Jun 8, 2010
In the wake of morning thunderstorms, afternoon sunshine heated an already very humid airmass over west central Missouri and eastern Kansas on Tuesday, June 8 2010, creating a very unstable atmosphere over the region. A slow moving cold front reached a Wichita to Kansas City line by late afternoon, rapidly igniting a long line of strong, slow moving thunderstorms. While the threat of damaging winds and large hail were diminished by the vast number of storms that developed along the front, excess
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 244281). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Jackson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.