Jun 1, 2015
Through all but the final few days of June, an unusually long-lasting, roughly six-week period of generally minor flooding continued along the Platte River in South Central Nebraska, impacting local areas from Gothenburg downstream to near Grand Island. This flooding event got underway during the May 15th-20th time frame, initially spurred by a combination of heavy rainfall over upstream portions of northeast Colorado and the southern Nebraska Panhandle, coincident with above normal Rocky Mounta
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 577248). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Dawson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.