"The Kansas City, MO Flash Floods of 1977 and 1998" Jack Hales - Lead forecaster at the Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK Tremendous rains fell during the nights of September 11th/12th, 1977 and during the evening of October 4th, 1998 over the Brush Creek basin which runs along the southern portion of Kansas City's Country Club Plaza region, an area of up-scale shopping and dining along with five-star hotels. Around 25 people were killed in the area from the flood in 1977, while 7 lost their lives during the 1998 event. Jack Hales will describe the weather conditions that characterized each event, as well as discuss some of the measures taken to mitigate flood damage after these events.