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Flash Flood — Rawlins, KS

Aug 11, 2019

A significant severe weather event occurred across the Tri-State Region on the evening of August 11th, 2019. Widespread damaging winds, heavy rainfall, and flash flooding was reported to NWS Goodland. In addition, a few tornadoes occurred along with some large hail. The event began with a couple supercell thunderstorms over Yuma County Colorado and Cheyenne County Kansas. These are the primary storms that produced the large hail and tornadoes. The event evolved with several lines of storms formi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 848358). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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