Jun 13, 2010
During the late afternoon hours, a nearly stationary, east-to-west surface boundary was anchored near the Nebraska and Kansas state line. With a large mid-level trough poised to the west across the Central Rockies, the environment was at least somewhat supportive of isolated severe weather given impressive deep-layer shear values around 60 knots, and SBCAPE increasing to around 1000 J/kg. A cluster of thunderstorms initially developed across Northwest Kansas near the intersection of the surface
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 239064). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Harlan County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.