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The 1951 flood in Kansas began in May with the flood of the Big Creek, (a tributary of the Smoky Hill River) in Hays after 11 inches (280 mm) of rain in two hours. The creek overflowed, flooding Hays (the location of Fort Hays State University) to a depth of 4 feet (1.2 m) in most locations inhabited by the students on campus, necessitating a midnight evacuation of the barracks by families on ...
The city of Hazard in Perry County, Kentucky, has seen its worst flooding in 40 years, officials said Sunday. The North Fork Kentucky River crested at 30.5 inches overnight, marking the largest ...
In July, 2016, the Kansas Turnpike Authority upgraded the culverts at the locations of the flash flooding. At Jacobs Creek, the original 7-foot (2.1 m) by 7-ft culvert was replaced with two 14 feet (4.3 m) by 12 feet (3.7 m) culverts, designed to channel significantly more water, with a 1% probability of flooding during a given year. [7]
The flooding was the worst in Indiana's modern history, according to Scott Morlock, a hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Indiana. Many roads were closed because of high water, including Interstate 65 , which was closed southbound at the interchange with Interstate 465 through Seymour.
This may lead to flash floods throughout the metropolitan area after 2-4 inches of rainfall in some areas Friday, according to the National Weather Service in Kansas City. The flood watch is in ...
A flood watch remained in effect for parts of central, south-central, and southeast Kansas from 6 am on Friday, March 12, until Sunday afternoon.“Periodic rounds of showers and thunderstorms ...
The MS Mitch Mitchell Floodway, formerly the Wichita-Valley Center Floodway and known locally as “The Big Ditch”, is a canal in Wichita, Kansas, United States. [1] Built in the 1950s after a series of floods in the preceding decades, the Floodway diverts water from Chisholm Creek, the Little Arkansas River, and the Arkansas River to the west, around central Wichita, before emptying back ...
A rare flash flood emergency was issued for around 5,000 people in Yellville and surrounding areas of Marion County after 6 to 11 inches of rain fell in just four to five hours, according to the ...