Jun 22, 2019
Extremely powerful Severe thunderstorms that produced a trifecta of large (in a few instances very large) hail, damaging winds that reached as high as 80 mph, and flash floods struck parts of Central as well as most of South-Central and Southeast Kansas in the afternoon and evening of the 22nd. Hardest hit were Reno and Sedgwick counties where hail reached the size of baseballs in Reno County and widespread winds from 70 to 80 mph whipped across most of Sedgwick County, most notably around the W
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 840265). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rice County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.