weeks, maybe months of droughts.

Nothing to see here though. Gawd has a plan.