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Flash Flood — Stanton, NE

Jun 20, 2010

Low pressure over southeast Nebraska and a warm front extending east sank slowly south during the evening and overnight hours of June 20th. Thunderstorms developed in the Lincoln area during the early evening of 6/20 and remained nearly stationary for a few hours before slowly building east. Another area of storms that developed southwest of Lincoln merged with the cells near Lincoln and pushed through southeast Nebraska by late evening. Additional storms that developed early in the evening i

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 232604). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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