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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

Saline, NE · Jun 23, 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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Flood

Platte, NE · Jun 13, 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

Otoe, NE · Jun 21, 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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Flood

Saline, NE · Jun 25, 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

Hamilton, NE · May 29, 2007

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.

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Flood$12K damage

Dodge, NE · Jan 21, 1998

A three mile long ice jam formed along the Platte river to the southwest of Fremont upstream from the highway 77 bridge to Big Island. The jam caused water to rise upstream and resulted in lowland flooding at Ridgeland Road, Hormel Park, the YMCA Camp, and Big Island.

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Flash Flood$40K damage

Adams, NE · Jul 9, 2008

Afternoon thunderstorms developed along a surface boundary draped across south central Nebraska as an upper level disturbance moved across the plains.

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Flash Flood

Frontier, NE · Jul 8, 2007

Severe storms initiated over Wheeler and Garfield Counties of North Central Nebraska during early evening hours on July 8th, producing nickel to golf ball sized hail.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Cheyenne, NE · Aug 29, 1996

Very heavy rainfall from thunderstorms caused flooding in andaround the Sidney area. Many roads were under water and thecity of Sidney was closed to all traffic for a time between 600PM and 1000PM. Estimates of around 5 inches of rain were reported.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Chase, NE · Jun 4, 2008

Supercell thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary front across southwest Nebraska during the afternoon hours of June 4th and continued through the afternoon of June 5th.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, NE · Jun 25, 2011

Thunderstorms developed in central Nebraska on the nose of a low level jet that fed unstable air into eastern Nebraska. These thunderstorms tracked east across east central Nebraska during the late night hours of June 25th and produced a narrow band of 2 to 3 inch rainfall from…

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Flash Flood$20K damage

Harlan, NE · Aug 24, 2008

An upper level disturbance crossing the region aided in the development of late night thunderstorms across south central Nebraska, which continued on into the early morning hours of the 24th.

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Flash Flood

Red Willow, NE · Sep 21, 2023

In the early afternoon hours on the 21st, a boundary began firing severe thunderstorms over Southwest Nebraska and Northwest Kansas. These storms generally moved to the north-northeast as the boundary moved east.

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Flash Flood

Lancaster, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Lancaster, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Butler, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Butler, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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Flash Flood

Sarpy, NE · Aug 7, 2021

A midlevel shortwave moved through the area producing storms with severe criteria hail and wind gusts. In Omaha, 2 to 3 inches of rain fell over about an hour which led to a flash flood warning being issued.

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