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Flash Flood — Polk, NE

Jul 7, 2011

For the second consecutive night, thunderstorms were widespread across South Central Nebraska, pushing southeastward across the area mainly between 8 PM CDT Wednesday evening the 6th and 6 AM CDT early Thursday morning the 7th. Severe weather in the form of large hail or damaging winds was not an issue during this event, with only a few reports of sub-severe wind gusts. For most of the 24-county area, overnight rainfall totaled no more than 1-2 inches. However, considerably heavier rain and loca

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 335240). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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