Sep 4, 2016
Excessive rainfall resulted in flash flooding and river flooding on this Saturday night, with the river flooding lasting into Tuesday. Isolated thunderstorms initiated over northwest Kansas late Saturday afternoon, near the Nebraska state line. Initially, the first storms moved to the northeast, but then they slowed and began drifting to the southeast. Other storms began developing around 6 p.m. CST, and exhibited multi-cell characteristics. By 8 p.m. CST, multiple cell mergers had resulted in a
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 658708). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Phillips County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.