Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 21, 1998

Name: Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 21, 1998
Start: 1998-07-21T18:10
End: 1998-07-21T22:05
Location: Nebraska

July 21, 1998 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $15,000
Crop damage: $20,000
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.

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Kimball

When: July 21, 6:10 PM MST to 10:05 PM MST
Where: Kimball County, 2 mi N of Kimball
Property damage: $15,000
Crop damage: $20,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 41.198, -103.715 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorms produced rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches around the Kimball area. Flood waters covered roads from 2 miles north of Kimball to 1 mile south of Dix. The flood waters also damaged or destroyed bean, wheat and corn crops around the area.

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

Every storm in Nebraska in 1998 Every state in 1998 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, July 1998

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: 5662040.