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Kansas Flood Stories

1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Reno, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Barton, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Harper, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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McPherson, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Rice, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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McPherson, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Ellsworth, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Russell, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Harvey, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Sumner, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Sedgwick, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Marion, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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McPherson, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Cowley, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Butler, KS · Oct 8, 2018

Abundant low level moisture streamed north into most of the Kansas during the evening and overnight hours of October 8th. 2018. As the warm front associated with the main low pressure area in the southern plains moved north, widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms…

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Russell, KS · May 25, 2020

Severe thunderstorms moved across central Kansas during the evening of May 24th. These storms produced quarter to half dollar sized hail and damaging winds. Heavy rainfall associated with these storms resulted in flash flooding in Ellsworth, Russell and Saline counties.

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Saline, KS · May 24, 2020

Severe thunderstorms moved across central Kansas during the evening of May 24th. These storms produced quarter to half dollar sized hail and damaging winds. Heavy rainfall associated with these storms resulted in flash flooding in Ellsworth, Russell and Saline counties.

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Ellsworth, KS · May 25, 2020

Severe thunderstorms moved across central Kansas during the evening of May 24th. These storms produced quarter to half dollar sized hail and damaging winds. Heavy rainfall associated with these storms resulted in flash flooding in Ellsworth, Russell and Saline counties.

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Saline, KS · May 24, 2020

Severe thunderstorms moved across central Kansas during the evening of May 24th. These storms produced quarter to half dollar sized hail and damaging winds. Heavy rainfall associated with these storms resulted in flash flooding in Ellsworth, Russell and Saline counties.

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Saline, KS · May 25, 2020

Severe thunderstorms moved across central Kansas during the evening of May 24th. These storms produced quarter to half dollar sized hail and damaging winds. Heavy rainfall associated with these storms resulted in flash flooding in Ellsworth, Russell and Saline counties.

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Cherokee, KS · Feb 7, 2019

Isolated hail and flooding occurred from severe storms as they moved across southeastern Kansas and into southwestern Missouri. Along with the isolated severe weather, temperatures were below freezing resulting in significant ice accumulations.

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Ellis, KS · May 26, 2021

A surface low with a dry line extending across much of the CWA triggering thunderstorms during the afternoon hours for northern counties with storms further south later in the evening.

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Ellis, KS · May 26, 2021

A surface low with a dry line extending across much of the CWA triggering thunderstorms during the afternoon hours for northern counties with storms further south later in the evening.

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Jackson, KS · May 14, 2020

A cluster of severe t-storms some supercells developed across parts of northeast Kansas on the evening of May 14th. At least 4 small short lived tornadoes were documented by storm chasers.

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