1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →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 →During the afternoon thunderstorms developed along a warm front over Greeley and Wichita counties. These storms slowly moved westward along the nearly stationary front.
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 →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 →During the afternoon and into the early evening a group of severe thunderstorms moved northeast across West Central Kansas. The largest hail size reported was golf ball north of Leoti near the county line.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and through most of the night strong to severe thunderstorms developed and trained along a surface boundary. The storms slowly moved east across parts of Northwest Kansas. The largest hail reported was quarter size in far northern Cheyenne County.
Read the full account →During the afternoon and into the early evening a group of severe thunderstorms moved northeast across West Central Kansas. The largest hail size reported was golf ball north of Leoti near the county line.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and through most of the night strong to severe thunderstorms developed and trained along a surface boundary. The storms slowly moved east across parts of Northwest Kansas. The largest hail reported was quarter size in far northern Cheyenne County.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and through most of the night strong to severe thunderstorms developed and trained along a surface boundary. The storms slowly moved east across parts of Northwest Kansas. The largest hail reported was quarter size in far northern Cheyenne County.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and through most of the night strong to severe thunderstorms developed and trained along a surface boundary. The storms slowly moved east across parts of Northwest Kansas. The largest hail reported was quarter size in far northern Cheyenne County.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and through most of the night strong to severe thunderstorms developed and trained along a surface boundary. The storms slowly moved east across parts of Northwest Kansas. The largest hail reported was quarter size in far northern Cheyenne County.
Read the full account →Late in the afternoon through the evening a slow moving group of severe storms moved through part of Northwest Kansas underneath an upper level disturbance. This setup was favorable for the development of four weak, short-lived tornadoes in Wichita county.
Read the full account →Another round of severe thunderstorms brought more pain and hardship to the area in the form of large hail, damaging winds, flooding rains and 3 more tornadoes.
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 →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 →During the late afternoon and through most of the night strong to severe thunderstorms developed and trained along a surface boundary. The storms slowly moved east across parts of Northwest Kansas. The largest hail reported was quarter size in far northern Cheyenne County.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and through most of the night strong to severe thunderstorms developed and trained along a surface boundary. The storms slowly moved east across parts of Northwest Kansas. The largest hail reported was quarter size in far northern Cheyenne 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 →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 →Late in the afternoon through the evening a slow moving group of severe storms moved through part of Northwest Kansas underneath an upper level disturbance. This setup was favorable for the development of four weak, short-lived tornadoes in Wichita 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 →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 major flash flood event engulfed many locations across south central Kansas. During the evening of August 19th a strong cold front pushed across central and eastern Kansas. Storms developed along this front and tracked off to the southeast during the evening hours.
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