Flood in Nebraska

Events

1,030

Deaths

7

Injuries

3

Damage

$887 million

• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, March 13 to 31, 20193 deaths · $494 million · 97 eventsA 971mb bomb cyclone moved out of the central Rockies on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 and helped to create widespread, moderate to major, and in many cases historic, flooding across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
• Tornadoes and Flooding in Nebraska, June 21 to 30, 202458 injured · $1.8 million · EF0 · 66 eventsA series of shortwave troughs traversing the northern CONUS brought unsettled weather to the area for the end of June. On the 21st, a stationary front was draped across northeast Nebraska into Iowa.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 22 to 24, 20031 death · 7 injured · $35 million · F2 · 47 eventsThunderstorms 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.
• Flooding in Nebraska, June 1 to 30, 20112 deaths · $4.3 million · 11 eventsA record rain event in May in eastern Montana combined with high water from storms in April and May (and early spring snow melt) and brought high water to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs.
• Flooding in Nebraska, May 6 to 10, 20151 death · $212 million · 12 eventsVery heavy, and in some cases, record rainfall fell across southeast Nebraska on the evening of the 6th and into the early morning hours of the 7th. This led to flooding on several rivers and creeks across southeast Nebraska on the days to follow.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, May 11 to 15, 20141 injured · $2.4 million · EF3 · 39 eventsOne long-tracked supercell thunderstorm, and several other shorter-lived storms spawned tornadoes across eastern Nebraska during the late afternoon and evening hours of May 11th.
• Flash Flood and Flooding in Nebraska, March 13 to 16, 20191 death · $27 million · 34 eventsHistorical flooding occurred in north central Nebraska as rivers, creeks and other streams rose due to the combination of snow, rain, and rapid snow melt on top of frozen ground.
• Flooding in Nebraska, June 11 to 30, 20101 death · 1 injured · $11 million · 22 eventsAn upper level trough over the western U.S. pushed a cold front into central Nebraska during the overnight hours of June 11th and 12th. This system brought scattered heavy-rain producing thunderstorms to eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, May 29 to 31, 2008$4.3 million · EF2 · 57 eventsA warm front lifted north across the region during the afternoon and evening of May 29th followed by a weak cool front passage later that night.
• Flash Flooding and Blizzard in Nebraska, March 13 to 21, 2019$49 million · 59 kt wind · 77 eventsExcessive rainfall, blizzard conditions, and high winds occurred on this Tuesday night, Wednesday and Thursday, and they were followed by extensive and significant flooding that lasted for days afterward.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, June 20 to 22, 20141 death · $20,000 · 2 in hail · 25 eventsMoisture returning to eastern Nebraska and western Iowa during the afternoon on June 20th allowed for the development of scattered thunderstorms. The thunderstorms were responsible for mainly large hail across the area, but some strong winds were reported as well.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 4 to 15, 2008$2.0 million · EF1 · 59 eventsA stationary front over Kansas started lifting north on June 4th as an unseasonably strong upper level low pressure system was organizing over the central Rockies.
• Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, June 20 to 21, 2014$15 million · 3 in hail · 34 eventsAlthough ground-truth reports of severe-criteria hail and wind emanated from only seven counties mainly within northern and central portions of South Central Nebraska on this Friday, the coverage of non-severe thunderstorms and locally heavy rain became rather widespread across…
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, June 21 to 22, 2024$26 million · 78 kt wind · 11 eventsAlthough it impacted only a handful of west central and especially northern counties of South Central Nebraska, a persistent narrow band of heavy rain on the evening of Friday the 21st into the pre-dawn of Saturday the 22nd caused what was likely the overall most impactful…
• Flash Flood and Flooding in Nebraska, June 4 to 12, 2015$14 million · 1.5 in hail · 22 eventsFor the third consecutive night, this time from the evening of Thursday the 4th into the early morning of Friday the 5th, several rounds of thunderstorms rumbled across much of the 24-county South Central Nebraska area.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, August 22 to 31, 2019$18 million · 1.25 in hail · 11 eventsAs severe storm/flooding events go, some are definitely better-anticipated than others (forecast-wise).
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, June 1 to 6, 2014$309,000 · 4.75 in hail · 92 eventsAn upper level storm system moved across the high plains during the afternoon of Tuesday June 3rd, and then across the mid Missouri River valley Tuesday night.
• Flash Flooding and Flooding in Nebraska, July 3 to 8, 2000$14 million · 9 eventsHeavy rains of 3 to 5 inches caused flash flooding to occur in the McCool Junction and Waco areas of York county.
• Tornado and Flood in Nebraska, June 1, 2011$4.5 million · EF0 · 26 eventsLess than 48 hours after a line of damaging winds marched across much of South Central Nebraska, another widespread round of severe weather targeted primarily the southwest quadrant of the area on this Wednesday, mainly south of Interstate 80 and west of state Highway 10 in the…
• Flash Flooding and Flood in Nebraska, May 30 to 31, 2024$14 million · 3 eventsMultiple rounds of thunderstorms brings isolated, but significant, heavy rainfall to portions of Howard County from May 30th into the 31st. The initial bout of strong thunderstorms and heavy rainfall developed during the early morning hours of May 30th.
• Tornadoes and Flooding in Nebraska, June 11 to 13, 2010$2.5 million · EF0 · 34 eventsA semi stationary front across the plains over a three day period remained the focus for thunderstorm development on June 11th.
• Flooding in Nebraska, May 15 to 31, 2015$9.1 million · 3 eventsDuring the latter half of May, an unusually long-lasting, roughly six-week period of generally minor flooding commenced along the Platte River in South Central Nebraska, impacting local areas from Gothenburg downstream to near Grand Island.
• Flooding in Nebraska, June 1 to 30, 2015$9.1 million · 3 eventsThrough all but the final few days of June, an unusually long-lasting, roughly six-week period of generally minor flooding continued along the Platte River in South Central Nebraska, impacting local areas from Gothenburg downstream to near Grand Island.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, June 7 to 10, 20083 injured · $5,000 · EF2 · 24 eventsAs one unseasonably strong upper level system lifted into Canada another one dropped down behind it across the northern Plains. This caused surface low pressure to develop over northeast Kansas along a cold front that was crossing the plains.
• Flooding in Nebraska, August 1 to 31, 2011$5.5 million · 11 eventsA record rain event in May in eastern Montana combined with high water from storms in April and May, plus snow melt from a much above normal snow pack, all contributed to bring record high water to the Missouri River chain of reservoirs by late Spring.

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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.