May 28, 2018
The largest severe weather outbreak of the year began in the morning. The storms activity spread west across Northwest Kansas, eventually expanding into Southwest Nebraska and East Central Colorado. The first tornado of the day for Northwest Kansas occurred near Hill City. No damage was reported from the tornado. The largest hail size reported was golf ball size from multiple locations area. Some of the thunderstorms did produce damaging wind gusts, which blew down power lines, large trees,
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 766146). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Gove County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.