Hail — Riley, Kansas

2025-05-19 · near Riley, Riley, Kansas

Event narrative

At the Riley County grade school.

Wider weather episode

Slow moving severe t-storms developed during the late afternoon on May 19th. The storms produced some large hail reports and did produce one small tornado that did tree damage in Wabaunsee County. Otherwise, the greatest impact ended up being very heavy rains which produced over 3 inches of rain in spots and flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1251896. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.