Today is forecast to be Much Cooler than yesterday.
Nowcast as of 5:33 am CDT on October 14, 2008
Now
Light to occasional moderate rain will affect southeast Kansas through at least the mid-morning hours. Rainfall rates will remain less than fifteen-hundredths of an inch per hour.
Cloudy. A chance of showers in the evening...then occasional showers after midnight. Lows in the mid 50s. East winds 5 to 10 mph becoming south after midnight. Chance of rain 70 percent.
Wednesday
Mostly cloudy. Occasional showers in the morning... then a chance of showers in the afternoon. Highs near 60. West winds around 10 mph becoming northwest in the afternoon. Chance of rain 80 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Record Report
Statement as of 1:35 am CDT on October 14, 2008
... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Salina Kansas...
a record rainfall of 1.41 inches was set at Salina yesterday. This breaks the old record of 1.33 set in 1956.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 6:01 am CDT on October 14, 2008
... On this date in weather history...
In 1981... 4 days of heavy rain in northern Texas and southern Oklahoma came to an end. The heaviest rain fell in a band from southwest of Abilene Texas to McAlester Oklahoma... with up to 26 inches reported north of Gainesville... in north central Texas. The heavy rainfall was from the decaying Hurricane Norma... which also spawned 13 tornadoes across the region. The flooding that resulted was blamed for 7 fatalities.
