May 27, 2019
Severe thunderstorms broke out across Barton & Lincoln Counties in the evening. Then, as evening progressed, the severe thunderstorms spread across most of the remainder of Central Kansas, then across South-Central Kansas overnight, before finally weakening as they approached Greenwood County early in the morning on the 27th. The severe thunderstorms started as hail-producers, then as they surged across Central & South-Central Kansas, became prolific damaging wind-producers with speeds that reac
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 826298). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Sumner County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.