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Flood — Sedgwick, KS

May 23, 2015

A couple of upper-level perturbations that moved east/northeast across Oklahoma and extreme Southern Kansas interacted with a moisture-laden air mass to generate very heavy rains across South-Central & Southeast Kansas on the 23rd and 24th. Most of South-Central and Southeast Kansas received 2 to 3 inches from the morning of the 23rd through the morning of the 24th. For most areas, the flooding continued well into the 25th. No doubt, most of the rivers and creeks, primarily in South-Central & So

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 578937). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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