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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.

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Dodge, NE · Jun 18, 2016

A very hot and humid airmass resided over eastern Nebraska on June 17th. Thunderstorms developed along a cold front during the afternoon over southern Minnesota.

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Dodge, NE · Jun 18, 2016

A very hot and humid airmass resided over eastern Nebraska on June 17th. Thunderstorms developed along a cold front during the afternoon over southern Minnesota.

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Douglas, NE · Jun 18, 2016

A very hot and humid airmass resided over eastern Nebraska on June 17th. Thunderstorms developed along a cold front during the afternoon over southern Minnesota.

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Red Willow, NE · Sep 4, 2016

During the late afternoon and through most of the night strong to severe thunderstorms moved east across Red Willow County. The thunderstorms developed near a surface boundary and moved slowly northeast as they increased in intensity.

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Dodge, NE · Sep 16, 2016

As an upper level storm system moved into the northern Plains, a warm front retreated through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon.

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Dodge, NE · Sep 16, 2016

As an upper level storm system moved into the northern Plains, a warm front retreated through eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon.

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Dixon, NE · Jun 25, 2018

Primed by 1 to 3 inches of rainfall on June 17-18, starting June 20, the area was impacted adversely by several very slow moving mid-level waves which drifted across the northern and central Plains during the following week.

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Saline, NE · Oct 1, 2019

Severe thunderstorms developed on a southwest to northeast orientated front across southeast Nebraska .The storms produced heavy rains with 3 to 4 inches rainfall reported across Saline and Jefferson Counties which caused flash flooding.

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Jefferson, NE · Oct 1, 2019

Severe thunderstorms developed on a southwest to northeast orientated front across southeast Nebraska .The storms produced heavy rains with 3 to 4 inches rainfall reported across Saline and Jefferson Counties which caused flash flooding.

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Richardson, NE · May 28, 2019

A warm front across northeast Kansas lifted to near the Nebraska and Kansas border during the evening. Severe thunderstorms were triggered north of the front in southeast Nebraska.

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Richardson, NE · May 28, 2019

A warm front across northeast Kansas lifted to near the Nebraska and Kansas border during the evening. Severe thunderstorms were triggered north of the front in southeast Nebraska.

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Richardson, NE · May 28, 2019

A warm front across northeast Kansas lifted to near the Nebraska and Kansas border during the evening. Severe thunderstorms were triggered north of the front in southeast Nebraska.

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Sarpy, NE · May 28, 2019

A warm front across northeast Kansas lifted to near the Nebraska and Kansas border during the evening. Severe thunderstorms were triggered north of the front in southeast Nebraska.

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Nemaha, NE · Sep 2, 2010

Heavy rains in June, combined with increased releases from upstream reservoirs and periodic heavy rain events from July into September, caused prolonged flooding along the Missouri River.

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Nemaha, NE · Sep 19, 2010

High levels of the Missouri River from periodic heavy rain events during the summer and increased releases from upstream reservoirs were pushed back above flood stage in late September 2010 by several heavy rain events in eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.

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Custer, NE · Aug 12, 2017

A stalled out frontal boundary, combined with an approaching upper level trough of low pressure, led to the development of thunderstorms during the late afternoon hours of August 12th.

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Lincoln, NE · Aug 12, 2017

A stalled out frontal boundary, combined with an approaching upper level trough of low pressure, led to the development of thunderstorms during the late afternoon hours of August 12th.

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Custer, NE · Aug 12, 2017

A stalled out frontal boundary, combined with an approaching upper level trough of low pressure, led to the development of thunderstorms during the late afternoon hours of August 12th.

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Keith, NE · Jun 6, 2018

Severe storms developed in the Nebraska Panhandle during the early evening hours of June 6th. As this activity tracked east, a broken line of strong to severe thunderstorms developed.

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Brown, NE · Sep 11, 2019

An approaching upper level trough of low pressure interacted with a surface frontal boundary anchored over northern Nebraska, producing thunderstorms. Some storms became severe, especially over northern Nebraska.

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Holt, NE · Sep 11, 2019

An approaching upper level trough of low pressure interacted with a surface frontal boundary anchored over northern Nebraska, producing thunderstorms. Some storms became severe, especially over northern Nebraska.

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Hall, NE · Jun 4, 2015

Numerous strong to occasionally severe multicell storms blossomed across South Central Nebraska from the late evening of Wednesday the 3rd into the morning hours of Thursday the 4th, serving as round 1 of an active few days of severe storms and flooding rainfall.

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Red Willow, NE · Aug 4, 2015

During the late morning and into the afternoon a series of slow moving thunderstorms moved across Southwest Nebraska. Large hail up to quarter size was reported southeast of McCook and Northwest of Herndon, KS.

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Gage, NE · Jun 4, 2015

Several rounds of thunderstorms led to significant river flooding along many river in southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the early part of June.

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