August 19th significant flash flooding...

Overview

During the evening of August 19th a strong cold front pushed across central and eastern Kansas. Storms developed along this front and tracked off to the southeast during the evening hours. With a very moist atmosphere in place, these storms produced rainfall rates around 2-3 inches per hour. Several rounds of storms affected southern Sedgwick and southern Butler counties which resulted in rainfall in the 5 to 7 inch range with most of it falling in around 2 hours. This lead to significant flash flooding, especially near Mulvane and south of Rose Hill. Numerous water rescues took place with homes also evacuated.

Flooding in Mulvane. Picture courtesy Rebecca Rico

Flooding

Flooding

Flooding Pictures


Flooding in Mulvane. Picture courtesy Rebecca Rico	Flooding in Mulvane. Picture courtesy Rebecca Rico	Day after flooding event in Mulvane


Day after flooding in Mulvane showing the creek that caused most of the flooding	Day after flooding in Mulvane

Radar & rainfall amounts


Radar estimated rainfall from the evening of August 19th	Multi-sensor rainfall map, which uses rainfall reports combined with radar estimates	Regional radar animation from the evening of August 19th.	List of some of the higher rainfall amounts

Rainfall map showing rainfall from the evening of August 19th into the early morning hours of August 20th

Video

Flooding in Mulvane, Kansas right now. @NWSWichita #kswx pic.twitter.com/3ljwVCgn0I
— Rich Williams (@KSChaser96) August 20, 2016

Major flooding in Mulvane, KS on Friday night https://t.co/HezYOJfv02 #kswx
— Brandon Ivey (@BrandonIveyWX) August 20, 2016

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