1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An unseasonably warm moist airmass was in place across the southern and central Plains on Thursday, October 6th, 2016. Storms developed over southeast and south central Kansas during the early afternoon hours along a weak outflow boundary.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary was draped across portions of Kansas during the day on May 7th, 2019 ahead of an approaching storm system. Widespread showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall developed across the area.
Read the full account →An early morning complex of thunderstorms moved across the eastern half of Kansas during the morning hours of August 7th, 2019. This complex left an outflow boundary located over southeast and south central Kansas for the late afternoon into the evening hours.
Read the full account →A complex of storms initially developed across central Kansas during the evening hours or June 5th, 2022. The storms initially produced damaging winds, flash flooding and large hail across central Kansas, before propagating to the south, producing damaging winds and flooding…
Read the full account →A couple of large complexes of thunderstorms moved along or just north of a stationary frontal boundary situated over Southern Kansas, during the early morning hours of August 4th and August 5th, 2012.
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 →Storms produced very heavy rain, localized hail and wind damage, and even a brief tornado over north central Kansas on this Tuesday afternoon and evening. Around 2 PM CST, several thunderstorms rapidly developed southwest-to-northeast across Rooks and Smith counties.
Read the full account →Storms produced very heavy rain, localized hail and wind damage, and even a brief tornado over north central Kansas on this Tuesday afternoon and evening. Around 2 PM CST, several thunderstorms rapidly developed southwest-to-northeast across Rooks and Smith counties.
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 →Unorganized supercells formed along the dry line in Wallace/Logan counties and moved east into an increasingly unstable air mass. As the cells moved east, they merged into a line that extended from Greeley County to Sheridan County.
Read the full account →A complex of severe thunderstorms rolled through South Central and Southeast Kansas on the morning of 5 August. Wind speeds up to 70 mph were reported with numerous reports of damage to trees and other minor property.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed early this Wednesday afternoon and evening, and predominantly produced tornadoes and flash flooding. Five tornadoes occurred over Jewell County.
Read the full account →An unusually moist atmosphere (courtesy of Hurricane Newton remnants over western Mexico) in concert with subtle upper level disturbances approaching from the southwest combined to produced several bouts of very heavy rainfall across large portions of the area during the evening…
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary was draped across portions of Kansas during the day on May 7th, 2019 ahead of an approaching storm system. Widespread showers and thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall developed across the area.
Read the full account →Widespread heavy rains of 6-10 inches inundated South-Central and Southeast Kansas from the evening of October 30th thru November 1st while 4-8 inches drenched Central Kansas.
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms produced torrential rains across parts of South-Central Kansas for much of the afternoon and evening. Major flooding occurred. The most serious was that of a flash flood that occurred in Wichita.
Read the full account →Widespread heavy rains of 6-10 inches inundated South-Central and Southeast Kansas from the evening of October 30th thru November 1st while 4-8 inches drenched Central Kansas.
Read the full account →A complex of storms initially developed across central Kansas during the evening hours or June 5th, 2022. The storms initially produced damaging winds, flash flooding and large hail across central Kansas, before propagating to the south, producing damaging winds and flooding…
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall resulted in flash flooding and river flooding on this Saturday night, with the river flooding lasting into Tuesday. Isolated thunderstorms initiated over northwest Kansas late Saturday afternoon, near the Nebraska state line.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall resulted in flash flooding and river flooding on this Saturday night, with the river flooding lasting into Tuesday. Isolated thunderstorms initiated over northwest Kansas late Saturday afternoon, near the Nebraska state line.
Read the full account →Excessive rainfall resulted in flash flooding and river flooding on this Saturday night, with the river flooding lasting into Tuesday. Isolated thunderstorms initiated over northwest Kansas late Saturday afternoon, near the Nebraska state line.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure area moved out of the southern plains and moved northeast across the central portions of Kansas. Abundant moisture moved north and wrapped into the low pressure area. Widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms developed across Kansas.
Read the full account →A strong low pressure area moved out of the southern plains and moved northeast across the central portions of Kansas. Abundant moisture moved north and wrapped into the low pressure area. Widespread showers and embedded thunderstorms developed across Kansas.
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