Several heavy thunderstorm rainfalls in the last two weeks of May created flooding along area rivers in eastern Nebraska, some of this flooding continued into early June along the Missouri and Big Blue Rivers.
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The episode as NWS OAX wrote it up.
Several heavy thunderstorm rainfalls in the last two weeks of May created flooding along area rivers in eastern Nebraska, some of this flooding continued into early June along the Missouri and Big Blue Rivers.
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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 31, 10:45 PM CST, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 1145 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 .AVIATION...06Z TAFS FOR KOMA...KLNK AND KOFK. VFR CONDITIONS EARLY ON...BUT DETERIORATING CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH THE PERIOD...BECOMING MVFR AT KOFK WITH RAIN BY ABOUT 11Z...AND KLNK/KOMA BY 14Z. WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE TO 15 TO 20 KNOTS AND BECOME NORTHWEST BY 11-14Z AS WELL. PRECIP SHOULD END BY 20-22Z...WITH GUSTS DIMINISHING BY 02/01Z. DEWALD PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 245 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013/ DISCUSSION... CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT SLOWLY EAST THROUGH SATURDAY KEEPING THE FORECAST AREA UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ITS CIRCULATION PATTERN. AREA RADARS SHOWING SEVERAL BANDS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION AT 19Z WITH SPOTTY PRECIP CONFINED TO THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BORDERS OF THE STATE. SIGNIFICANTLY COOLER AIR WILL SWEEP INTO THE AREA TONIGHT BEHIND A COLD FRONT ALONG WITH INCREASING NORTHWEST WINDS. BREEZY AND COOL CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE FOR THE AREA ON SATURDAY ALONG WITH CLOUDY SKIES AND OCCASIONAL SHOWERS AS UPPER LOW OPENS INTO A TROUGH AND AMPLIFIES AS IT MOVES TOWARD THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. HIGH PRESSURE MOVES INTO THE REGION BEHIND THE UPPER SYSTEM SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY WITH DIMINISHING WINDS AND DECREASING CLOUDS. UPPER PATTERN REMAINS PROGRESSIVE WITH NEXT WAVE MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN ROCKIES SUNDAY NIGHT WITH SHORT WAVE RIDGING AND WARMER TEMPERATURES DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES NOT LOOKING TOO BAD WITH A MAV/MET BLEND MATCHING CURRENT FORECAST PRETTY WELL. EXTENDED PERIOD LOOKS TO TRANSITION BACK TO THE WET SIDE WITH THE GFS DEVELOPING A PATTERN SIMILAR TO THIS PAST WEEK. SOME CHANCE OF RAIN EACH DAY STARTING WITH THE WARM ADVECTION PATTERN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. 12Z EURO HOWEVER SHOWING A LESS AMPLIFIED PATTERN THAN PREVIOUS RUNS AND STRONGER FLOW STAYING NEAR THE CANADIAN BORDER RESULTING IN SOME DRYING MID TO LATE WEEK. LIMITED CONFIDENCE IN CURRENT FORECAST FOR THIS PERIOD. && .OAX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. IA...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 505 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-088-090-092-011215- MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT- PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON- STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER- SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-JEFFERSON- JOHNSON-PAWNEE- 505 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION BY MONDAY WITH A DAILY CHANCE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR SATURDAY. NEZ091-093-011215- NEMAHA-RICHARDSON- 505 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE MISSOURI RIVER...BUT RIVER LEVELS SHOULD BE SLOWLY FALLING AND SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY SATURDAY NIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION BY MONDAY WITH A DAILY CHANCE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR SATURDAY. NEZ078-089-011215- SALINE-GAGE- 505 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE BIG BLUE RIVER FROM CRETE TO BEATRICE TONIGHT...BUT RIVER LEVELS SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION BY MONDAY WITH A DAILY CHANCE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT OR SATURDAY. DEWALD
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The flooding that began in late May continued into the first morning of June. The river actually crested on May 31st and fell below flood state at 830 am CST June 1st. The lowland flooding that was occurring in late May continued into early June.
Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms over the last two weeks of May prompted the Missouri River to flood. The Missouri River at Brownville crested on May 31st and eventually fell below flood stage during the early afternoon on June 1st. The lowland flooding along the river in Nemaha county was observed from late May into the first day of June.
Heavy rainfall from thunderstorms over the last two weeks in May created lowland flooding along the Missouri River which lasted from late May into early June. The Missouri River at Rulo crested on May 31st and then started to fall, falling below flood stage during the early morning of June 2nd.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 446752, 446761, 446763.