Flood — Saline, Kansas

2025-07-22 · near Smolan, Saline, Kansas

Event narrative

Lingering flooding continues across several locations across the county.

Wider weather episode

Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported. A semi trailer was blown over on Interstate 70 as well. A few of the storms had hail from nickel to quarter size. These storms were efficient rainfall producers with flooding in the western portions of Saline County which closed many roadways as 7.45 inches fell in Brookville.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1287831. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.