1,090 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nebraska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Heavy rains of 3 to 5 inches caused flash flooding to occur in the McCool Junction and Waco areas of York county. Other thunderstorms that trained across the upper reaches of the Little Blue River caused flash flooding in Phelps and Franklin counties during the late evening…
Read the full account →Rainfall of 4 to 8 inches fell over much of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa over the weekend of May 4th, 5th and 6th, 2007. Besides causing localized flash flooding, the heavy rain also produced areas of prolonged river and creek flooding over the region.
Read the full account →Snow melt combined with several periods of rain brought high water and flooding to the Missouri River from north of Omaha downstream past its confluence with the Platte River south of Omaha.
Read the full account →An unseasonably strong mid and upper level jet combined with high amounts of low level moisture and instability to create a volatile atmosphere across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa late Sunday night and into Monday morning June 30th.
Read the full account →Heavy spring rain, coupled with snow melt from the Rockies, led to high river flows along the South Platte, North Platte, and main stem Platte rivers during the second half of May.
Read the full account →A record rain event in May in eastern Montana combined with high water from storms in April and May, plus snow melt from a much above normal snow pack, all contributed to bring record high water to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs by late Spring.
Read the full account →A record rain event in May in eastern Montana combined with high water from other storms in April and May, plus snow melt from a much above normal snow pack, to bring record high water to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs by late Spring.
Read the full account →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.
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 →Very heavy, and in some cases, record rainfall fell across southeast Nebraska on the evening of the 6th and into the early morning hours of the 7th. This led to flooding on several rivers and creeks across southeast Nebraska on the days to follow.
Read the full account →A warm front that was along the Kansas and Nebraska border early Saturday morning May 5th, lifted north during the day bringing widespread heavy rain and severe weather, including tornadoes, to eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa.
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 →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Low pressure over southeast Nebraska and a warm front extending east sank slowly south during the evening and overnight hours of June 20th. Thunderstorms developed in the Lincoln area during the early evening of 6/20 and remained nearly stationary for a few hours before slowly…
Read the full account →During the second week of September, an upper-level low pressure system formed and became cut off from the mean flow over the Intermountain West. This low slowly migrated from near Las Vegas north to Idaho. Subtropical high pressure remained stationary over the Southern Plains.
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 →A stalled out frontal boundary draped from southern Nebraska into northeastern Colorado served as the focal point for thunderstorms. Thunderstorms initiated over northeastern Colorado and became severe as they tracked east into southwestern Nebraska.
Read the full account →A slow moving upper level storm system crossed Nebraska during the day on August 28th and into the state of Iowa on the 29th. Seasonably deep moisture combined with the slow moving storm system to produce intense rainfall over parts of northeast 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 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 →A fairly significant-but-localized rural flooding event unfolded within north central and northeast portions of Polk County, ramping up during the early morning hours of Tuesday Aug.
Read the full account →A fairly significant-but-localized rural flooding event unfolded within north central and northeast portions of Polk County, ramping up during the early morning hours of Tuesday Aug.
Read the full account →Mild temperatures melted snowcover in a short time period allowing for a sudden runoff into streams and rivers which were still intact with thicker than normal ice. The runoff into the streams and rivers was sufficient to break up the ice.
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