Partly cloudy. Lows 75 to 80. Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Tuesday
Mostly sunny. A slight chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs near 100. South winds 10 to 15 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Chance of precipitation 20 percent.
There are currently no warnings or advisories for this location.
Public Information Statement
Statement as of 6:01 am CDT on July 12, 2009
... On this date in weather history...
In 1951... the Kansas River Valley flood reached a Pinnacle when the Kansas... Neosho... Verdigris and marais des cygnes rivers inundated most of northeast and east-central Kansas as well as most of northwest and west-central Missouri.Primed by record-setting rainfalls that had swamped most of the area in may and June... the flooding was escalated by staggering 8 to 16 inch rainfalls that overwhelmed much of the region from July 9th to the 12th. The Kansas river crested 4 to 6 feet Above All prior records from Manhattan to Bonner Springs... and crests on the marais des cygnes... Verdigris and Neosho rivers crested some 9 feet Above All previous records. Some 150 communities were devastated... especially Topeka and Kansas City. The worst flood on record for the Kansas river and it\'s tributaries claimed 28 lives and caused around $1 billion damage in 1951 dollars.