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Flash Flood — Johnson, NE

Jun 4, 2015

A very moist and unstable atmosphere developed over eastern Nebraska on June 4th as southerly winds brought rich gulf moisture northward into the region. This moisture interacted with a frontal boundary across southern Nebraska and produced several rounds of heavy thunderstorms with the first in the morning, and then again in the late afternoon and evening. The heavy rainfall produced flash flooding in many of the same areas that saw flash flooding in May. The far majority of the thunderstorms w

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 570002). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Johnson, NE

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