Flood, Linn
- When
- February 21, 12:00 AM CST to February 25, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Linn forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.212, -94.843 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Kansas, February 21 to 25, 1997
Heavy rains on February 20th and 22nd produced as much as 2-3 inches of rainfall over extreme Eastern Kansas.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
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.
Heavy rains on February 20th and 22nd produced as much as 2-3 inches of rainfall over extreme Eastern Kansas. Minor to moderate flooding resulted from the heavy rains.Marais Des Cygnes RiverOsawatomie, KS Flood Stage 28 ftAbove Flood Stage 2/21 to 2/24Crest 32.10 ft on 2/23La Cygne, KSFlood Stage 25 ftAbove Flood Stage 2/21 to 2/25Crest 28.62 ft on 2/24Trading Post, KS Flood Stage 25 ftAbove Flood Stage 2/22 to 2/26Crest 27.91 ft on 2/22Stranger CreekFlood Stage 17 ftAbove Flood Stage 2/21 to 2/22Crest 19.05 ft on 2/22
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Miami
- When
- February 21, 12:00 AM CST to February 24, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Miami forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 38.564, -94.838 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Leavenworth
- When
- February 21, 12:00 AM CST to February 22, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Leavenworth forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, February 21, 1997
- Tornadoes in Mississippi, February 21, 1997
- Tornado in South Carolina, February 21, 1997
- Rip Current in Florida, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 21, 1997
- Tornado in North Carolina, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, February 21, 1997
- Tornado in Georgia, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, February 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, February 21, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, February 1997
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: 5587269, 5587270, 5587271.