Sep 3, 2016
During the late afternoon and through most of the night strong to severe thunderstorms developed and trained along a surface boundary. The storms slowly moved east across parts of Northwest Kansas. The largest hail reported was quarter size in far northern Cheyenne County. The highest wind gust reported was 59 MPH at Goodland. The main impact from these storms was flash flooding over Cheyenne, Decatur, Norton, and Graham counties where estimated rainfall amounts of up to ten inches fell. Ma
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 659961). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Norton County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.