Republican River Flood - Contributors

Excessive Rainfall Possible for the Gulf Coast and Florida; October Heat Wave in California

A slow moving front will be the focus area for heavy to excessive rainfall and a threat for flash/urban flooding across parts of the Gulf Coast into central/northern Florida early this week. Abnormally hot, potentially record-breaking, temperatures will continue for southern California and stretch north toward the Bay Area and Central Valley this week. 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.