Flood, Clay
- When
- May 24, 6:00 AM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.350, -97.165 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Kansas, May 24, 1997
The pressure of high water in the Chapman Creek, which resulted from 2 to 4 inches of rain which fell the previous night, caused a levee to break near the town of Industry. The water flooded the basements of several houses.
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
- $50,000
- 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 TOP wrote it up.
The pressure of high water in the Chapman Creek, which resulted from 2 to 4 inches of rain which fell the previous night, caused a levee to break near the town of Industry. The water flooded the basements of several houses.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, May 24 to 26, 1997
- Tornado and Flood in Louisiana, May 24, 1997
- Flash Flood in Wyoming, May 24, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, May 24, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, May 24, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, May 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 24, 1997
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, May 24, 1997
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, May 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: 5592872.