Flash Flood, Leavenworth
- When
- August 22, 9:30 PM CST to August 23, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth County, Tonganoxie
- Coordinates
- 39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Kansas, August 22 to 23, 1996
There were several reports of flooding in the Tonganoxie area. A tributary to Tonganoxie Creek running through Tonganoxie flooded and closed State Avenue.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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 EAX wrote it up.
There were several reports of flooding in the Tonganoxie area. A tributary to Tonganoxie Creek running through Tonganoxie flooded and closed State Avenue.
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 80 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:27 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
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 22, 1996
- Lightning Strike in New Mexico, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, August 22, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, August 22, 1996
- Flood in Colorado, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 22, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, August 22, 1996
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: 5557615.