Flooding is causing problems in several parts of the state, including one community hit by a tornado last night.

The town of Ulysses, which is in southern Butler County, about ten miles north of Seward was cleaning up Thursday.

The storm that tore up Ted Timoney's garage caught his attention moments before it struck. He sensed something serious while watching the clouds roll in.

“And they were moving pretty fast, and I told the Mrs., ‘I think we ought to go to the basement.’ That's the first time in 20 years that we ever went to the basement,” Timoney said.

The same twister hit the nearby village of Ulysses. It smashed the side of a large grain bin and tore down power lines and trees. Crews worked on power lines in town all day.

Amateur storm chaser Jim McGowen saw it coming.

“The tornado touched down just south of Surprise here and then moved east-northeast and headed toward Bee there -- quite a bit of damage,” McGowen said.

An intersection with downed power lines and flooded roads tells the story of this part of southern Butler County.

Flipped irrigation pivots litter fields, but they won't be needed anytime soon. McGowen is also an agronomist. He checked damaged fields Thursday.

“There's gonna be a lot of replanting, flooded out crops, hailed out crops. I would estimate there's millions of dollars of potential income that was lost last night,” McGowen said.

McGowen said many farmers will need to replant -- something Timoney will need to consider when he's done cleaning up.

McGowen said fields need to dry out soon. Farmers only have a couple of more weeks to replant crops.

Butler Public Power District expects to have the lights on in Ulysses this evening.