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Flash Flood — Chautauqua, KS

Apr 27, 2024

On Saturday April 27th, there was volatile severe weather across Kansas and Oklahoma. An abundance of moisture and increasing shear through the day resulted in numerous rotating storms which produced several tornadoes across the Flint Hills into southeast Kansas. The strongest tornado was an EF-2 which occurred in Cowley County which did damage to a few outbuildings. Luckily there were no injuries or fatalities reported with these storms. There are 12 confirmed tornadoes from this event with mos

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1176596). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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