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Flash Flood — Anderson, KS

Apr 26, 2016

Severe thunderstorms developed between 3 and 4pm on April 26th along an old outflow boundary and moved north northeast across northeast Kansas. The storms produced at least 2 brief weak tornadoes before 6pm however the storms thereafter become more widespread and continued to move across the same areas producing torrential flooding rains. Some areas received between 5 and 6 inches of rainfall from the storms over a 6-7 hour period. In fact, the recurrence interval of the rainfall was 50-75 yea

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 628894). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Anderson, KS

This event is one of many recorded floods in Anderson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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