Allen storm history

Scattered snow showers produced slick roads across portions of the county to the south of Iola. One accident involved a pickup pulling a travel trailer, that lost control on an icy bridge on Highway 169. The pickup lost control, overturned and caught fire. All 3 passengers were e…

A wintry mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain during the afternoon hours of February 23rd eventually changed over to all snow during the evening hours, and accumulated up to 2 inches across Allen County before ending around 11 p.m. Associated slick road conditions led to a fatal …

Extremely heavy rainfall from the end of June into early July caused flash flooding throughout Allen County. The flash flooding and the ensuing river flooding caused an estimated 3 million dollars in damages to private property and 3 million dollars in damage to public infrastruc…

Wind gusts between 61 and 66 mph were measured at Allen County airport for about an hour. Damaged also occurred in the county with tree limbs down and damage to power poles reported in Iola. Much of Iola was left without power due to damaged caused by high winds.

A snowfall total of 9 inches was reported about one mile west of Humboldt. Based on additional reports, around 5 to 9 inches of snow fell across Allen County.

A long duration winter event included freezing drizzle and freezing rain before transitioning to snow. The full transition to snow didn't occur until around 1PM on the 5th based on the observations from the Iola Airport. Emergency management measured 0.25 of an inch of ice on tre…

A tree was reported down in the town of La Harpe.

Iola Airport measured a 62 mph wind gust. Some tree limbs were reported down in town along with some electrical outages.

There was a report of rain blowing sideways with visibility less than 300 feet.

Trees limbs around four inches in diameter were downed in Humboldt.

Observer measured a total of 7.28 inches in the last 24 hours. Additional rainfall reports across the county ranged from 5.47 inches in Iola to 6 inches in Humboldt. Some of the typical roadways flooded in the county.

A chaser video showed a brief touchdown in open country. No damage was found.

A cooperative observer near Moran estimated a tenth of an inch of ice. Some car accidents were reported including one with a suspected injury near Humboldt.

At 7AM on 9 January a COOP Observer reported 1.5 inches of snow in Moran. Snowfall amounts of 1.5 to 0.1 inches of snow were reported across the county.

Drought conditions improved from severe drought (D2) to moderate drought (D1) in the northwestern parts of the county. The remainder of the county maintained moderate drought (D1).

No improvement in drought conditions with the far northwest comer of the county remaining in severe drought (D2).

All parts of the county improved during the month of October. Improvement was from extreme drought (D3) in the far northwestern areas of the county and severe drought (D2) to moderate drought (D1) across the county. The only exception was the far northwest corner of the county wh…

There was no improvement in drought conditions in the county. Severe drought (D2) covered the county with only the far northwestern section of the county in extreme drought (D3).

There was a report of some street flooding in Iola. This was a delayed report and the time was estimated by radar.

Allen county improved from extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) across the county with parts of southwest Allen County improving to moderate drought (D1).

There was a delayed report of trees down and the power was out in Moran.

This was an estimated wind gust.

Winds were estimated to be around 60 to 70 mph.

This was a measured wind gust at Allen County Airport.

A Coop observer reported a tree had fallen on a house in La Harpe.

Severe drought (D3) continued across the county for July with only the far northeastern and southwest parts of the county improving to moderate drought (D2) by the end of the month.

Extreme drought (D3) continued across the region.

Extreme drought (D3) expanded across the entire county during the month, due to continued below normal rainfall.

Severe drought (D2) continued over the southwestern half of the county.

Tree damage was noted in Iola.

Severe drought (D2) continued over the southwestern half of the county.

Extreme drought (D3) continued across the northern half of the county, with Exceptional Drought (D4) across the southern half of the county.

Severe drought (D2) continued over the southwestern half of the county.

Severe Drought (D2) at the beginning of the month improved to Moderate Drought (D1) by the end of the month, due to much needed rainfall in eastern Kansas.

Extreme drought (D3) improved to Severe drought (D2) due to much needed rainfall during the month.

A band of moderate to heavy snow moved into the county during the morning hours. Visibilities were reduced down to a half of a mile to a mile with sustained wind speeds of 20 to 25 mph and gusts of 30 to 35 mph.

Extreme drought (D3) improved to Severe drought (D2) due to much needed rainfall during the month.

A Coop observer reported 2.13 inches of rainfall.

Extreme drought (D3) continued across the county, but by the middle of the month, Exceptional drought (D4) had moved into the south half of the county.