Flood, Douglas
- When
- February 6, 12:30 PM CST to February 9, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 41.295, -96.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Nebraska, February 6 to 9, 2000
An extensive ice jam from just upstream of Leshara downstream to near the highway 92 bridge caused lowland flooding along the Platte River. The Union Dike prevented more significant flooding from occurring.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 OAX wrote it up.
An extensive ice jam from just upstream of Leshara downstream to near the highway 92 bridge caused lowland flooding along the Platte River. The Union Dike prevented more significant flooding from occurring. However, an access road for residences on county road T, just east of Leshara, flooded. Overall, a 10 mile stretch of the river was flooded due to this ice jam.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Saunders
- When
- February 6, 12:30 PM CST to February 9, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Saunders forecast zone
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 41.226, -96.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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: 5134972, 5134973.