Jun 28, 1999
Northeastern Kansas was hit by three waves of thunderstorms on June 27 and 28, which produced excessive rainfall and eventually resulted in significant flash flooding in the Kansas City area. The first complex of storms moved through on the morning of June 27, without much in the way of excessive rain or severe weather. However, storms continued to re-develop across eastern Kansas, just south of the Nebraska-Kansas border, during the afternoon. By late afternoon, 2-3 inch rainfall totals were
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5706467). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wyandotte County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.