Oct 2, 2017
For the second straight evening/overnight, strong to severe storms affected portions of this six-county North Central Kansas area, this time occurring on the evening of Monday the 2nd into the early morning of Tuesday the 3rd. While there was a lone report of estimated 60 MPH winds at Burr Oak early in the evening, the big story on this night ended up being heavy rainfall and flooding, especially within western portions of the local area. More specifically, a concentrated, southwest-northeast or
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 725815). 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.