Aug 30, 2011
Although severe weather in the form of hail or damaging winds was not an issue, thunderstorms, some producing flooding rains, were widespread across South Central Nebraska between the evening of Monday the 29th and pre-dawn hours of Tuesday the 30th. By far the heaviest rainfall targeted southern counties, generally between the Highway 6 corridor and the Kansas border, with amounts of 1.50 to 2.50 inches common. A narrow zone tallied even higher amounts of at least 3-4 inches, including parts of
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 342082). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Franklin County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.