Jun 2, 2011
Less than 48 hours after a line of damaging winds marched across North Central Kansas, a significant episode of severe weather targeted the six-county area on this Wednesday afternoon and early Thursday morning in the vicinity of a surface warm front. There were numerous reports of hail to golf ball size or larger across the area, and a few instances of damaging winds up to around 75 MPH. A brief EF0 tornado also occurred in far northern Phillips County. In addition, these storms drenched much o
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 331162). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rooks County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.