Flash Flood — Trego, Kansas

2024-09-16 · near Collyer, Trego, Kansas

Event narrative

From 8 miles south of Collyer, social media reports of multiple roads flooded including 4 feet of water over the Trego County road O near the Trego/Gove County line road.

Wider weather episode

As a shortwave trough moved into Kansas, thunderstorms developed along the dryline over western Kansas. These were training cells in two clusters. The northern storms dropped large hail (2.25 IN) and large quantities of rain in Trego county. The southern storm generated strong winds (63 MPH) in Gray county and thunderstorm wind damage in Finney county.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212029. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.