1,090 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nebraska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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…
Read the full account →Warming temperatures during the first two weeks of March prompted both snow melt and ice break up across many rivers and streams in eastern Nebraska.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed in southeast Nebraska along and south of a weak nearly stationary front during the early evening of Sept 1. The storms produced a few marginally severe hailstones, but since many of them repeatedly tracked across the same area for several hours, they…
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed along a stationary front across Sheridan and Cherry County that produced large hail and two brief tornadoes. Additional severe thunderstorms developed in north central Nebraska during the afternoon and developed south into west central Nebraska by…
Read the full account →A record rain event in May in eastern Montana, other storms in April and May in the upper Missouri River basin and snow melt from a much above normal snow pack all combined to bring record high water levels 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 in the upper Missouri River basin and snow melt from a much above normal snow pack all combined to bring record high water levels to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs by late spring.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Several episodes of heavy rain in eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa combined with high flows upstream from snow melt and rain brought a prolonged period of flooding along the Missouri River, initially generally downstream of Plattsmouth, but by the end of the month it affected…
Read the full account →Several episodes of heavy rain in eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa combined with high flows upstream from snow melt and rain brought a prolonged period of flooding along the Missouri River, initially generally downstream of Plattsmouth, but by the end of the month it affected…
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 →First in a wave of systems to push out of Colorado and the Panhandle into Southwest Nebraska during the evening of June 11th through June 13th. The initial storm system brought large hail and very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Isolated convection across northeast Nebraska brought an instance of flash flooding in Cedar County where a trained spotter reported water flowing over multiple county roads.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Read the full account →Storms developed along a weak surface boundary within a moisture-rich environment with weak mean-layer flow. Slow moving storms produced rainfall rates of 3 to 4 inches per hour, with amounts of 3.09 inches reported by a cooperative weather observer near Wakefield and personal…
Read the full account →First in a wave of systems to push out of Colorado and the Panhandle into Southwest Nebraska during the evening of June 11th through June 13th. The initial storm system brought large hail and very heavy rainfall.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed during the early morning hours and continued throughout the morning producing several reports of hail and some flash flooding.
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