Flood — Elk, Kansas

2024-05-16 · near Moline, Elk, Kansas

Event narrative

Portions of US Highway 160 flooded between the town of Elk Falls and Dove Road, east of Moline.

Wider weather episode

A cluster of supercells developed across portions of Harper and Cowley counties during the afternoon of May 15th and quickly began producing large hail and damaging winds. This cluster of storms expanded north and eastward continuing to produce quarter to two inch sized hail across south central and southeast Kansas. Meanwhile, a second cluster of storms developed across northwest Oklahoma and progressed into southern Kansas during the nighttime hours. While more sporadic, this cluster produced wind gusts to 60 mph and quarter to golf ball sized hail as it moved across south central and southeast Kansas early on the morning of May 16. A prolonged period of heavy rainfall caused some flooding across portions of Elk County as well.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1180843. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.