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Flash Flood — Mitchell, KS

May 1, 2018

Storms produced very heavy rain, localized hail and wind damage, and even a brief tornado over north central Kansas on this Tuesday afternoon and evening. Around 2 PM CST, several thunderstorms rapidly developed southwest-to-northeast across Rooks and Smith counties. These storms merged into a line as they moved east and gradually evolved into two multicell clusters. Each cluster tracked across portions of Jewell, and Osborne and Mitchell counties. The Jewell County storm become a very small bow

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 758937). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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