May 27, 2019
A right-moving supercell produced tennis ball size hail and funnel clouds on this Memorial Day (Monday) evening. Around 6 PM CST, a lone thunderstorm began forming along the Trego-Ness county line. This storm rapidly matured and became a supercell as it moved north-northeast. It began moving into southern Rooks county around 645 PM CST. At that time, the supercell was in the progress of splitting. A few minutes later, the left-mover produced hail up to the size of tennis balls at Zurich. Three f
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 831123). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Phillips County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.