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Flash Flood — Harlan, NE

May 26, 2019

A brief, weak, QLCS tornado occurred just southwest of Upland on this Sunday evening. During the early to mid-afternoon hours, thunderstorms over central Kansas combined into a multicell cluster. Between 4 and 5 PM CST, this cluster of storms moved into south central Nebraska to the south and west of Holdrege. From 5 to 7 PM CST, the storm organization increased with a small bow echo forming as the thunderstorm cluster moved east between Interstate 80 and the Kansas state line. Mesovortices deve

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 831116). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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