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Flood — Saline, NE

Jun 8, 2015

Several rounds of thunderstorms led to significant river flooding along many river in southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the early part of June. The first episode of heavy rainfall came during the early morning hours on June 4th when thunderstorms lifted north across southeast Nebraska into southwest Iowa to the north of a warm front. Additional thunderstorms moved along this warm front during the morning on the 4th, followed by even heavier and slower moving thunderstorms during the l

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 574558). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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