Flash Flood — Bourbon, Kansas

2025-04-20 · near Ft Scott, Bourbon, Kansas

Event narrative

Several reports of street flooding were received from Fort Scott, Kansas. High water caused Gunn and Riverfront Parks to close due to flooding. Flooding is also occurring on 31 Hwy in Bourbon County.

Wider weather episode

A strong storm system moved through the area on Sunday April 20th, 2025. This system brought tornadoes, damaging wind, large hail and heavy rain. The heavy rainfall led to flooding as the area had already received heavy rainfall from the previous week.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1248321. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.