1,090 first-hand accounts of flood events in Nebraska, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →A strong upper level shortwave moved across southern Wyoming the afternoon of July 6, 2010. This shortwave interacted with a very moist low level southeast jet to produce very heavy rainfall and widespread severe thunderstorms over Cheyenne County Nebraska.
Read the full account →A second round of storms formed in the warm and humid air located south of the warm front Wednesday during the evening hours. Training of thunderstorms moving northeast through portions of Lincoln and Custer counties led to flash flooding.
Read the full account →Slow moving front brought severe thunderstorms, including landspouts, and heavy rain to portions of south central Nebraska during the evening of May 2nd.
Read the full account →Slow moving front brought severe thunderstorms, including landspouts, and heavy rain to portions of south central Nebraska during the evening of May 2nd.
Read the full account →Slow moving front brought severe thunderstorms, including landspouts, and heavy rain to portions of south central Nebraska during the evening of May 2nd.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across southwest Nebraska which led to some flash flooding in southeast Dundy county where some roads became impassable.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across southwest Nebraska which led to some flash flooding in southeast Dundy county where some roads became impassable.
Read the full account →An upper level disturbance that lifted across the Rockies and into the Dakotas sent a cold front across eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the late evening and overnight hours of June 26th and 27th.
Read the full account →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.
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 →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 surface cold front crossing the Central Plains provided a focus for evening thunderstorm development across south central Nebraska. Conditions ahead of the front were favorable for severe thunderstorms, with penny to half dollar size hail reported, along with heavy rain and…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms mainly brought very heavy rains to south-central Nebraska. A few storms did produce some small hail and strong winds. Tree damage was reported in Cambridge, Wilsonville and southeast of Alma. Nickel sized hail fell in Holbrook and Cambridge, both in Furnas County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms mainly brought very heavy rains to south-central Nebraska. A few storms did produce some small hail and strong winds. Tree damage was reported in Cambridge, Wilsonville and southeast of Alma. Nickel sized hail fell in Holbrook and Cambridge, both in Furnas County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms mainly brought very heavy rains to south-central Nebraska. A few storms did produce some small hail and strong winds. Tree damage was reported in Cambridge, Wilsonville and southeast of Alma. Nickel sized hail fell in Holbrook and Cambridge, both in Furnas County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms mainly brought very heavy rains to south-central Nebraska. A few storms did produce some small hail and strong winds. Tree damage was reported in Cambridge, Wilsonville and southeast of Alma. Nickel sized hail fell in Holbrook and Cambridge, both in Furnas County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms mainly brought very heavy rains to south-central Nebraska. A few storms did produce some small hail and strong winds. Tree damage was reported in Cambridge, Wilsonville and southeast of Alma. Nickel sized hail fell in Holbrook and Cambridge, both in Furnas County.
Read the full account →A line of severe thunderstorms swept across the western Nebraska Panhandle during the late afternoon and early evening hours on 5/9, primarily producing damaging straight line winds.
Read the full account →A three mile long ice jam continued along the Platte river to the southwest of Fremont upstream from the highway 77 bridge to Big Island. The jam was in the process of breaking up and the water gradually receeded during the first part of February.
Read the full account →A persistent tail of thunderstorms continued along the southern edge of a large convective system, resulting in prolonged rainfall over a couple hours across northeast Nebraska.
Read the full account →A persistent tail of thunderstorms continued along the southern edge of a large convective system, resulting in prolonged rainfall over a couple hours across northeast Nebraska.
Read the full account →A strong upper level shortwave moved across southern Wyoming the afternoon of July 6, 2010. This shortwave interacted with a very moist low level southeast jet to produce very heavy rainfall and widespread severe thunderstorms over Cheyenne County Nebraska.
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