1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Several waves of heavy rainfall occurred over southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri between June 10th and June 12th. The Spring River basin was especially impacted with this heavy rain.
Read the full account →A slow moving frontal boundary in conjunction with rich low-level moisture and various upper level disturbances resulted in numerous rounds of heavy showers and thunderstorms from the afternoon of the 25th into the evening hours of the 27th across portions of central,…
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 →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 →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 →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 →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 persistent upper air system anchored over the area for several days late in the month brought excessive rain with flash flooding to much of Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Anderson counties.
Read the full account →A persistent upper air system anchored over the area for several days late in the month brought excessive rain with flash flooding to much of Osage, Franklin, Coffey and Anderson counties.
Read the full account →A stalled frontal boundary resulted in numerous, slow-moving strong to severe thunderstorms across portions of central and south-central Kansas from the afternoon hours on May 23rd, to the early morning hours on May 24th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed over Republic county the evening of the 22nd and persisted into the early morning hours of the 23rd. Numerous reports of large hail and damaging winds along with several tornadoes (discussed separately) were the result.
Read the full account →A cluster of thunderstorms moved northeast across parts of Northwest Kansas, with the majority of the severe weather occurring in the Oakley, Gove, and Quinter area. Five tornadoes occurred with these storms.
Read the full account →A record breaking flood event occurred October 1st into October 3rd over a part of Northeast Kansas. Intense rainfall during the late evening of October 1st through the early morning of October 2nd brought six to twelve inches of rain to southern Pottawatomie, northern Shawnee,…
Read the full account →A large area of elevated convection developed over northern Oklahoma and moved northeast over South Central Kansas during the early morning hours of August 8th, 2016.
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 →After a break of several weeks, very heavy rain producing thunderstorms again rolled over a number of counties during the evening and early morning hours. Dickinson County again was hit hard for the second time in the month with significant flooding along the Smoky Hill river.
Read the full account →During an 18-hour stretch between noon CDT on Tuesday the 4th and 6 a.m. on Wednesday the 5th, two fairly distinct rounds of widespread thunderstorm activity soaked much (but not all) of this six county North Central Kansas area with 1-4 inches of rain, and localized pockets as…
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 round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms gave flash flooding. The city of Topeka made nearly 500 water rescues due to the flash flooding. The community of Wakarusa also had a few water rescues as well.
Read the full account →A slow moving cold front led to the development of a line of showers and thunderstorms across the area during the afternoon and evening of July, 6th, 2015. Wet microbursts along the slow moving line led to damaging winds of 70-80 mph across portions of South Central Kansas.
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 →Early morning thunderstorms dropped 3 to 6 inches of rain over the northern portions of Smith county. At a residence northwest of Smith Center, the five and a half inch rain gauge overflowed. Other reports include 4.75 at Athol and 3.68 in Smith Center.
Read the full account →Northeastern Kansas was hit by three waves of thunderstorms on June 27 and 28, which produced excessive rainfall and eventually resulted in significant flash flooding in the Kansas City area.
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.
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