The upper level low that brought persistent heavy rain during late June had moved out on the 1st with rain ending. However, flooding continued for a couple of days early in the month.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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 episode as NWS TOP wrote it up.
The upper level low that brought persistent heavy rain during late June had moved out on the 1st with rain ending. However, flooding continued for a couple of days early in the month. Record flooding continued along the Pottawatomie Creek at both Scipio and Lane...and at Quenemo and Pomona along the Marais des Cygnes. The flooding near Scipio appeared to be the worst since the 1850's. The flood gates in Ottawa remained closed early in the month to protect the city. This is the worst flooding on the Marais des Cygnes near Ottawa since 1951. Coffey, Franklin, Osage and Anderson counties are declared local, state and national disaster areas...and become eligible for FEMA funds.
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 Topeka, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 3:51 PM CST, 8 hours 9 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 451 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 .DISCUSSION... SHORT TERM CONCERNS FOCUS ON THE CHANCES OF TRAINING PRECIPITATION ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS OVER THE NEXT 18-24 HOURS. SHORT TERM ENVIRONMENT LOOKS TO PAINT A DIRE PICTURE FOR EAST CENTRAL KS OVERNIGHT IF THE 18Z NAM VERIFIES. THE 18Z NAM INDICATES THAT A SURFACE/H850 LOW OVER SOUTH CENTRAL KS/NORTH CENTRAL OK WILL DEEPEN IN RESPONSE TO A SHORTWAVE ALOFT. WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS THIS LOOKS TO BRING THE INVERTED TROUGH AXIS WHICH HAS BEEN THE FOCUS FOR MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND RECORD SETTING FLOODING TODAY SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. WHILE THIS MAY BRING THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF EAST CENTRAL KS THIS EVENING...THE NAM INTENSIFIES THE LOW LEVEL JET OVER THIS AXIS OVERNIGHT...PROVIDING A FOCUS FOR CONVECTION TO DEVELOP ALONG A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ORIENTED AXIS FROM OSAGE COUNTY SOUTHEAST THROUGH EAST CENTRAL KS. COMPLICATING THIS SITUATION IS A MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE VORTEX THAT HAS BEEN SITTING OVER OSAGE COUNTY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS TODAY. THIS FEATURE HAS BEEN WEAKENING DURING THE PAST COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT IT SEEMS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF PRECIPITATION ACROSS FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES AT THIS TIME. AS THE INVERTED TROUGH AXIS SLIDES SOUTH WOULD EXPECT TO SEE PRECIPITATION FOCUS TEMPORARILY SOUTH...HOWEVER THIS STAGNANT MCV COMPLICATES WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE A LULL IN THE PRECIPITATION ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KS. AT THIS TIME EXPECT PRECIPITATION RATES OF A HALF INCH TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES PER HOUR ACROSS FRANKLIN AND ANDERSON COUNTIES THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. IF ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES GET ANOTHER BATCH OF RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR OVERNIGHT THE IMPACTS WOULD LIKELY BE DEVASTATING...SO THIS SITUATION WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED CLOSELY OVERNIGHT. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CONTINUED THROUGH 18Z SUNDAY GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF THE KANSAS TURNPIKE...NOT INCLUDING SHAWNEE COUNTY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES MAY BEGIN TO DIMINISH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING CONTINUES TO NUDGE SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA. THIS DRIER AIR SHOULD BRING AN END TO THE PERSISTENT TROPICAL MOISTURE TRANSPORT...PUSHING PRECIPITATION SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA. THIS MOTION IS ASSUMING THAT MESOSCALE ENHANCEMENT DOES NOT FURTHER STRENGTHEN THE SURFACE LOW. IF THE SURFACE LOW STRENGTHENS IT MAY SLOW THE RIDGING AND KEEP A CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION ALIVE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 35 THROUGH TOMORROW NIGHT. THE MID AND UPPER SYSTEMS ARE SUPPRESSED SOUTHWARD SUNDAY NIGHT FOCUSING THE PRECIPITATION FURTHER SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA. HAVE LEFT SMALL CHANCES OF SHOWERS IN THE EAST CENTRAL COUNTIES FOR SUNDAY NIGHT WITH DRY CONDITIONS FURTHER NORTH. MONDAY THROUGH INDEPENDENCE DAY WILL WARM ADVECTION WILL COMMENCE MONDAY WHILE A SURFACE TROUGH DEVELOPS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS. A SERIES OF SHORTWAVES WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TOP OF THE RIDGE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WHICH WILL MOVE A FRONTAL BOUNDARY SOUTH INTO SOUTHERN NEBRASKA AND NORTHWEST KANSAS BY WEDNESDAY MORNING OR INDEPENDENCE DAY. CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS CAP WEAKENS AND CONVERGENCE INCREASES ALONG THE FRONT. A WAVE DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS MISSOURI WITH TAIL END ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS BY THE EVENING OF THE 4TH. BOUNDARY WILL BE SLOW TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AND HAVE KEPT MENTION OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO THURSDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH ROTATES SOUTHEAST MOVING THE BOUNDARY SOUTHEAST OF THE CWA BY THURSDAY EVENING. && .AVIATION... WITH THE SURFACE/H850 LOW MOVING LITTLE OVER THE NEXT 18 HOURS WOULD EXPECT CIGS TO CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN AND OUT OF IFR LEVELS ACROSS TOP AND FOE. CURRENT MVFR DECK OVER MHK SEEMS TO BE LARGELY DIURNALLY DRIVEN...BUT WITH ITS PROXIMITY TO THE PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL OVER EAST CENTRAL KS COULD EASILY SEE THESE CIGS LOWER TO NEAR IFR LEVELS OVERNIGHT. EXPECT CIGS TO SCATTER OUT OVER MHK DURING THE MORNING HOURS...AND TO RISE SOMEWHAT OVER TOP AND FOE DURING THE MORNING HOURS. PRECIPITATION CHANCES MAY RETURN TO THE TOP AND FOE BY TOMORROW MORNING. && .TOP WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 1 PM SUNDAY FOR KSZ040-054>056-058-059. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS 454 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-011300- REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY- POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS- WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON- 454 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR LYON...OSAGE...DOUGLAS...ANDERSON...FRANKLIN AND COFFEY COUNTIES. FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL WORSEN THE FLOODING ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS AS WELL AS CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR LYON...OSAGE...DOUGLAS...ANDERSON...FRANKLIN AND COFFEY COUNTIES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70 WITH THE HEAVIEST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 56. ADDITIONAL FLOODING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS IS LIKELY ON SUNDAY. MANY STREAMS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL KANSAS WILL REMAIN IN FLOOD INTO MONDAY AND TUESDAY...REFER TO FLOOD STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE INDEPENDENCE DAY AND THURSDAY AS A FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE INCH TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TOPEKA.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
749 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0747 PM FLASH FLOOD GARNETT 38.28N 95.24W
06/30/2007 ANDERSON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
STATE EOC INDICATED THAT A PATIENT HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED
OUT OF GARNETT TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AS ROADS LEADING OUT
OF GARNETT WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.
&&
CAVANAUGHPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
901 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0857 PM FLOOD LE ROY 38.08N 95.63W
06/30/2007 COFFEY KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 58 IS CLOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 75
EAST TO LE ROY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NO ROUTE INTO THE
TOWN OF LE ROY DUE TO FLOODED ROADS.
&&
SBLAIRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
924 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0923 PM HEAVY RAIN 12 E BURLINGTON 38.19N 95.52W
06/30/2007 M6.00 INCH COFFEY KS CO-OP OBSERVER
2.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITHIN 12 HOURS WITH 6 INCHES OF
RAINFALL WITHIN 36 HOURS
&&
SBLAIRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1130 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1127 PM FLOOD LANE 38.44N 95.08W
06/30/2007 FRANKLIN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
3 HOMES FLOODED BY RISING WATER WITHIN THE TOWN OF LANE.
3RD AND 4TH STREET IMPASSABLE. LOCAL FIRE DEPARMENT
CURRENTLY ASSISTING IN EVACUATIONS WITHIN THE TOWN
LIMITS.
&&
SBLAIRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1234 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1234 AM FLOOD 3 E GARNETT 38.28N 95.19W
07/01/2007 ANDERSON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPLETED WATER RESCUE OF 3
INDIVIDUALS THAT DROVE INTO A WATER FILLED DITCH. NO
INJURIES WERE REPORTED. ALL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED GOING
INTO ANDERSON COUNTY.
&&
SBLAIRPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
1242 AM CDT SUN JUL 01 2007
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0346 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N SCRANTON 38.80N 95.74W
06/30/2007 OSAGE KS TRAINED SPOTTER
110 MILE CREEK IS OUT OF ITS BANKS ONE AND A QUARTER
MILES NORTH OF SCRANTON...AND WATER IS OVER FAIRLAWN
ROAD.
0421 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 N COLONY 38.09N 95.37W
06/30/2007 M17.60 INCH ANDERSON KS PUBLIC
17.60 INCHES STORM TOTAL RAINFALL WITHIN THE PAST THREE
DAYS
0424 PM HEAVY RAIN COLONY 38.07N 95.37W
06/30/2007 M4.50 INCH ANDERSON KS CO-OP OBSERVER
4.5 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITHIN THE PAST 10 HOURS
0455 PM HEAVY RAIN 4 NW WESTPHALIA 38.22N 95.54W
06/30/2007 M7.50 INCH COFFEY KS PUBLIC
RAINFALL SO FAR TODAY.
0500 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 SE GARNETT 38.23N 95.18W
06/30/2007 M15.50 INCH ANDERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL. 4.9 INCHES MEASURED THURSDAY
MORNING...3.1 INCHES FRIDAY MORNING...3.1 INCHES SATURDAY
MORNING...AND 5.5 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE 7AM TODAY.
0500 PM FLOOD LANE 38.44N 95.08W
06/30/2007 FRANKLIN KS CO-OP OBSERVER
ONE FAMILY WAS EVACUATED IN NORTH LANE DUE TO FLOODING OF
THE POTTAWATOMIE CREEK.
0530 PM HEAVY RAIN 5 SSW GARNETT 38.21N 95.28W
06/30/2007 M20.00 INCH ANDERSON KS TRAINED SPOTTER
RAINFALL SINCE TUESDAY MEASURED IN THE TOWN OF WELDA.
0533 PM FLASH FLOOD OTTAWA 38.62N 95.27W
06/30/2007 FRANKLIN KS EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT HIGHWAY 59 IS CLOSED
DUE TO WATER FLOWING OVER THE HIGHWAY FROM OTTAWA SOUTH
TO GARNETT.
0623 PM FLASH FLOOD GARNETT 38.28N 95.24W
06/30/2007 ANDERSON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
THE TIME ON THE LSR REPRESENTS THE MOST RECENT
CONVERSATION WITH EMERGENCY MANAGMENT...FLASH FLOODING
HAS BEEN ONGOING. THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS HAVE BEEN CLOSED
IN ANDERSON COUNTY DUE TO WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD.
HWY 31 FROM WAVERLY TO GARNETT, HWY 58 FROM HWY 169 WEST
TO THE COUNTY LINE, HWY 169 FROM GARNETT NORTHEAST TO THE
COUNTY LINE AND ALSO HWY 169 FROM THE JUNCTION WITH HWY
59 SOUTH TO THE COUNTY LINE, HWY 59 FROM GARNETT NORTH TO
THE COUNTY LINE. ALMOST ALL SECONDARY ROADS FLOODED.
0641 PM HEAVY RAIN 8 SE WILLIAMSBURG 38.40N 95.36W
06/30/2007 M17.25 INCH FRANKLIN KS TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL RAINFALL OVER THE LAST 3 DAYS.
0721 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 E MELVERN 38.51N 95.62W
06/30/2007 M4.95 INCH OSAGE KS CO-OP OBSERVER
24 HOUR TOTAL.
0747 PM FLASH FLOOD GARNETT 38.28N 95.24W
06/30/2007 ANDERSON KS EMERGENCY MNGR
STATE EOC INDICATED THAT A PATIENT HAD TO BE AIRLIFTED
OUT OF GARNETT TO RECEIVE TREATMENT AS ROADS LEADING OUT
OF GARNETT WERE CLOSED DUE TO FLOOD WATERS.
0857 PM FLOOD LE ROY 38.08N 95.63W
06/30/2007 COFFEY KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
HIGHWAY 58 IS CLOSED AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 75
EAST TO LE ROY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS NO ROUTE INTO THE
TOWN OF LE ROY DUE TO FLOODED ROADS.
0923 PM HEAVY RAIN 12 E BURLINGTON 38.19N 95.52W
06/30/2007 M6.00 INCH COFFEY KS CO-OP OBSERVER
2.50 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITHIN 12 HOURS WITH 6 INCHES OF
RAINFALL WITHIN 36 HOURS
1127 PM FLOOD LANE 38.44N 95.08W
06/30/2007 FRANKLIN KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
3 HOMES FLOODED BY RISING WATER WITHIN THE TOWN OF LANE.
3RD AND 4TH STREET IMPASSABLE. LOCAL FIRE DEPARMENT
CURRENTLY ASSISTING IN EVACUATIONS WITHIN THE TOWN
LIMITS.
1234 AM FLOOD 3 E GARNETT 38.28N 95.19W
07/01/2007 ANDERSON KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT COMPLETED WATER RESCUE OF 3
INDIVIDUALS THAT DROVE INTO A WATER FILLED DITCH. NO
INJURIES WERE REPORTED. ALL ROADS REMAIN CLOSED GOING
INTO ANDERSON COUNTY.
&&
SBLAIRThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Widespread flooding continues into early July. Numerous roads are still under water from heavy rain in late June. A state report said eight houses in the county received minor damage and another nine were affected by the flooding.
Rain ends but flooding continues into the new month. Many roads are flooded. Emergency manager reports that up to 25 homes have been evacuated with 15 homes flooded in Lane. Homes are evacuated on the west and east sides of Ottawa due to approaching floodwaters. Flood gates closed in downtown Ottawa. Highway K68 bridge crossing the Marais des Cygnes west of Ottawa has 5 feet of water over the bridge. An indirect fatality occurred nearly two weeks later (on the 15th) when a motorist was thrown from his vehicle 4 miles east of Pomona after hitting a hole in the road caused by flood waters earlier in the month. A state report said that flood waters destroyed five houses in the county with 20 receiving major damage, 23 had minor damage and 21 were affected by not considered damaged.
Flooding continues into early July. A number of roads continue under water. A state report indicated that one house in the county received major damage, four had minor damage and 16 houses were affected.
Flooding continues into early July. A number of roads continue under water especially around Quenemo. A state report indicated that the flood waters destroyed two houses, caused major damage to 5 and minor damage to 10.
Flooding continues into early July. Some roads are closed especially along the lower reaches of the Neosho River near Neosho Rapids.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flood, Franklin | 2007-07-15 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Indirect |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, July 2007
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: 46373, 46375, 46376, 46377, 46378.