1,090 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nebraska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
During the late morning and into the afternoon a series of slow moving thunderstorms moved across Southwest Nebraska. Large hail up to quarter size was reported southeast of McCook and Northwest of Herndon, KS.
Read the full account →One long-tracked supercell thunderstorm, and several other shorter-lived storms spawned tornadoes across eastern Nebraska during the late afternoon and evening hours of May 11th.
Read the full account →One long-tracked supercell thunderstorm, and several other shorter-lived storms spawned tornadoes across eastern Nebraska during the late afternoon and evening hours of May 11th.
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, 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 →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 →Above normal precipitation occurred across most of the region during the month of August. A particularly wet period occurred at the end of the month though as two days of repeated heavy rainfall led to river flooding across parts of eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
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 →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 →A semi stationary front across the plains over a three day period remained the focus for thunderstorm development on June 11th. The thunderstorms developed initially on the high plains and spread east and intensified producing several large hail events and an isolated tornado in…
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 →Excessive rainfall and runoff in Thayer, Fillmore and Buffalo counties from thunderstorms led to some extensive flooding. In Thayer County, 3 to 8 inches of rain fell in just a few hours causing flash flooding in the Big Sandy Creek basin.
Read the full account →A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the late afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from near Elwood to north of York. Two tornadoes caused damage in the city of Kearney and one occurred just to the south of town.
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 warm front lifted northeast into eastern Nebraska during the morning hours of June 10th. This brought scattered heavy rain producing thunderstorms to the region.
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 →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 →Thunderstorms kept rolling over the same area of York and Fillmore counties during the evening. This brought 4 to 7 inches of rain with one location reporting over 8 inches. Numerous county roads and the streets of downtown Geneva quickly became flooded.
Read the full account →A wild afternoon and early evening of high winds, hail, flooding and even a brief tornado was had over south central Nebraska. The tornado occurred on the east side of Hastings.
Read the full account →A wild afternoon and early evening of high winds, hail, flooding and even a brief tornado was had over south central Nebraska. The tornado occurred on the east side of Hastings.
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 →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 surface cold front moving in from the northwest stalled out over the Central Plains, providing a focus for thunderstorm development across south central Nebraska.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall from repeated thunderstorms in late September caused a number of rivers in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa to go into flood. Much of the flooding was minor, but flooding along the Salt Creek and associated tributaries was more significant and in some locations…
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