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Flash Flood — Buffalo, NE

May 23, 2008

Large upper level trough over the western U.S. continued to eject energy out over the Central Plains, with a surface low remaining anchored over eastern Colorado with a stationary boundary draped east through the region. Storms once again initially developed during the early afternoon near the dry line over western Kansas and drifted east; with the increase of the low level jet helping storms which had developed along the stationary front continue on well into the late evening hours. It was an

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 130174). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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