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Flood — Allen, KS

Apr 29, 2017

Pronounced and prolonged moist convergence occurred along an inverted surface trough that extended north from the surface low that was centered over Eastern Oklahoma. Well to the west and southwest, a couple of strong perturbations that were situated over Southwest Kansas and the Four Corners Region would move slowly east. The result would be prolonged, very heavy rains that would cause serious flooding and flash flooding across Southeast Kansas that occurred for most of the day and continued th

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 687731). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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