May 27, 2016
Isolated flash flooding occurred on this Friday afternoon and evening, along with some marginally severe hail in a couple spots. Between 3 and 5 p.m. CST, numerous small, mostly single-cell thunderstorms developed over south central Nebraska, primarily south-to-north along Highway 81. Between 4:30 and 4:40 p.m. CST, hail as large as 1 inch in diameter occurred in a couple locations in and around the town of Bruning, which is in Thayer County. Nickel size hail also occurred nearby in Hardy, which
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 631884). 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.