Flash Flood — Trego, Kansas

2025-08-28 · near Trego Center, Trego, Kansas

Event narrative

The emergency manager reported flash flooding and washed out roads, with hay bales carried by the water into the road, near Page Creek Bridge. Time estimated via radar and flood guidance.

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 1292482. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.