Flash Flood — Sarpy, Nebraska

2014-06-20 to 2014-06-21 · near Portal, Sarpy, Nebraska

Event narrative

Significant flash flooding occurred in central and eastern Sarpy County due to heavy rainfall. Slow moving thunderstorms deposited over 7 inches of rainfall during the evening and early morning hours of June 20th into the 21st. In addition to street flooding, that led to several road closures, the Papio Creek reached flood stage and flooded areas along the creek, including into the Twin Creek Apartments. Unfortunately one direct death occurred from the flooding in this area as a man abandoned his car and was swept away by the flood waters. The Big Papillion Creek at Ft. Crook reached 36.21 feet early in the morning of June 21, a record crest for the site, flood stage is 33 feet. The flooding also topped a levee along the creek.

Wider weather episode

Moisture 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. The thunderstorms also dropped very heavy rainfall, especially over the Omaha Metro area, which led to significant flash flooding in parts of the metro.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 514443. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.