Flash Flood, Otoe
- When
- May 23, 12:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
- Where
- Otoe County, Unadilla
- Property damage
- $620,000
- Crop damage
- $6.0 million
- Coordinates
- 40.649, -96.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
Heavy rainfall throughout the month resulted in flash flooding along the Little Nemaha River in Otoe County on May 9th, the 23rd, and the 27th. Damage estimates to public structures amounted to $618,000 and nearly $6 million to crops.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $620,000
- Crop damage
- $6.0 million
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Heavy rainfall throughout the month resulted in flash flooding along the Little Nemaha River in Otoe County on May 9th, the 23rd, and the 27th. Damage estimates to public structures amounted to $618,000 and nearly $6 million to crops.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:00 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in Wyoming, May 23, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 23, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, May 23, 1996
- Heat in Alabama, May 23, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, May 23, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, May 23 to 31, 1996
- Flood in Missouri, May 23 to 24, 1996
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, May 1996
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5554706.