1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Numerous thunderstorms produced large hail, strong winds, very heavy rains & one tornado over South-Central & Southeast Kansas. The thunderstorms began in the afternoon of the 22nd & continued until late at night on the 24th.
Read the full account →A persistent upper air system anchored over the area for several days late in the month brought excessive rain with flash flooding to much of Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Anderson counties.
Read the full account →A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County.
Read the full account →A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County.
Read the full account →A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County.
Read the full account →A significant severe weather outbreak occurred during the afternoon and evening of May 29th. Several tornadoes were reported from south of Palco in Rooks County to community of Jewell in Jewell County.
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 →An upper level low pressure system and associated frontal boundary stalled across the area for several days, resulting in periods of numerous and widespread heavy showers and thunderstorms across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas from early on the 27th until July…
Read the full account →A persistent upper air system anchored over the area for several days late in the month brought excessive rain with flash flooding to much of Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Anderson counties.
Read the full account →A persistent upper air system anchored over the area for several days late in the month brought excessive rain with flash flooding to much of Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Anderson counties.
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 stalled frontal boundary resulted in numerous, slow-moving strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of central and south-central Kansas from the afternoon hours on May 23rd, to the early morning hours on May 24th.
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 →Less than 48 hours after a line of damaging winds marched across North Central Kansas, a significant episode of severe weather targeted the six-county area on this Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday morning in the vicinity of a surface warm front.
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 →An upper level low pressure system and associated frontal boundary stalled across the area for several days, resulting in periods of numerous and widespread heavy showers and thunderstorms across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas from early on the 27th until July…
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 →A persistent upper air system anchored over the area for several days late in the month brought excessive rain with flash flooding to much of Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Anderson counties.
Read the full account →A persistent upper air system anchored over the area for several days late in the month brought excessive rain with flash flooding to much of Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Anderson counties.
Read the full account →A persistent upper air system anchored over the area for several days late in the month brought excessive rain with flash flooding to much of Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Anderson counties.
Read the full account →A persistent upper air system anchored over the area for several days late in the month brought excessive rain with flash flooding to much of Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Anderson counties.
Read the full account →Heavy rain during the morning brought some flash flooding to parts of Pottawatomie county. Rock Creek in Louisville spilled out of its banks bringing some lowland flooding.
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.
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