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Public Information Statement
National Weather Service Wichita KS
700 AM CDT Thu Sep 12 2024

...ON THIS DATE IN WEATHER HISTORY...

In 2008, nature showered South Central Kansas with all
kinds of attention, when numerous thunderstorms inundated
the area with 5 to 12 inches of rain.  Hardest hit was
Wichita, where the west, northwest and north sides of the
Air Capital were inundated by 10 to 12 inches.Mid
Continent Airport (now Eisenhower Airport) set an
all-time daily rainfall record by measuring 10.31 inches.
This easily swamped the very old record of 6.82 inches
that was measured on June 8th, 1923.

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In 1977, thunderstorms deluged the Kansas City area with
torrential rains early in the morning and again that
evening.  Some areas were drenched by 6 or more inches of
rain twice that day.  Independence `rained` supreme with
an incredible 18 inches.  The hideous flooding that
resulted killed 25 and caused an estimated $80 million
damage.  Hardest hit was the Country Club Plaza where
around 2,000 vehicles were towed following the storm of
which 150 were pulled out of Brush Creek.  In 1979,
Hurricane Frederic slammed into Mobile Bay Alabama with
sustained winds from 130 to 135 mph.  Gusts around 145
mph were reported as the eye of the hurricane crossed
Dauphin Island Alabama, just west of Mobile.  The
Category 4 hurricane produced a 15-foot storm surge near
the mouth of Mobile Bay.  At the time, Frederic was the
costliest hurricane in United States history, causing a
staggering $2.3 billion damage.  He was the costliest
natural disaster in Alabama history until the April
25th-28th, 2011 tornado outbreak that caused around $3.5
billion damage.  In 1961, Super Typhoon Nancy walloped
the Far Western Pacific for 17 days where sustained winds
reportedly reached 215 MPH.  She maintained Category 5
status for 5 1/2 days, a record for the Northern
Hemisphere.  Japan took a direct hit, where 172 were
killed and around 3,185 were injured.  Damage in Osaka
was estimated at $500 million.

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