With showers continuing Friday morning, the Hays region received another dose of much-needed precipitation overnight.

Early reports range from 0.05 inches near Ellis to 0.37 inches in the northwest portion of Ellis County. Most of Hays received accumulation of approximately 0.05 inches.

Surrounding counties all received rainfall in the quarter-inch range.

May has been beneficial for the drought-stricken region, with about 4.5 inches of the 6.5 received in all of 2015 falling this month.
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The heaviest rain fell overnight in southern Kansas, with reports from Ford, Gray, Meade and Clark counties adding up to about an inch. Seward County reported the heaviest rain overnight — 1.4 inches.

Rain is expected to continue Friday, with thunderstorms possible tonight and early Saturday morning. Ellis County has a chance of rain and storms through the long Memorial Day weekend.

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