Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 4, 1999

Name: Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 4, 1999
Start: 1999-06-04T01:00
End: 1999-06-04T02:30
Location: Nebraska

June 4, 1999 · NWS OAX · 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: $300,000
Crop damage: None recorded
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 Omaha radar (KOAX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:00 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Madison

When: June 4, 1:00 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
Where: Madison County, Madison
Property damage: $300,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Around 5 inches of rain fell in the Madison area causing flash flooding along Union Creek which forced some residents along the creek to be evacuated to the auditorium. The heavy rain also ripped up around a block of asphalt covering a brick street and washed out a half-mile section of railroad track near town.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, June 1999

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: 5708933.