Flash Flood — Brown, Kansas

2007-05-06 · near Hiawatha, Brown, Kansas

Event narrative

Hiawatha had report of flooding of city streets. One resident has house flooded out and is being evacuated by city workers. Unofficial reports of 6 to 8 inches of rain with a few rural roads damaged by flash flooding. Flash flooding also severely damaged a low water impoundment dam on the Kickapoo Indian Reservation that is vital to their water supply. Total damage to the dam was estimated at 1.5 million dollars.

Wider weather episode

Widespread early morning thunderstorms with attendant very heavy rain caused widespread flash flooding. The flash flooding gave way to more generalized flooding by late morning. Some of the flooding lasted for several days. Record flooding occurred in Osage county at the gage sites on Salt Creek near Lyndon and the Marais Des Cygnes near Quenemo.

This flooding brought local disaster emergency declarations for Riley and Dickinson counties. This action qualified those counties for state and federal aid. Jackson and Pottawatomie counties qualified for FEMA funds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 31355. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.