Aug 22, 2021
Between the late afternoon of Sunday the 22nd and sunrise on Monday the 23rd, primarily some southern-southwestern counties in South Central Nebraska (along with briefly a few northwestern ones) endured an active episode of strong to severe thunderstorms. Within the hardest-hit southern counties (mainly Furnas/Harlan/Franklin) there were several instances of not only severe-criteria wind/hail but also narrow swaths of very heavy rain and localized flash flooding...resulting from the highest offi
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 981606). 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.