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Flash Flood — Wayne, NE

Jun 30, 2014

An unseasonably strong mid and upper level jet combined with high amounts of low level moisture and instability to create a volatile atmosphere across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa late Sunday night and into Monday morning June 30th. Thunderstorms developed on the nose of the low-level jet and quickly became severe. Isolated to scattered supercells moved across northeast Nebraska and western Iowa through late morning before exiting into central Iowa.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 530702). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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