The KBRX area received some much-needed moisture late Wednesday night and early Thursday, May 14 & 15, 2025. Unfortunately, before the rain came, there was lightning that started several fires in southern Holt County in the Chambers area and also in northern Wheeler County. The fires are all under control.
Here are rainfall reports called in to KBRX on Thursday morning, May 15, 2025:
KBRX Studios in O’Neill 1.72″
Roger Brink in west Atkinson 2″
Gary Nachtman, 8 miles southwest of Chambers 4.1″
The Wrights, 1 1/4 mile west of Ewing 0.53″
Kathy VanEvery at Page 1.90″
Scott Schultz, 11 miles north & 5 1/2 west of O’Neill 1.65″
Mike Denker, 14 miles southwest of Wagner, SD 1″
Tom Sojka, 20 miles northwest of O’Neill 1.60″
Neil Tompkins, 4 miles southeast of Inman 3″
Chris Dierks, northeast Wheeler County 0.47″
Jess Wedige, North 2nd Street in O’Neill near NPPD, 1.75″
The Kamphaus’, 15 miles south of O’Neill 1.80″
Jordan Anderson at Emmet 2.50″
Duffy Burrell, 7 miles southwest of Chambers 4.45″ & some hail
Kenneth Klabenes, 1/2 mile northeast of Chambers 2.19″
Darrell Beran, Tabor, SD 0.41″
Jerry Homolka, 10 miles southwest of Chambers 4.80″ and some hail
John Havranek, Avon, SD 1.20″
Lorri Schmitz, Bonesteel, SD 1.50″
Doc Owens, 2 miles east of O’Neill 1.50″
Adam Flannery at Atkinson 1.99″
The Dicke Ranch, 18 miles south of Ewing 0.50″
Frank Lechtenberg, 3 miles east of Butte 2.30″
Great Western Gas, 1 mile north of O’Neill 1.75″
Doug Beed, 3 miles west of Chambers 3″ and some hail, also lost power and limbs were down
Dale Jackson on East Everett Street in O’Neill 1.75″
Delores Ruzicka at Verdigre 1.60″
Steve Reiser at Pickstown, SD 1.10″
The Van Houtens, 1/2 mile north of Anoka 1.81″
Grant Graff in downtown Spencer 2″
The Kaup Ranch, 13 miles south of Stuart 1.30″
Joe Kopecky, 3 1/2 miles east of Atkinson 2″
Roger Vech 5 miles NW of Verdigre 1.10″
Dennis Derner, northeast of Bartlett 0.48″
Stout Family Ranch, 24 miles southwest of Newport 1.90″
Todd Hoffman, 6 miles east of Fairfax 1.58″
Lower Niobrara NRD Office in Butte 1.95:
5 Miles south of Amelia 3.20″ and some small hail
Tom Schaaf, 5 miles east of Spencer Dam 2.60″
Marcus Skopec, downtown Atkinson 3.60″
