Flood — Rice, Kansas

2007-05-06 to 2007-05-10 · near Lyons, Rice, Kansas

Event narrative

US Highway 56 was closed between Chase and Lyons with about 2 feet of water flowing over it. K-14 was closed north of Lyons. Numerous other county roads were flooded throughout the entire county. Stretches of K-14 as well as numerous county roads were washed out during the flood. Damage to just public infrastructure was estimated to be at least 2.568 million dollars.

Wider weather episode

A powerful but slow moving storm system that brought numerous tornadoes to Central and Southwest Kansas also brought significant flooding to parts of Central Kansas. The storms that produced the tornadoes on May 4th-5th brought with them very heavy rain. More storms tracked over nearly the same places on May 5th and into May 6th which when added to the rain from the previous night caused significant flash flooding and eventually record river flooding at Haven in Reno County. Moderate river flooding also occurred along the Mulberry Creek in Salina and the Smoky Hill River at Mentor and New Cambria.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 34755. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.