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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.

Flood

Sarpy, NE · Jun 23, 2024

A series of shortwave troughs traversing the northern CONUS brought unsettled weather to the area for the end of June. On the 21st, a stationary front was draped across northeast Nebraska into Iowa.

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Flood

Butler, NE · Sep 11, 2014

A generally wet period with repeated thunderstorms from August into early September led to a number of area rivers having above normal river levels.

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Flash Flood

Saunders, NE · May 11, 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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Flood

Seward, NE · May 11, 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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Flood

Saunders, NE · Jun 4, 2014

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.

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Flood

Saline, NE · Jun 5, 2014

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.

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Flood$20K damage

Otoe, 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$20K damage

Nemaha, 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$20K damage

Cedar, 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$100K damage

Chase, NE · Jun 12, 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$50K damage

Hall, NE · Jul 17, 2008

A well advertised surface front moved across the region, providing a focus for afternoon thunderstorm development. This front and accompanying thunderstorms moved through south central Nebraska during the evening hours, some dropping penny to quarter size hail.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Adams, NE · Jul 17, 2008

A well advertised surface front moved across the region, providing a focus for afternoon thunderstorm development. This front and accompanying thunderstorms moved through south central Nebraska during the evening hours, some dropping penny to quarter size hail.

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Flood$15K damage

Lincoln, NE · Jul 14, 2015

Isolated thunderstorms in association with a weak upper level disturbance developed over portions of central and southwestern Nebraska during the late afternoon hours. Some storms were severe with hail up to the size of quarters and 60 MPH wind gusts.

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Flash Flood$40K damage

Polk, NE · Jun 4, 2008

An upper level trough continued to dig over the western United States, accompanied by a weak disturbance and jet streak nosing into the Central Plains.

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Flash Flood$40K damage

Cass, NE · Jun 20, 2010

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…

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Boyd, NE · Jul 22, 2010

A low pressure system lifted northeast across central Nebraska on the 21st. Thunderstorms developed as the system lifted northeast and moved slowly east.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Holt, NE · Jul 22, 2010

A low pressure system lifted northeast across central Nebraska on the 21st. Thunderstorms developed as the system lifted northeast and moved slowly east.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Douglas, NE · Aug 22, 2011

Thunderstorms repeatedly tracked from northeast Nebraska southeast along the Missouri River Valley of eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the early morning hours of August 22.

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Flash Flood

Jefferson, NE · Jun 15, 2017

Several isolated thunderstorms developed along a northeast-southwest orientated front and produced large hail and heavy rain during the late afternoon and early evening across southwest Iowa into southeast Nebraska.

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Flash Flood

Clay, NE · Jun 14, 2012

This Thursday afternoon and evening featured by far the most widespread severe weather and heavy rain event of the month within South Central Nebraska, although several northwestern counties hardly even saw a drop of rain as the majority of storms concentrated south of a line…

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Lincoln, 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

Thayer, NE · Jul 4, 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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Flood$35K damage

Burt, NE · Jun 12, 2010

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.

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Flood$15K damage

Webster, NE · May 19, 2011

Following a short stretch of dry days centered around mid-month, an abrupt transition to a very wet pattern arrived in parts of South Central Nebraska between the evening hours of Thursday the 19th and early morning hours of Friday the 20th.

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