Aug 7, 2023
During the late afternoon and evening hours of August 7th, a frontal boundary moved across Northwestern Kansas allowing for showers and thunderstorms to develop within the region. Some of these thunderstorms became severe and produced large hail up to softballs in size, a brief landspout, damaging wind gusts up to an estimated 70 mph, and heavy rainfall leading to flash flooding. Winds from the storms also caused a brief dust storm. Flooding in at least one location continued overnight until sun
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1136058). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Sherman County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.