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