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Flash Flood — Thurston, NE

Jun 25, 2018

An upper-level low tracked from the northern Rockies into the mid Missouri Valley in tandem with a surface low that developed slowly east across Nebraska. Multiple waves of thunderstorms moved through eastern Nebraska during the 24th and 25th with isolated occurrences of damaging winds and severe hail, along with heavy rain that resulted in areas of flooding. Hardest hit were Cuming and Platte Counties where rainfall totals of 6.0 to 6.5 were reported.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 771630). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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