1,090 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nebraska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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.
Read the full account →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.
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 →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 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 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 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 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 →Moisture returning to eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon on June 20th allowed for the development of scattered thunderstorms. The thunderstorms were responsible for mainly large hail across the area, but some strong winds were reported as well.
Read the full account →Moisture returning to eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon on June 20th allowed for the development of scattered thunderstorms. The thunderstorms were responsible for mainly large hail across the area, but some strong winds were reported as well.
Read the full account →For the second time in a few days thunderstorms which developed over South Dakota turned southeast along an instability axis and on the edge of a warm mid-level cap. These storms dropped large hail, very heavy rain and gusty winds as they moved along the Missouri River.
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 →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 disturbance working its way across the Plains worked in conjunction with a slow moving surface frontal boundary to produce thunderstorms across South Central Nebraska.
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 warm front lifted northeast across northeast Nebraska during the day on June 10th while a cold front moved into central Nebraska. Heavy rain producing thunderstorms, a few severe, crossed the area on the 10th and additional thunderstorms that formed on the cold front raced…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms over the weekend dumped up to 5 inches of rain across parts of south-central Nebraska. Just over five inches (5.07) fell in the Grand Island area and around four inches (4.14) fell in Aurora.
Read the full account →A large upper level disturbance over the Rocky Mountains combined with a nearly stationary front over southeast Nebraska brought strong to severe thunderstorms to parts of the area for the second night in a row.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms cut a swath of crop damage which resulted in millions of losses. The main area of damage was in northeast Gosper, southeast Dawson and northwest Phelps counties. In Dawson county, 10,000 acres were wiped out with a total loss of over four million dollars.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms rolled across parts of Gosper, Phelps and Furnas counties to round out the Labor Day Weekend. Northwest Phelps County was hit particularly hard with hail to the size of golf balls driven by 70 mph winds.
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 →Severe thunderstorms developed with the heating of the day as a warm front lifted north across Nebraska. Previous days of rainfall resulted in an increased potential for flash flooding with a Flood Watch issued at 805 AM CST for portions of North Central and Southwest Nebraska.
Read the full account →Large upper level trough over the western U.S. continued to eject energy out over the Central Plains, with a surface low remaining anchored over eastern Colorado with a stationary boundary draped east through the region.
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.
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