Flash Flood, Doniphan
- When
- June 24, 2:35 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Doniphan County, Northwest Portion
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.788, -95.147 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Kansas, June 24, 2000
Thunderstorms along a slow moving front dumped very heavy rainfall on northwest Doniphan County on the night of June 23-24. 5 and 11 inches, and K-7 Highway was closed due to floodwaters.
Where it happened
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- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
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- 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
- $250,000
- Events
- 1
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 along a slow moving front dumped very heavy rainfall on northwest Doniphan County on the night of June 23-24. Rainfall amounts were estimated between 6.5 and 11 inches, and K-7 Highway was closed due to floodwaters. The USDA reported that as many as 300 farms were affected by the heavy rainfall, with erosion losses totaling $250,000.
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:37 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 24, 2000
- Heat in Alaska, June 24, 2000
- Heat in California, June 24, 2000
- Heat in Alabama, June 24, 2000
- Flooding in Iowa, June 24 to 27, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 24, 2000
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Indiana, June 24, 2000
- Hail in South Dakota, June 24, 2000
- Flood in Indiana, June 24, 2000
- Tornado in Illinois, June 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 24, 2000
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 2000
More
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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: 5153997.