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Flood — McPherson, KS

Jul 22, 2025

Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported. A semi trailer was blown over on Interstate 70 as well. A few of the storms had hail from nickel to quarter size. These storms were efficient rainfall producers with flooding in the western portions of Saline County which closed ma

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1287830). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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