LBF 20210319 <![CDATA[ NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1055 AM CDT THU MAR 18 2021 ...DROUGHT CONDITIONS HAVE IMPROVED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA... .SYNOPSIS... SINCE THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY...ABUNDANT PRECIPITATION HAD OCCURRED ACROSS ALL OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. A SERIES OF SNOW EVENTS IN FEBRUARY...FOLLOWED BY WIDESPREAD RAIN AND SNOW ON THE WEEKEND OF MARCH 13TH THROUGH THE 14TH BROUGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY PRECIPITATION ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. PRECIPITATION TOTALS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WERE RUNNING 200 TO 300 PERCENT OF NORMAL OVER THE PAST 30 DAYS. .LOCAL AREAS AFFECTED... AS OF MARCH 18TH...ACCORDING TO THE US DROUGHT MONITOR...SEVERE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GRANT...TO WELLFLEET...TO EUSTIS. NORTH OF THIS LINE TO A LINE EXTENDING FROM BRADY TO BIG SPRINGS...TO GORDON...MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING. NORTH AND EAST OF THIS LINE...ABNORMALLY DRY CONDITIONS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE REMAINDER OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .CLIMATE SUMMARY... SUMMARY OF RECENT MONTHLY PRECIPITATION FROM SELECTED STATIONS ACROSS WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...]]> <![CDATA[READ MORE ABOUT THIS NWS DROUGHT STATEMENT AT: https://forecast.weather.gov/product.php?site=HUN&issuedby=LBF&product=DGT]]>