Flash Flood — Stanton, Kansas

2025-08-27 · near Johnson, Stanton, Kansas

Event narrative

The emergency manager reported street flooding and flooding of low lying areas in Johnson City and rural areas just outside of town due to multiple rounds of heavy rain.

Wider weather episode

An upper-level trough was positioned in northern Kansas with a 700 mb temperature gradient stretching into SW Kansas with a wedge of high moisture. On the afternoon of the 27th, supercells initiated and produced severe hail and winds. Into the evening, it became a more multicellular regime with widespread heavy rainfall. This produced flash flooding in multiple counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292479. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.