Aug 9, 2008
A very moist airmass was in place during the day of August 9th with a lower level boundary draped from Southeast Kansas through Northern Kansas. As low-level winds increased overnight and interacted with this boundary, heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms developed. Heavy rains from several nights before acted as primer event and with wides spread 2 to 4 inch rain amounts from 9th through the 10th flash flooding occurred in several locations in Southeast Kansas.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 131481). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Russell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.