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Flash Flood — Crawford, KS

May 20, 2019

Multiple rounds of storms producing heavy rainfall, severe winds, hail and tornadoes moved across Southeastern Kansas and into the Missouri Ozarks from May 20th through May 22th as upper level disturbances interacted with a slow moving but powerful storm system over the Central Plains. Tornadoes occurred with each round, with the strongest and most numerous tornadoes occurring during the late afternoon and evening of the 22nd. The cumulative rainfall caused areas of flash flooding with some floo

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 828002). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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