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<br />FLOOD HAZARD MITIGATION STUDY <br />PLATTE CENTER, NEBRASKA <br /> <br />RAINFALL DATA <br /> <br />The Department of Agricultural Meteorology of the University of <br /> <br /> <br />Nebraska at Lincoln operates a recording weather station at Tarnov. <br /> <br /> <br />Tarnov is located near the ~enter of Elm Creek Yatershed. <br /> <br /> <br />Additionally, the National Weather Service operates a recording rain <br /> <br /> <br />gage at Creston. Creston is about 7 miles northea~t of the watershed. <br /> <br /> <br />The two station records are consistent, both in :~torm totals and in <br /> <br /> <br />the hourly rainfall distribution. The hourly rainfall amounts for <br /> <br /> <br />those two stations are listed as follows: <br /> <br />DATE <br /> <br />,TIME TARNOV RAIN (in. ) CRESTON RAIN (in. ) <br />2100 0,00 0.00 <br />2200 0,91 1.10 <br />2300 1.10 1.10 <br />2400 0.00 0.00 <br />0100 0.08 0.00 <br />0200 0.04 0.10 <br />0300 0.04 0.00 ,I <br />0400 0,04 0.00 . <br />0500 0.04 . 0.10 <br />0600 0.00 0.20 <br />0700 0.00 0.00 <br /> <br />14 Jun 90 <br /> <br />15 Jun 90 <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />.' <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />From the rainfall record, it is evident that the period of rain <br /> <br /> <br />that caused the flooding in Platte Center occurred between 2100 and <br /> <br />~300 on 14 June. <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />B-1 <br />