Kansas, 2023

Heavy Rain in Kansas, November 30, 2023

November 30, 2023 · NWS ICT · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Rain showers occurred in southeast Kansas during the day into the overnight hours of the 30th. Heavy rain began to fall around 10PM at the Chanute Airport which coincides with the time of a fatal vehicular accident that occurred nearby.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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.

Rain showers occurred in southeast Kansas during the day into the overnight hours of the 30th. Heavy rain began to fall around 10PM at the Chanute Airport which coincides with the time of a fatal vehicular accident that occurred nearby.

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 30, 6:06 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 30, 6:06 PM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 30, 4:38 PM CST, 5 hours 27 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Wichita KS
438 PM CST Thu Nov 30 2023

KSZ032-033-047>053-067>072-082-083-091>096-098>100-012245-
Russell-Lincoln-Barton-Ellsworth-Saline-Rice-McPherson-Marion-Chase-
Reno-Harvey-Butler-Greenwood-Woodson-Allen-Kingman-Sedgwick-Harper-
Sumner-Cowley-Elk-Wilson-Neosho-Chautauqua-Montgomery-Labette-
438 PM CST Thu Nov 30 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of Central Kansas,
South Central Kansas and Southeast Kansas.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Widespread rain with embedded thunderstorms will spread northeast
this evening, gradually exiting northeast late tonight. Strong or
severe storms are not expected. A light wintry mix may impact parts
of central Kansas, mainly along and northwest of a line extending
from Great Bend to Salina to Manhattan. Slushy snow accumulations up
to an inch may be possible, along with a very light glaze of ice
which could produce a few slick spots, especially on elevated roads
and bridges.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

A light wintry mix may linger across central Kansas Friday morning,
with patchy slick roads possible. After a brief break a few snow
showers may develop on Friday afternoon but little or no
accumulation is expected.

A few sprinkles or flurries could impact central Kansas on Saturday
afternoon and evening with little or no impacts expected.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated tonight.

&&

For a graphical version of this information, see our webpage at:
https://weather.gov/crh/ghwo?sid=ict

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.

Heavy Rain, Neosho

When
November 30, 10:05 PM CST to 11:30 PM CST
Where
Neosho County, 2 mi NW of (Cnu)johnson Arpt Ch
Deaths
0 direct, 1 indirect
Reported by
Law Enforcement
Coordinates
37.689, -95.507

Heavy rain was occurring according to the nearby airport observation at Chanute Martin Johnson Airport when a car crossed the center line and hit a semi freightliner head-on. Unfortunately the driver of the car died from this car crash near the intersection of Kansas Highway 39 and Brown Road.

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Heavy Rain, Neosho2023-11-3068MaleVehicle/Towed TrailerIndirect

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.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 1147683.