Record Rainfall in Topeka, KS

[Tim Stoecklein]

Storms started to fire around here at about 12:30am this morning. Apparently Topeka was in line with the system the whole time. The total at my office in Manhattan was just over 3 inches, but Topeka topped that apparently. From the Topeka NWS Office:

...MOST RAINFALL...EVER...REPORTED AT TOPEKA...

AN HISTORICAL AMOUNT OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 1 AM FRIDAY MORNING AND
ABOUT 9 AM BEFORE TAPERING OFF...SUBMERGING ALL PREVIOUS RAINFALL
RECORDS.

TODAY'S RAINFALL OF 5.61 INCHES THROUGH 1 PM...BROKE THE DAILY
RECORD FOR SEPTEMBER 23...THE MOST RAIN ON ANY DATE IN
SEPTEMBER...AND THE MOST RAINFALL ON ANY DAY OF THE YEAR.

THE PREVIOUS RECORDS WERE...

FOR TODAY... 3.74 INCHES IN 1973.

FOR ANY DATE IN SEPTEMBER... 4.59 INCHES ON SEPTEMBER 14 1930.

FOR ANY DAY EVER...5.23 INCHES ON MARCH 15 1919.

THIS BREAKING NEWS GENERATED...1:54 PM CDT FRI SEP 23 2005

The rivers ought to running around here for a few days, time to get out the kayaks :wink:

Tim

 

[Joel Wright]

Damn, that's a lot of rain. I wish you guys would have sent some our way!