Kansas, 2025

Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, August 10 to 11, 2025

August 10 to 11, 2025 · NWS ICT · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

After a morning round of thunderstorms, additional thunderstorms developed during the evening hours of August 10th. These storms moved quite slowly and produced heavy rainfall and large hail.

Where it happened

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  • Hail
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  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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.

After a morning round of thunderstorms, additional thunderstorms developed during the evening hours of August 10th. These storms moved quite slowly and produced heavy rainfall and large hail.

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 Aug 10, 1:04 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:04 PM CST, 4 hours 18 minutes before
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The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:22 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Elk

When
August 10, 5:22 PM CST to 5:23 PM CST
Where
Elk County, 1.3 mi WNW of Elk Falls
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
37.380, -96.200

Thunderstorm Wind, Montgomery

When
August 10, 7:45 PM CST to 7:46 PM CST
Where
Montgomery County, 0.55 mi W of Tyro
Measured
52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by
Trained Spotter
Coordinates
37.030, -95.840

This wind gust was estimated.

Flash Flood, Chautauqua

When
August 10, 10:00 PM CST to August 11, 12:00 AM CST
Where
Chautauqua County, 0.86 mi WSW of Cedar Vale to 1.4 mi ESE of Cedar Vale
Cause
Heavy Rain
Reported by
Public
Coordinates
37.096, -96.514

There was a report of water over the bridge just southwest of the cemetery and much of the road leading up to the bridge was under water as well.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind
Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
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.

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1283586, 1283587, 1283588.