Omaha cemented its reputation as the nation's severe weather magnet for 2014 as storms unleashed torrents of rain whipped by strong wind gusts, leading to flash flooding in parts of the metropolitan area. A local man died when he drove his car into a flooded drainage ditch and was swept downstream.

The Omaha World-Herald reports that 29-year-old David Farr of Bellevue, Nebraska, died in the incident late Friday evening. According to local television station KMTV, a witness saw the man get out of his car after it went into the floodwaters near an apartment complex. First responders found Farr's body downstream Saturday morning.

The south side of the Omaha metro was hardest hit. Radar estimates indicated over 5 inches of rain in that area. A spotter at 99th and Harrison Streets on the border between Omaha and La Vista recorded 7.75 inches of rain. Average rainfall for the entire month of June in the Omaha area is just over 4 inches.

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The mayhem started as strong to severe thunderstorms approached the city shortly before sunset. Crowds attending the College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park in downtown Omaha, along with patrons of nearby bars and restaurants, were among the first to post photos of the storm on social media.

Water soon began accumulating in parts of the baseball stadium:

As heavy rains continued to lash the south side of the metro deep into the night, the small creeks that drain into the Missouri River rose quickly. The Big Papillion Creek, normally a narrow channel flanked by walking and bicycling trails, looked more like an ocean inlet as it swamped a bridge just east of Papillion, Nebraska:

The Papillion Creek in Bellevue shot up 21 feet in 4 hours Friday night before quickly receding below flood stage by morning.

The rolling hills of southwest Omaha collected the cascade of rainwater and turned it into deep and potentially dangerous street flooding at low spots, such as this intersection near a shopping center:

Local reporters and resident night owls documented the disruption in words:

By the next morning, even as creeks quickly receded, area rain gauges put a number on the deluge:

Omaha has been no stranger to severe weather this spring. Storms on May 11 brought an 82-mph wind gust to the city's main airport, Eppley Airfield, and at least one tornado to the city's west side. The airport saw severe weather again June 1 with a 59-mph gust and again June 3 with a 73-mph gust and large hail that piled into drifts.

An all-time June one-day record of 5.30 inches of rain fell with the June 3 storms at Eppley, causing flash flooding.

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