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by: Stephanie Nutt
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by: Stephanie Nutt
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Updated:
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A supercell thunderstorm has produced three confirmed tornadoes across Kansas on Sunday.
The City of Russell has published several emergency reports regarding Sunday’s storm, including power outages and damage done. See the latest emergency reports online.
A Russell resident tells KSN the Quality Inn “got hit hard.”
“The north side of the building every window got shattered as well as the ACs,” they said.
The storm is causing power outages across the state.
KSN Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman, KSN Meteorologist Lucy Doll, and KSN Meteorologist Ronelle Williams were tracking storm reports from across the KSN viewing area.
Storm reports:
Monday
9:13 a.m.
- 1.89 inches of rain – 3 E Lindsborg – McPherson County
- 2.11 inches of rain – 3 E McPherson– McPherson County
- 2.43 inches of rain- 2 NW Goessel- McPherson County
- 1.75 inches of rain – Hillsboro – Marion County
- 1.77 inches of rain – 5 NNW Sylvan Grove – Lincoln County
- 1.04 inches of rain – 5 NW Halstead – Harvey County
- 1.30 inches of rain – 1 SE Lincoln – Lincoln County
9:07 a.m.
- Tree damage – Catherine – Ellis County
- 75 mph winds – 9 NNW Offerle – Hodgeman County
Sunday
9:40 p.m.
- Emergency Management reports 40 by 60 foot pole arm was taken down, and a chicken coop was blown into a hedge row – Burns – Marion County
- Large tree limb fell on a house in the 1400 block of East Denver in Park City, causing apartment structural damage
9:34 p.m.
- Large tree limbs down blocking the road at 10th and Pinecrest blocking roadway – NE Wichita – Sedgwick County
9:20 p.m.
- 60 mph winds – 1 NE Emporia – Lyon County
- 76 mph winds – 1 E Emporia – Lyon County
9:16 p.m.
- 60 mph winds – 4 N Virgil – Greenwood County
- Roof blown off of metal outbuilding – 6 NE Valley Center – Sedgwick County
- Golf ball-sized hail – 3 W Augusta – Butler County
9:14 p.m.
- Power lines and trees down – Emporia – Lyon County
- 64 mph winds – NNW Olpe – Lyon County
- 70 mph winds – 4 E Wisley – Morris County
9:04 p.m.
- 60 mph winds at Eureka Airport – Greenwood County
8:57 p.m.
- Large tree on a house in the 400 block of South Volutsia in Wichita
8:56 p.m.
- 60 mph winds – Cassoday – Butler County
- Tree limbs down, 4-inch diameter – 4 ESE Augusta – Butler County
- 6 to 8-inch diameter tree limbs down – Potwin – Butler County
- Golf ball-sized hail – Peabody – Marion County
- Tree limbs down across the city – Towanda – Butler County
- Reports of shed blown down – 6 WSW Burns -Marion County
- Golf ball-sized hail – 3 WSW Parks – Dundy County
8:42 p.m.
- 86 mph winds – Hutchinson airport – Reno County
- 80 mph winds – 1 S Mount Hope – Sedgwick County
- Multiple power lines down as well as structural damage reported – South Hutchinson – Reno County
- 60 mph winds – 5 NW Halstead – Harvey County
- Quarter-sized hail – 4 N Hesston – McPherson County
- 65 mph winds – 4 N Heston – McPherson County
- Street flooding across McPherson – McPherson County
- 64 mph winds – 4 ENE Newton – Harvey County
7:43 p.m.
- 80 mph winds – Kingman – Kingman County
- Roof blown off of building on South Main Street – Hutchinson – Reno County
7:41 p.m.
- Roofs blown off in Haven
7:24 p.m.
- 56 mph winds – 1 W Lyons – Rice County
- Ping pong ball sized hail – 6 E Geneseo – Rice County
7:19 p.m.
- 70 mph winds – 1 N Langdon – Reno County
- 70 mph winds – Penalosa- Kingman County
7:13 p.m.
- Power out in Goessel – Marion County
- 61 mph winds – 2 SSW Iuka – Pratt County
- Ping pong ball-sized hail – Hope – Dickinson County
- 60 mph winds – McPherson – McPherson County
- Power lines down – 3 SE Lindsborg – McPherson County
6:58 p.m.
- 60 mph winds – 2 ENE Great Bend – Barton County
- Half-dollar-sized hail – 1 NW Abilene – Dickinson County
- Quarter-sized hail – 2 SW Abilene – Dickinson County
- 65 mph winds – 1 N Abilene – Dickinson County
- Hen egg-sized hail – Winona – Logan County
- Quarter-sized hail – 3 E Edson – Sherman County
- 60 mph winds – McCracken – Rush County
- 60 mph winds – Ellinwood – Barton County
6:50 p.m.
According to Ellsworth County Emergency Management:
- Russell : 3 garages flattened on the north side of town
- Ellsworth: Power poles down
- Ellsworth: Flooding in the county
6:47 p.m.
- Flooding on Crawford Street from Front to 3rd – Salina – Saline County
- 60 mph winds – 2 ENE Great Bend – Barton County
6:44 p.m.
- Quarter-sized hail – Culver – Ottawa County
- 60 mph winds – Tescott – Ottawa County
- Half dollar-sized hail – 1 SSW Culver – Ottawa County
- 60 MPH winds – Culver – Ottawa County
- Quarter-sized hail – 5 SSW Bennington – Ottawa County
- Quarter-sized hail – 4 SE Bennington – Ottawa County
- Half dollar-sized hail – 5 S Bennington – Ottawa County
- Quarter-sized hail – 1 ESE Solomon – Dickinson County
6:25 p.m.
- Quarter-sized hail – 5 ESE New Cambria – Saline County
- 65 mph Winds – 3 W Macksville – Edwards County
6:18 p.m.
- Power lines and trees lines are down, roads are starting to flood – Brookville – Saline County
- Power lines and trees down – Salina – Saline County
6:07 p.m.
- 100 mph winds reported at the Salina Airport at 5:59 p.m. – Salina Airport – Saline County
5:38 p.m.
- 70 mph winds – Russell – Russell County
- 82 mph winds – Russell Airport – Russell County
- 70 mph winds – Sylvan Grove – Lincoln County
- 70 mph winds – 2 NNW Ulysses – Grant County
- 66 mph winds – 1 WSW Hayne – Seward County
- 60 mph winds – 10 WSW Westfall – Lincoln County
- 60 mph winds – 1 SSW Garden City – Finney County
- 60 mph winds – 5 N Ellsworth – Ellsworth County
- 74 mph winds – 3 NW Pierceville – Finney County
- 61 mph winds – 7 N Plains City – Meade County
5:32 p.m.
- Tennis ball-sized hail – 1 W Hays – Ellis County
- Tennis ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Hays – Ellis County
- Quarter-sized hail – 1 SSW Victoria – Ellis County
- Ping pong ball-sized hail – Victoria – Ellis County
- Half-dollar-sized hail – Russell – Russell County
- Tennis ball-sized hail – Russell – Russell County
- Golf ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Russell – Russell County
- Golf ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Russell – Russell County
- Golf ball-sized hail – Wilson – Ellsworth County
- Quarter-sized hail – 10 WSW Westfall – Lincoln County
- Ping pong ball sized hail – 6 S Dorrance – Russell County
- Hen egg-sized hail – 1 S Russell Airport – Russell County
- Quarter-sized hail – Ellsworth – Ellsworth County
4:52 p.m.
- Confirmed tornado on the ground at 7 S Lincoln at 4:46 p.m. Could be rain-wrapped.
4:16 p.m.
- Spotter confirms tornado on the ground 3 miles SW of Lake Wilson at 4:25 p.m. in Lincoln County.
3:36 p.m.
- Storm spotter confirms a tornado near Gorham at 3:30 p.m.
3:19 p.m.
- Quarter-sized hail – 6 E Trego Center – Trego County
- Hen egg-sized hail – Ellis – Ellis County
- Tea cup-sized hail – 1 ENE Ellis – Ellis County
- Ping pong ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Ellis – Ellis County
- Golf ball-sized hail – 2 WNW Ellis – Trego County
- Ping pong ball-sized hail – 1 NW Hays – Ellis County
- Golf ball-sized hail – 3 SSW Hays – Ellis County
- Golf ball-sized hail – Hays – Ellis County
- Tennis ball-sized hail – 1 SSE Hays – Ellis County
- Tennis ball-sized hail – 3 WNW Munjor – Ellis County
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