Jun 4, 2008
A stationary front over Kansas started lifting north on June 4th as an unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system was organizing over the central Rockies. This allowed very warm and unstable air to feed north into southern Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the afternoon on the 4th. Severe thunderstorms that developed by early afternoon on June 4 over central Nebraska quickly spread and developed into eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa through evening. A few tornadic producing super
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 113559). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Lancaster County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.