Flash Flood — Gove, Kansas

2024-09-16 · near Quinter, Gove, Kansas

Event narrative

Reported via social media. Four feet of water over County Road 82/Trego County Line 100 yards south of the intersection with County Road O.

Wider weather episode

In the early afternoon of the 16th, scattered storms began to form near the west Kansas border. By the early evening, an organized line of storms began producing wind gusts up to 67 MPH. Over the following hours, a report of 1.5 inch hail was sent in and the storms began to repeatedly move over the same location, leading to flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1211342. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.