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Flash Flood — Thayer, NE

Jun 19, 2018

This was an active Tuesday afternoon and evening of thunderstorms across much of South Central Nebraska, although all verified severe weather concentrated within counties south of Interstate 80. There were several reports of large hail (up to baseball size), damaging winds (up to around 70 MPH), a few pockets of very heavy rainfall into mainly the 3-5 range, and one brief EF-0 tornado. This tornado, which exhibited multi-vortex structure along its short path, was caught on video by a storm chase

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 761543). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Thayer, NE

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