Flash Flood — Sedgwick, Kansas

2008-09-12 · near Valley Center, Sedgwick, Kansas

Direct deaths

Injuries

$7K

Property damage

Event narrative

Widespread heavy rains of 8 to 10 inches caused flooding of numerous county roads across Northern Sedgwick County. One fatality occurred to the south of the town of Sedgwick, near the 11200 block of North West, when a stalled motorist apparently attempted to flee his vehicle and was swept into the ditch by the fast moving water and drowned.

Wider weather episode

Moisture plume from the Southwest United States spread northeast towards the plains and interacted with a stationary boundary to produce a deluge of rainfall across Central and South Central Kansas. Rainfall amounts were generally around 5 inches, however isolated amounts reached up to 11.00 inches on the West side of Wichita, Kansas. Wichita Mid Continent Airport reported the greatest 24 rainfall total (10.31 inches) in its history.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 135396. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.