Flash Flood, Jackson
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 39.009, -94.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding and Flood in Missouri, April 22, 1999
Thunderstorms on April 22 produced excessive rainfall across the Kansas City metro area, resulting in flash flooding in Jackson and Platte Counties, as well as urban and small stream flooding in Clay County. 26 inches for the day.
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
- $25,000
- 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 EAX wrote it up.
Thunderstorms on April 22 produced excessive rainfall across the Kansas City metro area, resulting in flash flooding in Jackson and Platte Counties, as well as urban and small stream flooding in Clay County. Kansas City International Airport reported 1.82 inches of rain in 2 hours, and a total of 2.26 inches for the day. The downtown Kansas City airport also received over 2 inches of rain. Media sources reported water up to car windows and water damage inside a restaurant in Westport. Reports were also received of rescues from vehicles stalled in high water in Kansas City. Emergency managers reported numerous road closings due to high water, mainly north of Kansas City in Platte and Clay Counties. One death was an indirect result of the flooding, as a man was swept into a drain pipe after falling into a drainage ditch in Platte County.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Platte
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.381, -94.774 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood, Clay
- When
- April 22, 12:00 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Countywide
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 39.311, -94.421 (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.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, April 22 to 24, 1999
More
Every storm in Missouri in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Missouri, 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: 5692072, 5692073, 5692074.