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Flash Flood — Morrill, NE

Jun 14, 2024

Multiple rounds of training thunderstorms produced an extended period of torrential rainfall across Cheyenne and Morrill counties from the mid to late afternoon into the early evening hours on 6/14. Numerous reports were received of rainfall amounts ranging from 3 to 5 inches in a short period of time, resulting in flash flooding of several county roads due to creeks and streams flowing out of their banks and ditches quickly filling up.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1182072). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Morrill, NE

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