Flash Flood, Ford
- When
- August 25, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Ford County, 2 mi S of Wright
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.692, -99.888 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water reported over the road.
Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Kansas, August 25, 1998
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Morton
- When
- August 25, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Morton County, Richfield
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.270, -101.780
Microburst destroyed a mobile home that was unoccupied at the time. An outbuilding had a tree limb impaled into it.
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.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flood in Michigan, August 25, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Ohio, August 25, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, August 25, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, August 25, 1998
- Flood in Ohio, August 25 to 27, 1998
- Tornado in Ohio, August 25, 1998
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 25, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, August 25, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, August 25, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Connecticut, August 25 to 26, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, August 25, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 1998
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: 5664887, 5664888.