Flood, Rawlins
- When
- July 29, 7:00 PM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Rawlins forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -101.076 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood and Flooding in Kansas, July 29 to 31, 1998
Undermining of roads and washing of gravel from roads occurred due to flooding of Sappa Creek. Damage estimated at $5 thousand each county by Road and Bridge Department.
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
- $10,000
- 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 GLD wrote it up.
Undermining of roads and washing of gravel from roads occurred due to flooding of Sappa Creek. Damage estimated at $5 thousand each county by Road and Bridge Department. Flooding continued into August.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 71 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Decatur
- When
- July 29, 7:00 PM CST to July 30, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur County, Southwest Portion
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -100.460 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two to four inches of rainfall produced flash flooding along Sappa Creek drainage.
Flood, Decatur
- When
- July 30, 6:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Decatur forecast zone
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GOVT OFFICIAL
- Coordinates
- 39.785, -100.460 (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.
- 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 Texas, July 29, 1998
- Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Vermont, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Utah, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind in New York, July 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 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: 5650288, 5650289, 5650287.