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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$240K damage

Washington, NE · Jul 5, 1998

Heavy rain from thunderstorms produced flash flooding. Sewer systems in the Fremont area backed up into basements of homes causing damage. York Creek near Herman and Bell Creek just east of Arlington overflowed their banks. Some homes east of Arlington had to be evacuated.

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Flood$300K damage

Custer, NE · Jun 11, 2010

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…

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Flash Flood$15K damage

Boyd, NE · May 9, 2016

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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Flash Flood$25K damage

Clay, NE · May 3, 2012

Multiple severe thunderstorms produced large hail up to softball size, localized flooding rains and one EF1 tornado between the evening of Wednesday the 2nd and early morning hours of Thursday the 3rd.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Frontier, NE · May 23, 2008

A low pressure center that stalled over northeast Colorado and the associated warm front across northern Kansas resulted in showers and thunderstorms into southwest Nebraska May 23, 2008.

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Flood$50K damage

Cass, NE · Aug 1, 2011

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.

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Flood$50K damage

Knox, NE · Aug 1, 2011

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.

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Flood$50K damage

Cass, NE · Sep 1, 2011

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.

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Flood$50K damage

Nemaha, NE · Sep 1, 2011

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.

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Flood$50K damage

Richardson, NE · Sep 1, 2011

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.

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Flood$50K damage

Phelps, NE · May 24, 2011

For western and southern portions of South Central Nebraska, the time frame from the early morning hours of Tuesday the 24th through the day on Wednesday the 25th ended up being the overall rainiest 36-hour period of the spring.

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Flood$50K damage

Harlan, NE · May 24, 2011

For western and southern portions of South Central Nebraska, the time frame from the early morning hours of Tuesday the 24th through the day on Wednesday the 25th ended up being the overall rainiest 36-hour period of the spring.

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Flood$50K damage

Burt, NE · Jul 1, 2011

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.

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Flood$50K damage

Richardson, NE · Aug 1, 2011

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.

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Flood$50K damage

Cass, NE · Jul 1, 2011

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.

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Flood$50K damage

Knox, NE · Jul 1, 2011

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.

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Flood$50K damage

Franklin, NE · Aug 30, 2011

Although severe weather in the form of hail or damaging winds was not an issue, thunderstorms, some producing flooding rains, were widespread across South Central Nebraska between the evening of Monday the 29th and pre-dawn hours of Tuesday the 30th.

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Flood$50K damage

Sarpy, 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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Flood$50K damage

Richardson, 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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Flood$50K damage

Otoe, NE · Sep 1, 2011

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.

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Flood

Saline, NE · May 12, 2014

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.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

York, NE · Jul 3, 2000

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…

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Phelps, NE · Jul 3, 2000

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…

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Adams, NE · Jun 19, 2000

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…

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