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Nebraska Flood Stories

1,090 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nebraska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flash Flood$10K damage

Custer, NE · Jul 10, 2020

Two primary supercells moved southeast from Cherry County and vicinity toward Custer County during the late morning and afternoon. An additional round of storms consisting of a linear system and a supercell moved through north central Nebraska later in the evening.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Custer, NE · Jul 10, 2020

Two primary supercells moved southeast from Cherry County and vicinity toward Custer County during the late morning and afternoon. An additional round of storms consisting of a linear system and a supercell moved through north central Nebraska later in the evening.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Custer, NE · Jul 10, 2020

Two primary supercells moved southeast from Cherry County and vicinity toward Custer County during the late morning and afternoon. An additional round of storms consisting of a linear system and a supercell moved through north central Nebraska later in the evening.

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Thayer, NE · Jun 19, 2018

This was an active Tuesday afternoon and evening of thunderstorms across much of South Central Nebraska, although all verified severe weather concentrated within counties south of Interstate 80.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Knox, NE · Aug 15, 2017

Heavy rainfall fell on August 15th-16th The heaviest rains were focused over western Butler and Polk counties. A cooperative weather observer in David City measured 6.01 inches of rain for this event.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Antelope, NE · Aug 15, 2017

Heavy rainfall fell on August 15th-16th The heaviest rains were focused over western Butler and Polk counties. A cooperative weather observer in David City measured 6.01 inches of rain for this event.

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Flood$3.0M damage

Douglas, NE · Jun 1, 2011

A record rain event in May in eastern Montana combined with high water from storms in April and May (and early spring snow melt) and brought high water to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs.

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Flash Flood$125K damage

Adams, NE · Jun 4, 2015

For the third consecutive night, this time from the evening of Thursday the 4th into the early morning of Friday the 5th, several rounds of thunderstorms rumbled across much of the 24-county South Central Nebraska area.

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Flood$125K damage

Richardson, NE · Jun 4, 2015

Several rounds of thunderstorms led to significant river flooding along many river in southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the early part of June.

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Flood$125K damage

Adams, NE · Jun 5, 2015

For the third consecutive night, this time from the evening of Thursday the 4th into the early morning of Friday the 5th, several rounds of thunderstorms rumbled across much of the 24-county South Central Nebraska area.

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Flash Flood

Nuckolls, NE · Jun 14, 2019

For mainly southeastern portions of South Central Nebraska (mainly southeast of a York-Red Cloud line), this was an active Friday evening and early Saturday morning of thunderstorms.

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Flash Flood$25K damage

Hitchcock, NE · May 17, 2021

During the afternoon and into the evening, a line of strong thunderstorms developed in northwest Kansas and moved slowly north across parts of extreme southwest Nebraska where it dissipated.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Furnas, NE · Aug 16, 2015

This Sunday afternoon and evening featured a rather localized-but-significant flooding event within primarily central and northeast portions of Furnas County, including the community of Edison, which was ground zero for flooding rains and also a brief bout of severe wind gusts…

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Thayer, NE · Sep 2, 2018

A mesoscale convective system produced pockets of high winds and wind damage just after midnight on this Saturday morning. During the evening hours of Friday, scattered small clusters of multi-cell thunderstorms occurred over southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Nuckolls, NE · Sep 2, 2018

A mesoscale convective system produced pockets of high winds and wind damage just after midnight on this Saturday morning. During the evening hours of Friday, scattered small clusters of multi-cell thunderstorms occurred over southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Clay, NE · Sep 2, 2018

A mesoscale convective system produced pockets of high winds and wind damage just after midnight on this Saturday morning. During the evening hours of Friday, scattered small clusters of multi-cell thunderstorms occurred over southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Fillmore, NE · Sep 2, 2018

A mesoscale convective system produced pockets of high winds and wind damage just after midnight on this Saturday morning. During the evening hours of Friday, scattered small clusters of multi-cell thunderstorms occurred over southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

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Flood$100K damage

Saline, NE · Jun 8, 2015

Several rounds of thunderstorms led to significant river flooding along many river in southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the early part of June.

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Flood$100K damage

Gage, NE · Jun 4, 2015

Several rounds of thunderstorms led to significant river flooding along many river in southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the early part of June.

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Flood$100K damage

Seward, NE · Jun 5, 2015

Several rounds of thunderstorms led to significant river flooding along many river in southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the early part of June.

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Flood$100K damage

Saline, NE · Jun 4, 2015

Several rounds of thunderstorms led to significant river flooding along many river in southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the early part of June.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

Cedar, NE · Jun 17, 2014

The warm front that was responsible for the significant tornadoes on the afternoon of the 16th, lifted slightly north on the 17th into far northeast Nebraska.

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Flash Flood$200K damage

York, NE · May 11, 2014

Multiple thunderstorms formed along and southeast of a line from Red Cloud to York on this Sunday afternoon. However, most of the severe weather was produced by a single supercell.

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Flood$4.0M damage

Antelope, NE · Jun 13, 2010

An upper level trough over the western U.S. pushed a cold front into central Nebraska during the overnight hours of June 11th and 12th. This system brought scattered heavy-rain producing thunderstorms to eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

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