Flash Flood — Cherokee, Kansas

2024-05-26 · near Baxter Spgs, Cherokee, Kansas

Event narrative

Mping report of flooded roadways.

Wider weather episode

A shortwave trough approached southeast Kansas on May 25, 2024, priming the atmosphere for moderate instability and sufficient deep layer shear. Additionally a low level jet around 45 to 50 knots nosed into the area during the late evening hours and into the early morning hours of May 26, 2024, further amplifying low level flow into the region. As a result, supercell thunderstorms developed and slid into southeast Kansas during the early morning hours on May 26, 2024. These thunderstorms flooded roadways in Cherokee county, before pushing into the Missouri Ozarks and producing all modes of severe weather.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1175226. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.