Nebraska, 2003

Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 22 to 24, 2003

June 22 to 24, 2003 · NWS GID · 47 events in 17 counties and zones

Thunderstorms erupted during the evening in south-central Nebraska. One storm near Aurora produced very large hail.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
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  • Cold
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  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
7
Property damage
$15 million
Crop damage
$20 million
Events
47

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 GID wrote it up.

Thunderstorms erupted during the evening in south-central Nebraska. One storm near Aurora produced very large hail. One stone measured by an NWS Storm Survey team was determined to be the largest sized stone to fall in the United States. It measured 7 inches in diameter and 18.75 inches in circumference. Many other large stones were noted on the northern side of Aurora. Given the lack of wind, damage was limited to roofs, a few windows and some crop land near town. The storm also produced a couple of brief small tornadoes as it slowly moved through northern Hamilton county.At nearly the same time, another very slow moving storm produced several tornadoes, hail and extremely heavy rains in Thayer county. One tornado moved through the town of Deshler going from the southeast side of town to the west. One man was killed in his garage before he was able to get to shelter. Over 400 homes in Deshler were damaged with four being completely demolished. Nearly 100 homes were moderately to severely damaged. Six businesses in town were considered a complete loss and 25 others reportedly suffered moderate to severe damage. Seven people were injured, most were minor and were from broken glass. Later in the evening, a tornado was reported north of Bradshaw in York county. Storm spotters about 1 mile west of the tornado saw debris being flung through the air. A farmstead was hit with most of the damage done to an old barn.Despite ongoing drought conditions, widespread flooding was reported in Thayer and southern Fillmore counties. The flash flood along the Rose Creek at Hubbell provided some of the worst damage. Water was flowing into houses and businesses on main street to the tune of up to 5 feet deep. Boats were the only mode of travel through the business district. Up to 15 residents had to be evacuated by the local Dive and Rescue team using jet skis. The flooding was caused by extremely heavy rainfall in nearby Republic County, Kansas.Flooding and flash flooding was also a problem throughout Thayer county. Rainfall of over 12 inches was reported about 5 miles north of Deshler. Residents reported nearly 5 hours of constant, wind-driven rain. Windows were blown out and the rain just poured into homes. Widespread agricultural damage was done due to the rain. The runoff in the Snake and Spring creeks ravaged Deshler, the town which had already been hammered by tornadoes that evening. Flooding was concentrated in the southern part of town and most widespread near the park and fairgrounds.Major river flooding was reported along the Little Blue River from just west of Hebron to the Jefferson county line. One man at his farmstead near Gilead had to be air lifted to safety by the National Guard as flooding waters rose on his property. Dozens of county roads and bridges were damaged or destroyed. U. S. Highway 81 was restricted to one lane travel at Hebron due to the high water on the road. Portions of Highways 81, 136 and 9 were closed for a time due to high water. The Big Sandy Creek flowed out of its banks at Alexandria and crested at 14.5 feet. Water was flowing over the highway near town and filling back into the town's sewer drains. In all, several million dollars in damage was done by the flooding alone. Some locals said this was the worst flooding in the area in 55 years.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 22, 1:00 PM CST, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:00 PM CST, 4 hours before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
200 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED FOR CURRENT FCST BUT TO UP LOWS A BIT OVR NEXT
FEW DAYS AND LOWER HIGHS SOMEWHAT THU...OTHERWISE THINKING PRETTY
MUCH THE SAME.

RIGHT NOW...WATCHING MOISTURE DISCONTINUITY IN FORM OF FINE LINE
MOVE EWD OUT OF LBF TERRITORY. THIS WOULD BE LIKELY FIRST INITIATION
POINT FOR CONVECTION TODAY...OVR NRN CWA IN VALLEY SHERMAN GREELEY
OR HOWARD COUNTIES...POSSIBLY BUILDING SWD SOMEWHAT OVR TIME. LOTS
OF JUICE IN THE FORM OF SFC DPTS UPR 60S TO LOW 70S EAST OF
LINE...AND WITH SUN STARTING TO BREAK THROUGH GENERATING LOADS OF LL
CAPE. SHOULD REACH CONVECTIVE TEMPS ALSO RATHER EASILY...ESPECIALLY
NEAR AND S OF I80 CORRIDOR. LL SHEAR QUITE GOOD...HOWEVER MID TO UPR
LVLS HAVE SOMETHING TO BE DESIRED. OVERALL...BEST CHC FOR TSRA WILL
BE OVR NRN HALF OF CWA ALONG DEV WARM FRONT...WITH BEST CHC FOR
SEVERE N OF I80 AND E OF HIGHWAY 281. STRONG OR ISOLATED SEVERE
CANNOT BE RULED OUT OVR REST OF CWA...HOWEVER MUCH MORE STABLE
CONDITIONS ENCROACHING UPON SWRN PORTION OF CWA. FOR NOW KEEPING
WITH SCATTERED MENTION...40 POPS NE...30S EVERYWHERE ELSE BUT SWRN
CWA WITH 20 POPS.

FOR MON...CONTINUES TO LOOK QUITE HOT AND FAIRLY MOIST...HOWEVER
MUCH TOO CAPPED OVR MOST OF OUR CWA...WITH INSTABILITY AXIS PUSHING
FURTHER TO THE EAST. LEFT SMALL 20 POPS E AND NE CWA FOR AFT/EVE
PERIOD FOR POINTS IN NERN ZONES...ESPECIALLY WITH LEFT OVR
CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY(S) HAVING THE CHANCE TO PUSH INTO THIS AREA.
HOWEVER...NOT MUCH OF CHANCE REALLY.

BEYOND...NO REAL CHANGES EXCEPT ABOVE MENTIONED LOWERING OF TEMPS A
BIT MORE THU BEHIND FRONT AS RELATIVELY COOL DRY AIR MOVES BACK FOR
A DAY OR SO.

.GID...NONE.

10
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 1:55 PM CST, 3 hours 5 minutes before
KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-231200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
255 PM CDT SUN JUN 22 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND INTO THE EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS. IT APPEARS THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE MAINLY NORTH AND EAST OF A GOTHENBURG TO RED CLOUD TO MANKATO
KANSAS LINE. THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE TRI CITIES AREA.

THE ATMOSPHERE HAS BECOME MORE UNSTABLE THIS AFTERNOON AS MORNING
CLOUDS GAVE WAY TO INCREASED SUNSHINE. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS
CONTINUE TO TRANSPORT AMPLE LOW LEVEL MOISTURE INTO THE REGION. IN
ADDITION...A COLD FRONT THAT WAS LOCATED FROM JUST EAST OF AINSWORTH
TO NEAR GOTHENBURG AND THEN SOUTH THROUGH MCCOOK SHOULD PUSH SLOWLY
EASTWARD. OTHER BOUNDARIES THAT WERE PRODUCED FROM THUNDERSTORMS LAST
NIGHT AND THIS MORNING WILL ALSO HELP TO INITIATE THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT. ONE BOUNDARY WAS LOCATED NORTH OF FULLERTON AND ORD...
WHILE ANOTHER WAS JUST WEST OF YORK AND EXTENDED SOUTH TO CONCORDIA
KANSAS. IN ADDITION...WIND SHEAR PARAMETERS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR
GENERATING SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE REGION. THE COMBINATION
OF ALL THESE FACTORS POINT TO THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WITH SOME
STORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS SITUATION
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

EXTREMELY UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...WITH
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE POSSIBLE...AS ARE
ISOLATED TORNADOES.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES FOR PARTS OF THE AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID
WEEK WITH ADDITIONAL SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON OR
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO
THE EVENING.

EWALD

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:58 UTC.

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Event by event

26 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 2 heavy rain, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hall

When
June 22, 5:00 PM CST
Where
Hall County, Grand Is
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.650, -98.150

Hail, Merrick

When
June 22, 5:02 PM CST
Where
Merrick County, 7 mi S of Chapman
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.733, -98.150

Hail, Clay

When
June 22, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Clay County, 4 mi NW of Harvard
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.150, -97.800

Hail, Hamilton

When
June 22, 5:15 PM CST
Where
Hamilton County, 3 mi S of Giltner
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.150, -97.717

Hail, Thayer

When
June 22, 5:28 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, Deshler
Measured
2.75 in hail
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
$250,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.283, -97.700

Tornado, Thayer

When
June 22, 5:30 PM CST to 5:42 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, 4 mi W of Deshler
Rating
F0
Path length
4 mi
Path width
100 yd
Property damage
$200,000
Crop damage
$1.0 million
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The first of several tornadoes to occur in Thayer county. This tornado remained in open county and most damage was to pivots and power poles.

Tornado, Thayer

When
June 22, 5:43 PM CST to 6:05 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, 1 mi SE of Deshler
Rating
F2
Path length
3 mi
Path width
200 yd
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
7 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$10 million
Crop damage
$1.0 million
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.950, -97.683

A strong tornado set down on the southeast side of Deshler near the fairgrounds and moved west through the south side of Deshler. The slow moving tornado lifted a couple of miles west of town.

Hail, Hamilton

When
June 22, 5:44 PM CST
Where
Hamilton County, 1 mi W of Aurora
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.233, -97.683

Tornado, Thayer

When
June 22, 6:00 PM CST to 6:05 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, 2 mi E of Deshler
Rating
F0
Path length
1 mi
Path width
35 yd
Crop damage
$500,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.867, -97.583

A short lived tornado was video taped on a law enforcement car camera as they were watching the stronger tornado move through Deshler.

Heavy Rain, Thayer

When
June 22, 6:00 PM CST to 11:00 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, 5 mi N of Deshler
Property damage
$500,000
Crop damage
$3.0 million
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.683, -98.367

A heavy precipitation (HP) supercell dumped 10 to 15 inches of rain in western and northern Thayer County. At times, rain rates of 3 to 5 inches per hour were depicted by Doppler radar.

Hail, Hamilton

When
June 22, 6:05 PM CST
Where
Hamilton County, Aurora
Measured
7 in hail
Property damage
$500,000
Crop damage
$1.0 million
Reported by
NWS STORM SURVEY
Coordinates
40.933, -97.733

Record setting hail occurred on the north side of Aurora.

Tornado, Hamilton

When
June 22, 6:08 PM CST to 6:12 PM CST
Where
Hamilton County, 2 mi W of Aurora
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
25 yd
Property damage
$30,000
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
41.267, -98.467

A brief touch down occurred just west of Aurora and was observed by an off duty NWS meteorologist.

Tornado, Thayer

When
June 22, 6:20 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, 2 mi S of Deshler
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
50 yd
Property damage
$100,000
Crop damage
$500,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.167, -97.583

The last of four tornadoes to occur near Deshler. Damage was primarily to crops and pivot systems.

Hail, Thayer

When
June 22, 6:30 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, 2 mi SW of Carleton
Measured
1.5 in hail
Property damage
$25,000
Crop damage
$125,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Hamilton

When
June 22, 6:42 PM CST to 6:44 PM CST
Where
Hamilton County, 2 mi SW of Marquette
Rating
F0
Path length
0.5 mi
Path width
20 yd
Crop damage
$100,000
Reported by
STORM CHASER
Coordinates
40.750, -97.583

A brief tornado reported by storm chasers.

Hail, Polk

When
June 22, 6:50 PM CST
Where
Polk County, 4 mi E of Polk
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.400, -97.717

Hail, York

When
June 22, 7:00 PM CST
Where
York County, 5 mi SW of Benedict
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.873, -97.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Thayer

When
June 22, 7:10 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, 7 mi NW of Hebron
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.367, -98.117

Hail, York

When
June 22, 7:15 PM CST
Where
York County, York
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.633, -98.317

Hail, Howard

When
June 22, 7:21 PM CST
Where
Howard County, 4 mi N of St Paul
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.367, -97.967

Tornado, York

When
June 22, 7:30 PM CST
Where
York County, 3 mi N of Bradshaw
Rating
F0
Path length
0.2 mi
Path width
30 yd
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.867, -98.117

A brief tornado in western York county.

Thunderstorm Wind, Thayer

When
June 22, 7:45 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, Hebron
Measured
62 kt (71 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$150,000
Crop damage
$250,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.333, -98.017

Thunderstorm Wind, York

When
June 22, 7:45 PM CST
Where
York County, Mc Cool Jct
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.783, -97.800

Thunderstorm Wind, Fillmore

When
June 22, 7:45 PM CST
Where
Fillmore County, 1 mi S of Shickley
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$10,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.600, -97.850

Hail, Greeley

When
June 22, 8:00 PM CST
Where
Greeley County, Spalding
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.400, -97.867

Heavy Rain, Fillmore

When
June 22, 8:00 PM CST to June 23, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Fillmore County, Strang
Property damage
$100,000
Crop damage
$1.0 million
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.200, -98.067

Heavy rainfall in the southern part of Fillmore county forced water over the highway in Strang. Low lying fields were inundated with water.

Flash Flood, Thayer

When
June 22, 8:00 PM CST to June 23, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Thayer County, Countywide
Property damage
$2.0 million
Crop damage
$5.0 million
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.033, -98.067

Hail, Nance

When
June 22, 8:06 PM CST
Where
Nance County, 7 mi W of Fullerton
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.367, -97.967

Hail, Adams

When
June 22, 8:10 PM CST
Where
Adams County, 5 mi NE of Hastings
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.525, -98.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When
June 22, 8:20 PM CST
Where
Clay County, Edgar
Measured
62 kt (71 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.524, -98.051 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hamilton

When
June 22, 8:22 PM CST
Where
Hamilton County, 1 mi S of Murphy
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates
40.067, -98.950

Hail, Nance

When
June 22, 8:30 PM CST to 8:40 PM CST
Where
Nance County, 3 mi SW of Fullerton
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$50,000
Crop damage
$1.0 million
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.450, -99.367

A narrow swath of crop damage from southwest of Fullerton to south of Fullerton produced widespread corn and soybean damage.

Hail, York

When
June 22, 8:30 PM CST
Where
York County, Henderson
Measured
0.88 in hail
Property damage
$25,000
Crop damage
$150,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.450, -99.367

Crop damage from hail and wind was confined to a 6 square mile area of beans and corn.

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When
June 22, 9:00 PM CST
Where
Clay County, Sutton
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$50,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.467, -98.650

Thunderstorm Wind, Nuckolls

When
June 22, 9:15 PM CST
Where
Nuckolls County, Nelson
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.683, -99.017

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When
June 22, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Clay County, Ong
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.667, -98.567

Hail, Nuckolls

When
June 22, 9:45 PM CST
Where
Nuckolls County, Superior
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.176, -98.047 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When
June 22, 9:50 PM CST
Where
Clay County, Edgar
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Property damage
$25,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.917, -98.350

Lightning, Buffalo

When
June 22, 11:52 PM CST
Where
Buffalo County, Kearney
Property damage
$73,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.917, -98.167

Lightning struck a paint store and resulting fire caused $73,000 in damage.

Lightning, Buffalo

When
June 23, 12:05 AM CST
Where
Buffalo County, Kearney
Property damage
$22,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.150, -97.717

Just minutes after one lightning ignited fire, the Kearney Volunteer Fire Department was called to another lightning started fire. This time the fire was at a detached garage and resulted in $22,000 in damage.

Hail, Franklin

When
June 23, 12:32 AM CST
Where
Franklin County, 2 mi S of Franklin
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.867, -98.017

Hail, Phelps

When
June 23, 1:00 AM CST
Where
Phelps County, Holdrege
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.150, -97.683

Hail, Phelps

When
June 23, 1:22 AM CST
Where
Phelps County, Holdrege
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.867, -98.033

Hail, Adams

When
June 23, 1:55 AM CST
Where
Adams County, Holstein
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.867, -98.000

Hail, Adams

When
June 23, 2:35 AM CST
Where
Adams County, Prosser
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
40.117, -97.717

Hail, Valley

When
June 23, 5:30 AM CST
Where
Valley County, Elyria
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.983, -98.033

Flood, Thayer

When
June 23, 6:00 AM CST to June 24, 6:00 AM CST
Where
Thayer forecast zone
Property damage
$1.0 million
Crop damage
$5.0 million
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.083, -97.717

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Lightning, Buffalo2003-06-2247MalePermanent HomeDirect

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado
A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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.
Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

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The same day elsewhere

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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: 5365398, 5365399, 5365400, 5365401, 5364721, 5364720, 5364722, 5364723, 5364724, 5365100, 5364726, 5364725, 5364727, 5365101, 5364728, 5364729, 5365102, 5365103, 5365104, 5365105, 5365106, 5365107, 5365108, 5365109, 5365110, 5365111, 5365112, 5365113, 5365114, 5365115, 5365116, 5365117, 5365118, 5365119, 5365121, 5365120, 5365122, 5365123, 5365124, 5366233, and more.