1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Scattered severe thunderstorms tracked across south central and southeast Kansas beginning during the afternoon hours of the 29th and lasting into the late evening hours.
Read the full account →A stationary front draped itself across South Central Kansas with abundant moisture to work with. Afternoon heating allowed for widespread thunderstorms to form which lasted well into the evening. Mother Nature created her own fireworks display with impressive lighting.
Read the full account →A line of severe thunderstorms developed late in the afternoon across portions of north central Kansas. The storms slowly pressed eastward and were responsible for numerous hail reports. The largest hail was the size of golf balls and fell northeast of Smith Center, Kansas.
Read the full account →In the early afternoon of the 22nd, storms began developing off a east/west oriented boundary, south of I-70. The boundary soon filled with storms that produced hail up to 1.25 inches, 61 MPH winds, and flooding by the morning of the 23rd.
Read the full account →In the early afternoon of the 22nd, storms began developing off a east/west oriented boundary, south of I-70. The boundary soon filled with storms that produced hail up to 1.25 inches, 61 MPH winds, and flooding by the morning of the 23rd.
Read the full account →Outflow from thunderstorms earlier in the day over Nebraska helped trigger new storms during the afternoon over Rawlins county. As the afternoon progressed, storms increased in coverage, and more storms moved into the region from eastern Colorado.
Read the full account →Numerous strong to severe thunderstorms ravaged portions of central, south-central and southeast Kansas during the overnight hours of June 26th. Thunderstorms initially developed over Nebraska and northern Kansas during the afternoon and evening hours of the 26th.
Read the full account →A very moist airmass was in place during the day of August 9th with a lower level boundary draped from Southeast Kansas through Northern Kansas. As low-level winds increased overnight and interacted with this boundary, heavy rain with embedded thunderstorms developed.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms produced hail and torrential rainfall across parts of north-central Kansas during the midday hours. While dime size hail was reported, it was the heavy rain which caused most of the problems.
Read the full account →Scattered thunderstorms produced hail and torrential rainfall across parts of north-central Kansas during the midday hours. While dime size hail was reported, it was the heavy rain which caused most of the problems.
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 →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 →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 →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 →A stationary boundary, from the previous nights convection on June 12th, stalled over Southern Kansas, and provided the focus for renewed shower and thunderstorm development during the afternoon and evening hours of June 13th, 2010.
Read the full account →Heavy rains of 2 to 3 inches in a short period of time caused flash flooding in the listed counties. Some roads and bridges were washed out or damaged. Several vehicles were washed off roadways.
Read the full account →Supercell thunderstorms developed along a nearly stationary frontal boundary across Central and South Central Kansas during the late afternoon hours. The highly sheared environment lead to the supercells producing tornadoes between Wichita, Kansas and Winfield Kansas.
Read the full account →An upper-level trough was positioned in northern Kansas with a 700 mb temperature gradient stretching into SW Kansas with a wedge of high moisture. On the afternoon of the 27th, supercells initiated and produced severe hail and winds.
Read the full account →An upper-level trough was positioned in northern Kansas with a 700 mb temperature gradient stretching into SW Kansas with a wedge of high moisture. On the afternoon of the 27th, supercells initiated and produced severe hail and winds.
Read the full account →An upper-level trough was positioned in northern Kansas with a 700 mb temperature gradient stretching into SW Kansas with a wedge of high moisture. On the afternoon of the 27th, supercells initiated and produced severe hail and winds.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms gave some flash flooding during the evening. The flooding persisted in a few spots into the following afternoon.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms gave some flash flooding during the evening. The flooding persisted in a few spots into the following afternoon.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms gave some flash flooding during the evening. The flooding persisted in a few spots into the following afternoon.
Read the full account →Another round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms gave some flash flooding during the evening. The flooding persisted in a few spots into the following afternoon.
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