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Flash Flood — Furnas, NE

Jul 8, 2019

Excessive rainfall, flash flooding, and severe winds occurred on this Monday afternoon and evening. Widely scattered thunderstorms began forming around 1 PM CST along and west of Highway 183. By 2 PM CST, a persistent line segment of thunderstorms began affecting western Dawson county. Over the following four hours, this southwest-northeast oriented line slowly crept east across Dawson county into western Buffalo county, with its southwest end moving from Gosper county into Phelps county. A down

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 846434). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Furnas, NE

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