Flash Flood, Jefferson
- When
- June 10, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, 1 mi E of Williamstown
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -95.383 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 10, 1998
Two to Three inches of rain caused flash flooding along US Highway 24 one mile east of Williamstown and on several county roads on the west side of Mc Louth.
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
- 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 TOP wrote it up.
Two to Three inches of rain caused flash flooding along US Highway 24 one mile east of Williamstown and on several county roads on the west side of Mc Louth.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Jefferson
- When
- June 10, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Mc Louth
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.236, -95.383 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 10 to 27, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in North Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Tornado in South Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, June 10, 1998
- Tornado in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 10, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 10 to 11, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 10, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, June 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: 5653887, 5653888.