Flash Flood, Perkins
- When
- June 15, 12:10 AM MST to 2:20 AM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, Perkins
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.851, -101.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 15, 1997
Thunderstorms moving slowly along the same path produced rainfall in excess of four inches which caused flash flooding along Sandraw and Horse Creeks in Chase and Perkins counties. Some roads were reported covered with water with several washouts on county roads.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 LBF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms moving slowly along the same path produced rainfall in excess of four inches which caused flash flooding along Sandraw and Horse Creeks in Chase and Perkins counties. Some roads were reported covered with water with several washouts on county roads.
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:10 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Chase
- When
- June 15, 12:30 AM MST to 2:40 AM MST
- Where
- Chase County, Chase
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.524, -101.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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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- Hail in Kansas, June 15, 1997
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 15, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 15, 1997
- Tornado in Iowa, June 15, 1997
- Hail in Iowa, June 15, 1997
More
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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: 5604567, 5604566.