Apr 26, 2016
Tuesday the 26th featured the first fairly widespread severe weather event of the year within South Central Nebraska, along with a few narrow-but-intense corridors of heavy rainfall resulting in flooding and flash flooding. The majority of severe storms concentrated within the southeast quadrant of the area (especially Nuckolls, Thayer and Clay counties), although a secondary zone of severe weather and heavy rainfall also flared up in western counties such as Harlan, Phelps, eastern Dawson and w
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 631679). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Thayer County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.