1,090 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nebraska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Several storms produced prolific amounts of hail on this Wednesday. Thunderstorm activity was continuous, in some shape or form, from late morning all the way through midnight.
Read the full account →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 →This late Monday evening the 25th into early Tuesday morning the 26th featured one of the most noteworthy, albeit very-localized heavy rain and flooding events of summer 2014 within South Central Nebraska, with the greatest concentration of 3+ inch amounts centered directly over…
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 →Waves of rain and embedded thunderstorms progressed through South Central Nebraska during this Tuesday, followed by additional thunderstorms in the late afternoon and early evening.
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 →Thunderstorms developed in central Cherry County and moved southeast producing large hail, heavy rain, and gusty winds. Other thunderstorms developed in the southeast Nebraska Panhandle and southwest that also produced large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rain.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front moving slowly southeast across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa. Supercell thunderstorms produced hail as large as 4 inches in diameter in Butler County, and thunderstorm winds as high 80 mph near Wymore,NE.
Read the full account →A stationary front over Kansas started lifting north on June 4th as an unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system was organizing over the central Rockies.
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 →After weeks of little or no rain, thunderstorms unleashed a torrent of rain, hail and high winds across much of south-central Nebraska. The thunderstorms developed west and north of Kearney and moved east and southeast throughout the evening.Early in the evening, severe…
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms with hail and torrential rainfall hammered a section of south-central Nebraska. Though there were some reports of large hail, flash flooding and river flooding caused the most disruption. U. S.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms with hail and torrential rainfall hammered a section of south-central Nebraska. Though there were some reports of large hail, flash flooding and river flooding caused the most disruption. U. S.
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 →A stationary front over Kansas started lifting north on June 4th as an unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system was organizing over the central Rockies.
Read the full account →A stationary front over Kansas started lifting north on June 4th as an unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system was organizing over the central Rockies.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon hours, a nearly stationary, east-to-west surface boundary was anchored near the Nebraska and Kansas state line. With a large mid-level trough poised to the west across the Central Rockies, the environment was at least somewhat supportive of isolated…
Read the full account →A prolonged period flooding occurred along the Missouri River due to snow melt which was aggravated by several periods of rain. Although the flooding only lasted for a few days near and north of Omaha, it persisted for over a week downstream of the Missouri's confluence with…
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 →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 →A highly unusual, albeit minor and fairly low-impact episode of Platte River flooding that began in South Central Nebraska in late September continued into the first few days of October before river levels commenced a steadier drop.
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.
Read the full account →An upper level trough of low pressure, located over the Nebraska Panhandle migrated east during the late afternoon hours of May 9th. As this feature approached a surface trough of low pressure, thunderstorms developed and quickly became severe.
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