1,054 first-hand accounts of flood events in Kansas, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 →Compared to typical daylight events, the batch of strong to severe storms that shoved through this six-county North Central Kansas area on this Friday afternoon got going sooner and also ended earlier than usual.
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 →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 →Severe thunderstorms produced large hail, high winds and torrential rainfall across north-central Kansas. The extremely heavy rain resulted in widespread flooding across Mitchell county.
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 →The upper level low that brought persistent heavy rain during late June had moved out on the 1st with rain ending. However, flooding continued for a couple of days early in the month.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms moved southeast out of Northwest Kansas into Central and South Central Kansas during the early morning hours of May 8th, 2009.
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 →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 →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 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 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 →Up to six inches of heavy rain from overnight thunderstorms brought extensive flooding and flash flooding along the Kansas River Valley from near St. Marys to Lawrence.The 5.61 inches of rain that fell in Topeka broke the one-day rainfall record for the city.
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 →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 →A powerful but slow moving storm system that brought numerous tornadoes to Central and Southwest Kansas also brought significant flooding to parts of Central Kansas. The storms that produced the tornadoes on May 4th-5th brought with them very heavy rain.
Read the full account →A powerful but slow moving storm system that brought numerous tornadoes to Central and Southwest Kansas also brought significant flooding to parts of Central Kansas. The storms that produced the tornadoes on May 4th-5th brought with them very heavy rain.
Read the full account →A powerful but slow moving storm system that brought numerous tornadoes to Central and Southwest Kansas also brought significant flooding to parts of Central Kansas. The storms that produced the tornadoes on May 4th-5th brought with them very heavy rain.
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 →Between the mid-afternoon hours of Wednesday the 27th until shortly past midnight on Thursday the 28th, widespread heavy rain-producing thunderstorms affected the majority of this six-county North Central Kansas area (except for most of Mitchell and southeastern Osborne…
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 →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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