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Flash Flood — Gage, NE

Apr 25, 2008

An area of thunderstorms, including a few supercells, developed along a cold front that was pushing into eastern Nebraska and also along a weak warm front that extended just ahead of the cold front. The storms were fed by a very strong low level jet that increased in intensity and helped create the wind shear favorable for the supercells, including one which produced a short-lived tornado in Johnson, Nebraska. The storms also produced a small area of very heavy rain. Virginia in Gage county r

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 84860). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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