Flash Flood — Riley, Kansas

2025-04-28 · near Manhattan, Riley, Kansas

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1244369. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.