Flash Flood, Crawford
- When
- October 4, 9:30 PM CST to October 6, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Crawford County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.507, -94.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Kansas, October 4 to 6, 1998
Thunderstorms produced 4 to 6 inches of rain producing flooding of low lying areas. There was extensive damage to low lying sections of highways.
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
- $500,000
- 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 SGF wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced 4 to 6 inches of rain producing flooding of low lying areas. There was extensive damage to low lying sections of highways.
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:28 UTC.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Bourbon
- When
- October 4, 10:15 PM CST to October 6, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Bourbon County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.855, -94.849 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Cherokee
- When
- October 5, 6:00 PM CST to October 6, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cherokee County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.169, -94.846 (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
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kansas, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Oklahoma, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, October 4 to 6, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, October 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Kansas, October 4 to 31, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Kansas, October 4, 1998
- Blizzard in Wyoming, October 4 to 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 4, 1998
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5670022, 5670021, 5670023.