1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →An upper-level trough was situated such that strong ascent will be supported. While the strongest surface forcing is farther west, enough convection initiated and moving eastward into the CWA. While staying discrete at first, it quickly developed into a MCS.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across south-central Kansas during the morning hours of June 3rd and slowly moved to the northeast. Additional rounds of thunderstorms developed and trained across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across south-central Kansas during the morning hours of June 3rd and slowly moved to the northeast. Additional rounds of thunderstorms developed and trained across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across south-central Kansas during the morning hours of June 3rd and slowly moved to the northeast. Additional rounds of thunderstorms developed and trained across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across south-central Kansas during the morning hours of June 3rd and slowly moved to the northeast. Additional rounds of thunderstorms developed and trained across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across south-central Kansas during the morning hours of June 3rd and slowly moved to the northeast. Additional rounds of thunderstorms developed and trained across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across south-central Kansas during the morning hours of June 3rd and slowly moved to the northeast. Additional rounds of thunderstorms developed and trained across portions of south-central and southeast Kansas.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed across south-central Kansas during the morning hours of June 3rd and slowly moved to the northeast. Additional rounds of thunderstorms developed and trained across portions of south-central and southeast 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 →The flash flooding event on the 7th and early 8th, became a major flooding event across all of southeast Kansas through the early afternoon of May 9th. In addition to the numerous road closures and river flooding, many communities had their worst flooding in more than 10 years.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms produced a significant amount of rainfall over portions of northeastern Kansas, from a band of convection that stratched from the Nebraska border, southward to near Chanute, KS.
Read the full account →Slow moving thunderstorms produced a significant amount of rainfall over portions of northeastern Kansas, from a band of convection that stratched from the Nebraska border, southward to near Chanute, KS.
Read the full account →Widely scattered, slow moving thunderstorms drifted across the northeastern portion of Kansas during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 18th.
Read the full account →Widely scattered, slow moving thunderstorms drifted across the northeastern portion of Kansas during the late afternoon and evening hours of the 18th.
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 severe weather episode moved across the forecast area producing widespread flooding and hail across most of the counties served. A few high wind events were also noted.
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 cluster of severe thunderstorms with locally heavy rainfall made for an active Friday evening across parts of North Central Kansas, especially in Phillips County.
Read the full account →It was truly a one storm show within this North Central Kansas area on this Thursday evening, as a large, very slow-moving supercell presided over much of the northern half of Phillips County for about four hours, causing flooding rains, large hail and even sparking a few brief,…
Read the full account →Two small lines of storms moved across Northwest Kansas during the evening hours producing thunderstorm wind gusts with damage and large hail up to the size of baseballs.
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 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.
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