1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Heavy late winter and spring precipitation, mixed with a loaded snow pack caused the Missouri River to flood in March. Consistent heavy rains continued the Missouri River flooding into and through June.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms moved across central and south central Kansas in the early afternoon and evening producing hail from ping pong ball sized to over three inches in diameter.
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms moved across central and south central Kansas in the early afternoon and evening producing hail from ping pong ball sized to over three inches in diameter.
Read the full account →During the afternoon strong to severe thunderstorms formed over Northwest Kansas. Wind gusts of 60 MPH were reported near Leoti. Later in the afternoon hail up to golf ball size was reported in the Angelus and Menlo area.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a quasi-stationary front that was draped across the area. One long-lived supercell produced a brief tornado northwest of Ark City before exiting into Oklahoma and becoming stationary.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed along and ahead of a quasi-stationary front that was draped across the area. One long-lived supercell produced a brief tornado northwest of Ark City before exiting into Oklahoma and becoming stationary.
Read the full account →During the evening the group of thunderstorms from East Central Colorado moved into Northwest Kansas behind a cold front. As the thunderstorms moved into Kansas they become an organized thunderstorm complex, turning into more of a wind threat than a hail threat.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and through the evening a group of thunderstorms moved in from the northwest behind a cold front. Storm activity increased in coverage as the storms moved southeast, transitioning from producing mainly hail in Eastern Colorado to straight-line winds…
Read the full account →The largest severe weather outbreak of the year began in the morning. The storms activity spread west across Northwest Kansas, eventually expanding into Southwest Nebraska and East Central Colorado. The first tornado of the day for Northwest Kansas occurred near Hill City.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and well into the evening, scattered strong to severe thunderstorms formed over Northwest Kansas. The storm coverage and intensity increased during the early evening. The strongest storms were located near an old outflow boundary.
Read the full account →The largest severe weather outbreak of the year began in the morning. The storms activity spread west across Northwest Kansas, eventually expanding into Southwest Nebraska and East Central Colorado. The first tornado of the day for Northwest Kansas occurred near Hill City.
Read the full account →August 28-30���showers and storms developed ahead of a cold front that moved from eastern Kansas into central and southern Missouri on the 28th and 29th, with additional storms developing on the 30th as the front shifted back to the north of the Ozarks.
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