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Flash Flood — Johnson, KS

Sep 10, 2015

A decaying cluster of thunderstorms brought severe weather to east central Kansas and west central Missouri during the morning hours of September 10th. Additional thunderstorms developed during the afternoon and evening hours within an extremely unstable air mass. As an upper level wave moved southeast from the Northern Plains, thunderstorms erupted over eastern Kansas and quickly transitioned into a convective complex that tracked through the southern portions of the Pleasant Hill forecast area

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 597819). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Johnson, KS

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