Flash Flood, Cherokee
- When
- August 17, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, 3 mi N of Columbus
- Coordinates
- 37.169, -94.846 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Kansas, August 17, 1996
2 inches of rain fell in one hour across central and northeast Cherokee county. Flooding was reported on Highway 7 between Columbus and Stippville.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
2 inches of rain fell in one hour across central and northeast Cherokee county. Flooding was reported on Highway 7 between Columbus and Stippville.
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5567230.