1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A stationary frontal boundary draped across Central Kansas helped lead to the development of showers and thunderstorms across the region late in the afternoon of June 12th, 2010.
Read the full account →Featuring both a morning and evening round of severe thunderstorms, Saturday the 19th was one of the most active severe weather days of 2010 across parts of North Central Kansas.
Read the full account →Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported.
Read the full account →Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported.
Read the full account →Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported.
Read the full account →Up to six inches of heavy rain from overnight thunderstorms brought extensive flooding and flash flooding along the Kansas River Valley from near St. Marys to Lawrence.The 5.61 inches of rain that fell in Topeka broke the one-day rainfall record for the city.
Read the full account →The upper level low that brought persistent heavy rain during late June had moved out on the 1st with rain ending. However, flooding continued for a couple of days early in the month.
Read the full account →The upper level low that brought persistent heavy rain during late June had moved out on the 1st with rain ending. However, flooding continued for a couple of days early in the month.
Read the full account →Widespread early morning thunderstorms with attendant very heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding. The flash flooding gave way to more generalized flooding by late morning. Some of the flooding lasted for several days.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms gave flash flooding. The city of Topeka made nearly 500 water rescues due to the flash flooding. The community of Wakarusa also had a few water rescues as well.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms moved southeast out of Northwest Kansas into Central and South Central Kansas during the early morning hours of May 8th, 2009.
Read the full account →A couple of large complexes of thunderstorms moved along or just north of a stationary frontal boundary situated over Southern Kansas, during the early morning hours of August 4th and August 5th, 2012.
Read the full account →Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported.
Read the full account →Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported.
Read the full account →Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported.
Read the full account →Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported.
Read the full account →Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported.
Read the full account →Moisture plume from the Southwest United States spread northeast towards the plains and interacted with a stationary boundary to produce a deluge of rainfall across Central and South Central Kansas.
Read the full account →Moisture plume from the Southwest United States spread northeast towards the plains and interacted with a stationary boundary to produce a deluge of rainfall across Central and South Central Kansas.
Read the full account →Moisture plume from the Southwest United States spread northeast towards the plains and interacted with a stationary boundary to produce a deluge of rainfall across Central and South Central Kansas.
Read the full account →A small area of heavy rain developed across central Kansas during the morning of September 8 and moved little into the early afternoon. Portions of southwest Ottawa County saw five to nine inches of rain, resulting in notable flooding in and around Tescott.
Read the full account →A small area of heavy rain developed across central Kansas during the morning of September 8 and moved little into the early afternoon. Portions of southwest Ottawa County saw five to nine inches of rain, resulting in notable flooding in and around Tescott.
Read the full account →A small area of heavy rain developed across central Kansas during the morning of September 8 and moved little into the early afternoon. Portions of southwest Ottawa County saw five to nine inches of rain, resulting in notable flooding in and around Tescott.
Read the full account →A small area of heavy rain developed across central Kansas during the morning of September 8 and moved little into the early afternoon. Portions of southwest Ottawa County saw five to nine inches of rain, resulting in notable flooding in and around Tescott.
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