Flash Flood, Crawford
- When
- July 14, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Walnut
- Coordinates
- 37.507, -94.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two inches of rain fell in an hour causing flooding of creeks and low lying areas.
Flash Flood in Kansas, July 14, 1997
1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:02 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
- Heat in Illinois, July 14 to 18, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 14, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, July 14, 1997
- Tornado in Texas, July 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 14, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 14, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 14, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 14, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Texas, July 14, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 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: 5610509.