Flash Flood in Cherokee County, Kansas

Flash Flood June 12, 2007 – June 13, 2007 · Cherokee County, Kansas

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Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Another stationary band of heavy rain occurred on the night of June 11th and the morning of June 12th. In response, significant flooding occurred in all areas of the county. The Spring and Neosho rivers remained flooded, causing damage to homes and several road systems.

The wider storm

Several waves of heavy rainfall occurred over southeast Kansas and southwest Missouri between June 10th and June 12th. The Spring River basin was especially impacted with this heavy rain. The Waco, Missouri DCP guage along the Spring River measured 12 inches during one overnight episode. This caused massive flooding of small creeks and main stem rivers across Cherokee, Crawford, and Bourbon counties. One weak tornado touched down in northern Cherokee County on the 10th. Meanwhile a few other minor episodes of wind damage and large hail occurred in Crawford County.

Began near Columbus (37.1700, -94.8400).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Cherokee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 44119. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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