May 1, 2007
Heavy rain during the morning brought some flash flooding to parts of Pottawatomie county. Rock Creek in Louisville spilled out of its banks bringing some lowland flooding. Lowland and small stream flooding occurred over other parts of the county with a few rainfall amounts over 6 inches. By afternoon, several brief tornadoes and numerous funnel clouds were reported in a few other counties as unstable air gave rise to thunderstorms. The thunderstorms also gave locally heavy rain and some flash f
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 25856). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Shawnee County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.