Kansas, 2001

Flash Flooding in Kansas, June 20, 2001

June 20, 2001 · NWS EAX · 4 events in 2 counties and zones

4 flash 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

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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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Kansas City, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 19, 9:10 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 9:10 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1010 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001

HVY RAIN THREAT FOR REST OF TNGT FOR E CNTRL KS/W CNTRL MO. OVER 9
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN MUSCOTAH IN ATCHISON COUNTY KS SINCE
THIS MRNG. AXIS OF TRAINING TSTMS RUNS FM N CNTRL KS TO BTN STJ AND
MCI. THIS AXIS EXPCD TO SHIFT SWD TNGT TO ARND THE MO RVR. HV ISSUED
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FM STJ TO KC METRO AREA AND EAST TO CALDWELL AND
LAFAYETTE COUNTIES. PCPN RATES FALL OFF QUICKLY AS ACTVTY MOVS FTHR
E AND AWY FM WAA ZONE.

IN ADDITION...SGFNT REVISIONS TO FCST TO EXTEND RAIN CHCS THRU ALL
DAY WED FOR ENTIRE FCST AREA...AND INTO WED EVE FOR SRN 1/2 CWA. DUE
RAIN HANGING ARND LONGER ON WED HV LOWERED MAX TEMPS.

.EAX...
KS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT FOR KSZ025-102>105.
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TNGT FOR MOZ020>022-028>030-037-038.

JULY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 9:28 PM CST, 3 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1028 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNT#Y LOCATION....

0832 PM    KANSAS CITY               MO   .75 INCH HAIL
06/19/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY FIRE AND
                                          RESCUE.
Local storm report, Jun 19, 10:32 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1132 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1130 PM                              KS   8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN
06/19/01   ATCHISON                       SINCE NOON REPORTED BY
                                          THE PUBLIC AND
                                          EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:29 UTC.

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Event by event

4 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Atchison

When
June 20, 12:30 AM CST
Where
Atchison County, Atchison
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.532, -95.313 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous roads remain flooded across the county.

Flash Flood, Leavenworth

When
June 20, 3:29 AM CST
Where
Leavenworth County, Easton
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.199, -95.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Numerous roads closed in county due to flooding...including roads leading into Easton.

Flash Flood, Atchison

When
June 20, 3:30 AM CST
Where
Atchison County, Atchison
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.532, -95.313 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flooding continues across the county with numerous roads closed.

Flash Flood, Atchison

When
June 20, 9:09 AM CST
Where
Atchison County, 2 mi N of Effingham
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
39.532, -95.313 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Roads that remain closed due to flooding include: 59 Hwy at Edwards...US 74 north of Effingham...230th and Ottawa...206th west of Rollins...Kansas 9 and Haskell...Ottawa and 286th...Sherman Rd between 242nd and 246th streets.

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

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: 5253085, 5253088, 5253086, 5253087.