Kimball County received more rain in the last week than it had all the previous weeks of the year combined and saw westbound Interstate 80 closed for a couple hours last Friday night.
Although no official records are kept for Kimball, Rob Cox of the National Weather Service in Cheyenne reported that the area received just over 2 inches of rain last week.
Cox said that Cheyenne is about normal in terms of overall precipitation for this time of the year, while Sidney is about 2 inches above normal.
The National Weather Service received reports of one inch of hail in Kimball last Wednesday, April...