Flood — Atchison, Kansas

2019-03-13 to 2019-03-31 · near Oak Mills, Atchison, Kansas

Event narrative

The gauge in Leavenworth, Kansas reached 31.30 feet (2nd place at the time). Some resources were secured or moved off the base at Fort Leavenworth since some of the base was covered with water. The river remained in flood into the middle part of May. Note: The dollar value assigned to the damages is likely not accurate, as the full extent of the damage is unknown.

Wider weather episode

Several months of heavy snow across the Northern Plains set the stage for a significant and catastrophic flooding event when temperatures warmed and heavy rain fell across Nebraska and the Dakotas. While the more significant damage occurred across eastern Nebraska several counties along the Missouri River in parts of northeast Kansas saw some high impacts as well. Numerous locations along the Missouri River received major flooding, in which the impacts were aggravated by by several levy failures. These failures resulted in numerous roads across the area being completely washed away and the inundation of several small towns and residential areas. While the flash flooding threats associated with the levy failures were fairly transient, the Missouri River remained in either minor or moderate flood through the rest of the month.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 813031. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.