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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$500K damage

Saline, NE · Jun 11, 2015

With ground already saturated from repeated heavy rainfall events in May and early June, another complex of thunderstorms producing very heavy rainfall moved across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa starting during the evening on the 10th and continued into the early morning…

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Flash Flood

Chase, NE · Jun 24, 2025

Scattered thunderstorms developed over the southern Nebraska Panhandle, northeastern Colorado and far southwestern Nebraska during the late afternoon hours of June 24th.

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Flash Flood$30K damage

Dundy, NE · Jul 20, 2020

During the evening a line of thunderstorms moved south into Southwest Nebraska. As the storms moved through they produced hail up to ping-pong ball size, estimated wind gusts up to 60 MPH, and started an oil supply tank on fire near Trenton from a lightning strike.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Thayer, NE · Apr 26, 2016

Tuesday the 26th featured the first fairly widespread severe weather event of the year within South Central Nebraska, along with a few narrow-but-intense corridors of heavy rainfall resulting in flooding and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Nuckolls, NE · Apr 26, 2016

Tuesday the 26th featured the first fairly widespread severe weather event of the year within South Central Nebraska, along with a few narrow-but-intense corridors of heavy rainfall resulting in flooding and flash flooding.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Fillmore, NE · May 27, 2016

Isolated flash flooding occurred on this Friday afternoon and evening, along with some marginally severe hail in a couple spots. Between 3 and 5 p.m.

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Flood$15K damage

Brown, NE · Mar 13, 2019

Historical flooding occurred in north central Nebraska as rivers, creeks and other streams rose due to the combination of snow, rain, and rapid snow melt on top of frozen ground.

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Flood$15K damage

Lincoln, NE · Mar 13, 2019

Historical flooding occurred in north central Nebraska as rivers, creeks and other streams rose due to the combination of snow, rain, and rapid snow melt on top of frozen ground.

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Flood$20K damage

Lincoln, NE · May 15, 2021

Thunderstorms initiated along the Colorado/Nebraska border during the early evening hours of May 15th. As these storms tracked east, they became severe over Perkins and Keith counties. Storms then tracked into Lincoln county where they weakened.

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Flood$250K damage

Hamilton, NE · Jun 4, 2015

For the third consecutive night, this time from the evening of Thursday the 4th into the early morning of Friday the 5th, several rounds of thunderstorms rumbled across much of the 24-county South Central Nebraska area.

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Flood$250K damage

Fillmore, NE · Jun 4, 2015

For the third consecutive night, this time from the evening of Thursday the 4th into the early morning of Friday the 5th, several rounds of thunderstorms rumbled across much of the 24-county South Central Nebraska area.

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Flood$250K damage

Clay, NE · Jun 4, 2015

For the third consecutive night, this time from the evening of Thursday the 4th into the early morning of Friday the 5th, several rounds of thunderstorms rumbled across much of the 24-county South Central Nebraska area.

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Flash Flood$10K damage

Chase, NE · May 29, 2023

A cold front approached western and north central Nebraska on May 29th, initiating numerous thunderstorms across western and north central Nebraska. Some storms became severe, especially over the Sandhills.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Colfax, NE · Aug 16, 2017

Heavy rainfall fell on August 15th-16th The heaviest rains were focused over western Butler and Polk counties. A cooperative weather observer in David City measured 6.01 inches of rain for this event.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Colfax, NE · Aug 16, 2017

Heavy rainfall fell on August 15th-16th The heaviest rains were focused over western Butler and Polk counties. A cooperative weather observer in David City measured 6.01 inches of rain for this event.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Platte, NE · Aug 16, 2017

Heavy rainfall fell on August 15th-16th The heaviest rains were focused over western Butler and Polk counties. A cooperative weather observer in David City measured 6.01 inches of rain for this event.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Saunders, NE · Aug 16, 2017

Heavy rainfall fell on August 15th-16th The heaviest rains were focused over western Butler and Polk counties. A cooperative weather observer in David City measured 6.01 inches of rain for this event.

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Flood$5.0M damage

Douglas, NE · Aug 1, 2011

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.

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Flash Flood

Holt, NE · Jun 20, 2024

Thunderstorms developed along a stationary frontal boundary, which was draped across the central Sandhills, during the late afternoon hours of June 20th.

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Flash Flood$10.0M damage

Adams, NE · May 11, 2005

Though well predicted, the severe weather and flooding on the night of May 11 was even worse than imagined. Thunderstorms ravaged a large part of south central Nebraska with hail, high winds, a tornado and catastrophic flooding.During evening and early morning hours, 4 to 12…

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Flash Flood$10.0M damage

Hall, NE · May 11, 2005

Though well predicted, the severe weather and flooding on the night of May 11 was even worse than imagined. Thunderstorms ravaged a large part of south central Nebraska with hail, high winds, a tornado and catastrophic flooding.During evening and early morning hours, 4 to 12…

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Flood$20K damage

Adams, NE · Sep 2, 2018

A mesoscale convective system produced pockets of high winds and wind damage just after midnight on this Saturday morning. During the evening hours of Friday, scattered small clusters of multi-cell thunderstorms occurred over southwest Nebraska and northwest Kansas.

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Flood$10K damage

Dixon, NE · Sep 14, 2019

Continued high dam releases, along with another period of very heavy rainfall in the middle of the month, pushed a small section of the lower Missouri River into flood late month.

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Flash Flood$75K damage

Polk, NE · May 10, 2016

Thunderstorms produced mostly hail along with a little wind damage, and excessive rainfall on this Tuesday afternoon and evening. The first thunderstorms began forming just after 3 pm and were part of a broken line of isolated storms that extended from O'neill south to near…

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