Republican River Flood - Contributors

Severe Thunderstorms in the Northeast and Northern Plains; Critical Fire Weather in the West

Scattered severe thunderstorms capable of damaging wind gusts and hail are forecast across the Northeast U.S. and North Dakota today. Heavy to excessive rainfall is possible over eastern New Mexico into western Texas and over the western Florida peninsula today. Critical fire weather conditions will persist today over parts of the interior Northwest and Great Basin. Read More >

Republican River Flood of May 30, 1935

This website is dedicated to preserving the history of the Republican River Flood of 1935.

National Weather Service Team

Joy Hayden, Scott Mentzer, Dave Floyd, Albert Pietrycha, Chris Foltz, Mark Buller

Historians

Russ Dowling – Museum of the High Plains

Lucille Edwards – Personal Scrapbook Collection

Linda Hein – Nebraska State Historical Society

Virginia Roberts – City of Cambridge

Authors

Raymond Borchers – High Water Mark

V. S. Fitzpatrick - Backtrail Disaster

Mary Sherk – Swept Away

Marlene Harvey Wilmot - Bluff to Bluff

All the wonderful people of Kansas , Colorado, and Nebraska who have shared their stories of the 1935 flood.