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Flash Flood — Marion, KS

Jul 4, 2019

South central Kansas saw a few multicell severe thunderstorms during the evening of July 3rd, 2019, with some reports of large hail and damaging winds. As the evening and overnight progressed a complex of thunderstorms developed over central Kansas. This slow moving complex of thunderstorms led to reports of flash flooding during the morning hours of July 4th, 2019, across portions of central Kansas, across Marion, McPherson and Saline counties.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 844331). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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