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Flash Flood — Hamilton, NE

Aug 16, 2017

Between the afternoon of Tuesday the 15th and the morning of Wednesday the 16th, roughly the northern half of this 24-county South Central Nebraska area saw its most significant heavy rain and localized flooding event of 2017, along with a smattering of severe storms (including one that pounded the Fullerton area with tennis ball to baseball size hail). Focusing first on the heavy rain and flooding, most areas north of a line from Kearney-Hastings-York measured at least 2-4 per NWS observers/CoC

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 719454). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Hamilton, NE

This event is one of many recorded floods in Hamilton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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