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Flash Flood in Riley County, Kansas

Flash Flood April 28, 2025 · Riley County, Kansas

$50K
Damage as recorded
$500
Crop damage

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Relayed by Kansas State EM. A foot of water on the roadways at Kansas State and in Manhattan.

The wider storm

In the late afternoon to evening hours, scattered storms developed and trained across portions of northeast Kansas, leading to isolated reports of Flash Flooding with up to 5 inches of rainfall reported. These storms also produced hail to baseball size, wind gusts to 70 mph, and a brief tornado in Pottawatomie county.

Began near Manhattan (39.2000, -96.5800).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1244369. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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