Flash Flood, Crawford
- When
- August 9, 8:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Walnut
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.507, -94.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Kansas, August 9, 1998
Minor flooding occurred on Little Walnut creek in western Crawford County. Minor street flooding also occurred in Uniontown in western Bourbon County.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGF wrote it up.
Minor flooding occurred on Little Walnut creek in western Crawford County. Minor street flooding also occurred in Uniontown in western Bourbon County.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:59 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Bourbon
- When
- August 9, 8:00 AM CST to 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bourbon County, Uniontown
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 37.855, -94.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, August 9 to 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 9, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Oklahoma, August 9, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Lightning Strike in Michigan, August 9, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, August 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 9, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, August 9, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, August 9, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 9, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, August 9, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 9, 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: 5665729, 5665730.