Aug 28, 2007
Extremely heavy rain of 3 to 5 inches resulted in flash flooding across southern Rooks County. The flooding was along the Paradise Creek basin and impacting most locations along Kansas Highway 18 from Palco to east of Codell. Water was 5 feet deep on the county road east of Codell and there were numerous other instances of flooding on county roads and across Highway K-18 at times.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 56000). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rooks County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.