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Flash Flood — Buffalo, NE

Jul 22, 2022

A slow-moving cluster of strong to severe thunderstorms rumbled along a path from the northwestern corner of Buffalo County to northwestern Adams County between the evening of Friday the 22nd into the very early morning of Saturday the 23rd, yielding a few reports of marginally-severe hail and winds, along with heavy rain and localized flooding. Isolated thunderstorms started developing around 8 PM CDT near the northern edge of the Dawson-Buffalo County line. Over the next few hours, activity gr

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1046711). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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