Atmospheric River to Begin to Impact the Northwest U.S.; Gusty Winds in the Northeast U.S.

A strong atmospheric river moving into northern California later Tuesday will bring a threat for moderate to heavy rainfall and flooding, gusty to high winds, and mountain snows for parts of the Northwest U.S. through at least Wednesday. Gusty winds and isolated rain and snow showers will continue in the Northeast U.S. Tuesday behind a cold front. Read More >

Overview

During the early morning hours of the 26th of April severe thunderstorms began to develop across northern KS. A few of these storms produced hail the size of baseballs. Later in the morning the storms went on to produce damaging wind across far northeast KS. The outflow from these thunderstorms became the focus for new convection during the afternoon once the atmosphere was very unstable. Storms became widespread mainly producing large hail, damaging winds, and a few tornadoes. None these tornadoes caused much damage, but the hail and wind did in several locations. The widespread coverage of storms produced heavy rainfall for several hours over the same locations causing localized flash flooding. There were reports of evacuations and swift water rescues mainly in and around Shawnee county.