Flash Flood, Trego
- When
- August 2, 4:17 AM CST
- Where
- Trego County, 3 mi E of Cedar Bluff Res
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 38.914, -99.873 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Butterfield road was closed due to flooding.
Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, August 2, 1999
3 flash flood, 1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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.
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 10:16 UTC.
Event by event
3 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Meade
- When
- August 2, 7:10 AM CST
- Where
- Meade County, 5 mi N of Meade
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 37.238, -100.366 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water was over highway 23 near the Meade/Gray county line.
Flood, Ellis
- When
- August 2, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ellis forecast zone
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.915, -99.317 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Many roads in the southwest part of the county were flooded. Five cars drove into ditches due to the flash flooding.
Flash Flood, Gray
- When
- August 2, 9:10 AM CST
- Where
- Gray County, 4 mi S of Montezuma
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 37.738, -100.438 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water was over the road in six places between this location and highway 23 to the east.
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.
- 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
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- Lightning Strike in Florida, August 2, 1999
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- Lightning Strike in Oregon, August 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Kansas in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, August 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: 5714112, 5714113, 5714114, 5714115.