National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

An oppressively hot, muggy July 14th gave way to strong to severe thunderstorms across the region.  Thunderstorms produced damaging winds across parts of north central and northeast Kansas, before gradually weakening as they moved to the southeast.  A few of these thunderstorms developed extreme rainfall rates as high as 3 inches per hour, which led to localized flash flooding during the early morning hours on Thursday.  The following is an overview of just what happened on this day of diverse weather extremes.

HEAT

SEVERE WEATHER and FLASH FLOOD REPORTS

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0729 PM     TSTM WND GST     WNW MUNDEN              39.92N 97.54W
07/14/2010  E60.00 MPH       REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0736 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NNW CUBA              39.86N 97.50W
07/14/2010  E60.00 MPH       REPUBLIC           KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0754 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 W HADDAM              39.86N 97.32W
07/14/2010  E60.00 MPH       WASHINGTON         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0821 PM     TSTM WND GST     CONCORDIA               39.57N 97.66W
07/14/2010  M61.00 MPH       CLOUD              KS   ASOS

0828 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 S CLYDE               39.56N 97.41W
07/14/2010  E60.00 MPH       CLOUD              KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0834 PM     TSTM WND GST     8 SW GREENLEAF          39.65N 97.08W
07/14/2010  E60.00 MPH       WASHINGTON         KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

0100 AM     FLOOD            EMPORIA                 38.40N 96.18W
07/15/2010                   LYON               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES BEGINNING TO CAUSE STREET
            FLOODING.

0130 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NE EMPORIA            38.41N 96.17W
07/15/2010  M1.50 INCH       LYON               KS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MEASURED 1.50 INCHES IN 14 MINUTES. STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
            OVER THE PAST 2 HOURS APPROACHING 4 INCHES.

0256 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 S LEBO                38.34N 95.85W
07/15/2010                   COFFEY             KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            FLASH FLOODING ALONG BENEDICT CREEK AT 22ND AND GARNER.

0305 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 N AMERICUS            38.52N 96.26W
07/15/2010                   LYON               KS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            RUNNING WATER OVER AMERICUS ROAD JUST NORTH OF AMERICUS.

0500 AM     HEAVY RAIN       EMPORIA                 38.40N 96.18W
07/15/2010  M2.70 INCH       LYON               KS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            2.70 INCHES MEASURED AT KVOE IN EMPORIA.

0500 AM     HEAVY RAIN       EMPORIA AIRPORT         38.34N 96.20W
07/15/2010  M2.01 INCH       LYON               KS   ASOS

            ASOS STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION THROUGH 5 AM. MEASURED
            0.96 INCES IN A 15 MINUTE PERIOD...AND 1.89 INCHES IN A
            60 MINUTE PERIOD.