Flood, Lyon
- When
- April 15, 5:00 AM CST to April 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.456, -96.153 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in Kansas, April 15 to 18, 1999
The previously mentioned storm system brought heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches to some areas of northeast and east central Kansas and sent several rivers out of their banks producing mostly agricultural and low land flooding. 2 feet at 0800 on the 16th.
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.
The previously mentioned storm system brought heavy rains of 2 to 4 inches to some areas of northeast and east central Kansas and sent several rivers out of their banks producing mostly agricultural and low land flooding. The Cottonwood Rver near Emporia crested at 24.2 feet at 0800 on the 16th. Flood stage is 20 feet. The Neosho River near Emporia crested at 22.2 feet at 2100 on the 15th. Flood stage is 19 feet. At Neosho Rapids the Neosho River crested at 25.2 feet at 1500 on the 16th. Flood stage is 22 feet.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Coffey
- When
- April 15, 5:00 AM CST to April 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Coffey forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.237, -95.734 (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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Avalanche in Alaska, April 15, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in Alabama, April 15, 1999
- Tornado in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
- Hail in North Carolina, April 15, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, April 1999
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: 5687194, 5687195.