May 19, 2024
Around 2:30pm on Sunday May 19th, a high precipitation supercell developed near Hays along a warm front. This storm tracked east along I-70 producing a few brief tornadoes across Russell and northern Ellsworth county. As it progressed east, the wind and hail threat ramp-up as it moved into Saline County. The Salina Airport measured a 100 mph wind gust! There was also numerous reports of golf ball size hail across Salina. ||A rapidly moving line of storms called a derecho then moved out of wes
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1187442). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Ellsworth County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.