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 846437). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Phelps County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.