Flood, Lyon
- When
- April 22, 2:00 PM CST to April 24, 4:00 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 22 to 24, 1999
Runoff from one to 3 inch rains on wet soil caused some minor agricultural flooding in east central Kansas when several rivers rose above flood stage for several days . 1 feet on the 23rd at 1200.
Where it happened
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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.
Runoff from one to 3 inch rains on wet soil caused some minor agricultural flooding in east central Kansas when several rivers rose above flood stage for several days . The Cottonwood River near Emporia where flood stage is 20 feet crested at 21.1 feet on the 23rd at 1200. The Neosho River at Neosho Rapids where flood stage is 22 feet crested at 23.5 feet on the 23rd at 2300. Salt Creek at Lyndon where flood stage is 10 feet crested at 11.7 feet on the 22nd at 1600.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Osage
- When
- April 22, 2:00 PM CST to April 24, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Osage forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 38.652, -95.727 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Utah, April 22 to 23, 1999
- Flooding in Missouri, April 22 to 30, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, April 22 to 27, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 22, 1999
- Flooding in Kansas, April 22, 1999
- High Wind in Colorado, April 22 to 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Missouri, April 22, 1999
- High Wind in California, April 22 to 23, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Indiana, April 22, 1999
- Winter Storm in Wyoming, April 22 to 24, 1999
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 22 to 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 22, 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: 5687204, 5687205.