During October D2 Severe Drought expanded dramatically in coverage from two to six counties. Observed precipitation amounts ranged from a tenth to a half inch.
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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 GLD wrote it up.
During October D2 Severe Drought expanded dramatically in coverage from two to six counties. Observed precipitation amounts ranged from a tenth to a half inch. Normal precipitation amounts ranged from a half inch to two inches. This is a departure of up to two inches from normal.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Observed precipitation for the month ranged from a quarter to half an inch. Normal precipitation amounts ranged from one to two inches. This is a departure of half an inch to two inches from normal. D2 Severe Drought covered the county.
Observed precipitation for the month ranged from a quarter to half an inch. Normal precipitation amounts ranged from one and a half to two inches. This is a departure of one to two inches from normal. D2 Severe Drought encompassed the county.
Observed precipitation for the month ranged from a tenth to a quarter of an inch. Normal precipitation amounts ranged from a half to one and a half inches. This is a departure of one to two inches from normal. D2 Severe Drought encompassed the northwest half of the county.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Kansas in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in Kansas, October 2020
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: 924832, 924848, 924870.