1,090 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nebraska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A record rain event in May in eastern Montana, other storms in April and May, and snow melt all combined to bring record high water to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs.
Read the full account →An upper level storm system moved across the high plains during the afternoon of Tuesday June 3rd, and then across the mid Missouri River valley Tuesday night.
Read the full account →Although ground-truth reports of severe-criteria hail and wind emanated from only seven counties mainly within northern and central portions of South Central Nebraska on this Friday, the coverage of non-severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rain became rather widespread across…
Read the full account →Although ground-truth reports of severe-criteria hail and wind emanated from only seven counties mainly within northern and central portions of South Central Nebraska on this Friday, the coverage of non-severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rain became rather widespread across…
Read the full account →Although it was not the only ice jam-related flooding of the winter along the Platte River in the Hall County area, the generally minor flooding that occurred between Friday the 3rd and Monday the 6th was likely the most persistent and noticeable round of the season.
Read the full account →Two heavy rainfall events occurred on the 6th and 7th of the month. No flash flood warnings were issued however significant river flooding occurred along the N.F. Elkhorn River, Wahoo Creek and the Missouri River. Of these rivers the flooding was most significant along the N.F.
Read the full account →A large area of western Kimball County received in excess of 5 inches of rain in less than 5 hours, with the remainder of the county and western Cheyenne County averaging more than 2 inches. The maximum rainfall reported was 7. 5 inches in the southwest corner of the county.
Read the full account →Though well predicted, the severe weather and flooding on the night of May 11 was even worse than imagined. Thunderstorms ravaged a large part of south central Nebraska with hail, high winds, a tornado and catastrophic flooding.During evening and early morning hours, 4 to 12…
Read the full account →Though well predicted, the severe weather and flooding on the night of May 11 was even worse than imagined. Thunderstorms ravaged a large part of south central Nebraska with hail, high winds, a tornado and catastrophic flooding.During evening and early morning hours, 4 to 12…
Read the full account →Though well predicted, the severe weather and flooding on the night of May 11 was even worse than imagined. Thunderstorms ravaged a large part of south central Nebraska with hail, high winds, a tornado and catastrophic flooding.During evening and early morning hours, 4 to 12…
Read the full account →Multiple rounds of severe thunderstorms, mainly producing damaging winds and torrential rainfall, made for a very active Friday evening and early Saturday morning across much of South Central Nebraska.
Read the full account →During a June that featured a below-average quantity of severe weather within South Central Nebraska, this late Friday afternoon-night episode ended up being the most widespread round of the month.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced mostly hail along with a little wind damage, and excessive rainfall on this Tuesday afternoon and evening. The first thunderstorms began forming just after 3 pm and were part of a broken line of isolated storms that extended from O'neill south to near…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms erupted during the evening in south-central Nebraska. One storm near Aurora produced very large hail. One stone measured by an NWS Storm Survey team was determined to be the largest sized stone to fall in the United States.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →A warm front lifted north across the region during the afternoon and evening of May 29th followed by a weak cool front passage later that night.
Read the full account →Historical rains fell across the front range of the Colorado Rocky Mountains September 9th-15th. These rains, which totaled over the yearly average across this area which totaled up to 17 inches in places fell largely within the South Platte River basin.
Read the full account →A strong upper level system over the southern Rockies lifted northeast across the plains causing an intense surface low pressure system and attendant warm front to lift into Nebraska.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable atmosphere developed over eastern Nebraska on June 4th as southerly winds brought rich gulf moisture northward into the region.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable atmosphere developed over eastern Nebraska on June 4th as southerly winds brought rich gulf moisture northward into the region.
Read the full account →A very moist and unstable atmosphere developed over eastern Nebraska on June 4th as southerly winds brought rich gulf moisture northward into the region.
Read the full account →A storm system moving through the central plains allowed for low pressure to develop over the high Plains, and a warm front to lift north into the northern Plains.
Read the full account →Heavy rain of 6 to 10 inches caused flash flooding of lowlands and creeks in northern and eastern Dakota County. Roads were closed by the flooding with damage occurring to some roads. Several motorists were stranded and had to be rescued during the early morning hours.
Read the full account →Several days of temperatures above freezing caused snow to melt and ice to break up on Ponca Creek and Keya Paha River in northcentral Nebraska. The extra runoff from snowmelt combined with ice jams along the waterways caused flooding from Bristow east to the Boyd County line.
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