Kansas, 2013

Flash Flood and Flood in Kansas, October 30 to 31, 2013

October 30 to 31, 2013 · NWS SGF · 2 events in 1 county or zone

A slow moving storm system with an associated cold front produced rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. Isolated flooding was reported.

Where it happened

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  • 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
2

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 SGF wrote it up.

A slow moving storm system with an associated cold front produced rounds of thunderstorms and heavy rainfall. Isolated flooding was reported.

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 Springfield, MO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 30, 1:39 PM CST, 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 30, 1:39 PM CST, 28 minutes before
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The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 flash flood, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Bourbon

When
October 30, 2:07 PM CST to 4:07 PM CST
Where
Bourbon County, 3.47 mi S of Bronson to 3.69 mi S of Bronson
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Emergency Manager
Coordinates
37.850, -95.064

The Bourbon County Emergency Management reported that several low water crossings and rural roadways around the Uniontown and Redfield area were impassable due to high water. The low water crossing near 125th and Maple Road was flooded.

Flood, Bourbon

When
October 31, 5:55 AM CST to 7:55 AM CST
Where
Bourbon County, 0.88 mi NW of Ft Scott to 0.87 mi NW of Ft Scott
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
State Official
Coordinates
37.840, -94.710

Several roads were closed due to flooding around Fort Scott.

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.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 476184, 476185.