Thunderstorm Wind — Pottawatomie, Kansas

2025-05-19 · near Belvue, Pottawatomie, Kansas

Event narrative

Reports of power poles down across railroad tracks, limbs down, and power lines down across Belvue.

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 1251911. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.