Flash Flood — Brown, Kansas

2019-08-29 to 2019-08-30 · near Fairview, Brown, Kansas

Event narrative

Small creeks out of banks and several roads flooding due to torrential rains.

Wider weather episode

Yet another round of severe t-storms occurred across parts of northeast Kansas on August 29th and August 30th. Damaging winds, large hail and some flooding was reported. The worst damage occurred in and around the city of Emporia where widespread downburst winds of 75-100 mph caused significant tree damage and some structural damage to grain bins and outbuildings. The swath of damage was oriented from northwest to southeast across the area revealed by subsequent NWS survey.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 852943. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.