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Flash Flood — Webster, NE

May 18, 2025

Two separate rounds of severe weather impacted south central Nebraska on this day and brought a variety of severe weather.||The first round of thunderstorms produced a combination of wind and hail along with the first flooding rains of the season. The flooding rain was thanks to a combination of the slow movement and the intense rainfall rates over the same area. Though there was plenty of water to go around, the flooding was largely confined to Nuckolls and Webster where several county roads s

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1270384). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Webster, NE

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