May 17, 2018
Extreme rainfall and severe weather occurred along a stationary frontal boundary extending across the region. Thunderstorms training over the same area brought rainfall amounts from 3 to over 13 inches causing extensive flash flooding. Many roads and cropland were flooded and damaged. Several roads had to be barricaded. There was some sandbagging at some farmsteads with several homes receiving water in their basements. The extreme rainfall also caused the dam at Lake Hiddenwood to burst sending
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 759645). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in McPherson County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.