Kansas, 2022

Heavy Rain in Kansas, November 4, 2022

November 4, 2022 · NWS ICT · 7 events in 6 counties and zones

A vigorous storm system moved across the southern plains on November 4th, 2022. Warm advection ahead of the system, produced heavy rainfall across portions of the Flint Hills and southeast Kansas.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
7

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 ICT wrote it up.

A vigorous storm system moved across the southern plains on November 4th, 2022. Warm advection ahead of the system, produced heavy rainfall across portions of the Flint Hills and southeast Kansas.

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 Wichita, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 3, 10:47 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 3, 10:47 PM CST, 3 hours 13 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Event by event

7 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Reno

When
November 4, 2:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Reno County, 1.09 mi W of Nickerson
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
38.150, -98.100

A Cocorahs observer reported 1.25 inches of rainfall.

Heavy Rain, McPherson

When
November 4, 2:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
McPherson County, 3.31 mi ENE of Lindsborg
Reported by
COOP Observer
Coordinates
38.590, -97.610

A Coop observer reported 1.41 inches of rainfall.

Heavy Rain, Ellsworth

When
November 4, 2:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Ellsworth County, 8.08 mi SW of Kanapolis Res
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
38.580, -98.150

A Cocorahs observer reported 1.77 inches of rainfall.

Heavy Rain, Lincoln

When
November 4, 2:00 AM CST to 7:00 AM CST
Where
Lincoln County, 0.87 mi SW of Beverly
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
39.010, -97.980

A Cocorahs observer reported 1.28 inches of rainfall.

Heavy Rain, Saline

When
November 4, 3:00 AM CST to 6:00 AM CST
Where
Saline County, 2.63 mi SE of Hedville
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
38.840, -97.720

A Cocorahs observer reported 1.45 inches of rainfall.

Heavy Rain, Saline

When
November 4, 3:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where
Saline County, 4.37 mi E of Bridgeport
Reported by
CoCoRaHS
Coordinates
38.620, -97.520

A Cocorahs observer reported 1.65 inches of rainfall.

Heavy Rain, Sedgwick

When
November 4, 8:05 AM CST to 1:05 PM CST
Where
Sedgwick County, 2.3 mi WSW of Derby
Reported by
Mesonet
Coordinates
37.540, -97.310

A mesonet reported 1.72 inches of rainfall.

What these are

Heavy Rain
Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.

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: 1067411, 1067412, 1067413, 1067414, 1067409, 1067415, 1067416.