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Flood — Platte, NE

Jun 26, 2025

From the afternoon of June 25th into the morning of June 26th, continuous thunderstorms occurred in eastern Nebraska along a stalled surface trough/boundary stretching from northwest Iowa into northwest Kansas. Thunderstorm development was also aided by low level moisture transport and a passing mid-level disturbance. ||With storm motion largely parallel to the boundary, many locations saw repeated rounds of heavy rainfall with totals of 4 to locally 7+ inches. This led to flooding in portions o

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1277114). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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