Storm reports: Severe storms cause damage in south-central Kansas

Daniel Fair
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A PDS (Particularly Dangerous Situation) tornado watch was issued for several south-central Kansas counties on Saturday until 11 p.m.

KSN Chief Meteorologist Lisa Teachman and meteorologists Lucy Doll and Jack Boston were in the Storm Track 3 Weather Center tracking storm reports across the KSN viewing area on Saturday.

Storm trackers observed a possible tornado in Harper County.

Counties under the PDS tornado watch that are in the KSN viewing area include:

  • Sedgwick

  • Sumner

  • Cowley

  • Sumner

  • Reno

  • Harvey

  • Pratt

  • Barber

  • Pawnee

  • Stafford

  • Kiowa

  • Kingman

  • Chautauqua

  • Edwards

  • Butler

  • Elk

  • Greenwood

  • Harper

  • Kay (Oklahoma)

There is a tornado watch for other parts of Kansas until 1 a.m. in these counties:

  • Chase

  • Dickinson

  • Geary

  • Lyon

  • McPherson

  • Marion

  • Morris

  • Barton

  • Ellis

  • Ellsworth

  • Lincoln

  • Mitchell

  • Osborne

  • Ottawa

  • Rice

  • Rooks

  • Rush

  • Russell

  • Salin

  • Smith

The videos below of damage in Harper County come from KSN storm tracker Jacob Honeycutt.

Storm Reports:

10:23 p.m.

  • Wind 60 mph – 5 NE Lincoln (Lincoln Co.)

9:51 p.m.

  • Wind 63 mph – 2 SW Salina (Saline Co.)

9:44 p.m.

  • Trees and power lines down – Burden (Cowley Co.)

  • Ping pong ball size hail (1.50″) – Offerle (Edwards Co.)

  • Half dollar size hail (1.25″) – Buttermilk (Comanche Co.)

  • Golf ball size hail (1.75″) – Kinsley (Edwards Co.)

  • Quarter size hail (1.00″) – Medicine Lodge (Barber Co.)

9:29 p.m.

  • Half dollar size hail (1.25″) – 3 SW Buttermilk (Comanche Co)

  • Quarter size hail (1.00″) – 1 WSW Kingsdown (Ford Co.) Skylights and window panes broken, window frames dented

  • Ping pong ball size hail (1.50″) – Medicine Lodge (Barber Co.)

  • Quarter size hail (1.00″) – 3 ENE Englewood (Clark Co.)

9:23 p.m.

  • Tree damage 13th and Tyler – Wichita (Sedgwick Co.)

  • Wind gust 60 mph – Douglass (Butler Co.)

  • Tree down on 3 vehicles (Unoccupied) – S 14st St./near Old Main St. – Newton (Harvey Co.)

  • Tree down and Debris at 44 Leslie Lane – Halstead (Harvey Co.)

  • Wind damage – Trees and debris blocking SW 60th Rd. – 4 NNE Sedgwick (Harvey Co.)

  • Wind 70 mph – Udall (Cowley Co.)

9:14 p.m.

  • Flooding outside of KSN studios on N Main St. In Wichita (Sedgwick Co.)

8:59 p.m.

  • Power lines down 6400 block of W 36th St. Wichita – Arcing line on tree and shed (No injuries) (Sedgwick Co.)

  • Power pole down on street – 1100 block of W Lydia St. Wichita (No injuries)(Sedgwick Co.)

  • Power lines down – 3 SSE Wichita (ICT) (Sedgwick Co.)

  • 65 mph wind gust – 3 NNE East Wichita (Sedgwick Co.)

  • Pole fires reported  – W 21st and Ridge – Wichita (Sedgwick Co.)

  • Pole fires reported – 200 block W 4th St. – Valley Center (Sedgwick Co.)

  • Tree down 200 block of West 3rd – Sedgwick (Sedgwick Co.)

  • Tree down 6th and Franklin – Sedgwick (Sedgwick Co.)

  • Power lines down – Newton (Harvey Co.)

  • Power lines down – Halstead (Harvey Co.)

  • Multiple trees down in city of Sedgwick (Harvey Co.)

  • 69 mph winds – 4 ENE Newton (Harvey Co.)

  • 62 mph winds – Colwich (Sedgwick Co.)

8:31 p.m.

  • Winds gusting to 72 mph at ICT (Sedgwick Co.)

  • 70 mph winds – Conway Springs (Sedgwick Co.)

  • 78 mph winds – 1 N Goddard (Sedgwick Co.)

8 p.m.

  • KSN storm tracker Jacob Honeycutt said a house and a barn 6.5 miles west of Anthony sustained tornado damage.

7:52 p.m.

  • Trees and Power Lines down near downtown Arkansas City (Cowley Co.)

7:47 p.m.

  • Tornado on the ground – 10 WSW Anthony/4 ENE Corwin (Harper Co.)

  • 60 mph winds – 6 N Arkansas City (Cowley Co.)

7:41 p.m.

  • Hen Egg size hail (2.00″) – 11 NNW Waldron (Harper Co.)

  • Half Dollar size hail (1.25″) – 6 S Attica (Harper Co.)

  • Quarter size hail (1.00″) – 5 S Corwin (Harper Co.)

7:22 p.m.

  • Report of tornado 12 miles west of Anthony in Barber County

7:13 p.m.

  • Golf Ball hail (1.75″) – 2.25 miles north of Medicine Lodge (Barber Co.)

5:54 p.m.

  • Golf ball sized hail (1.75″) – K1 on South side of Comanche County

The video below was shot by KSN reporter Derek Lytle in downtown Wichita.

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