Posted on 12/15/2021 5:06:58 PM PST by blueplum
...A blinding dust storm moving at hurricane force winds of 90mph has blanketed half of Kansas and knocked out power to nearly 120,000 residents Wednesday night.
Footage of the powerful storm posted to social media show the winds whipping red dust at such high speeds that nearly nothing in front of the camera could be seen, as drivers were forced to pull over...
...The Kansas Department of Transportation reports that highways throughout the state are closed, and staff had to be evacuated from the air traffic control center of the Kansas City International Airport....
...The National Weather Service in Wichita said the city of Russell hit 100mph at the airport at about 4pm,...
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We live in Pratt, KS (south central). We have a few tree limbs (relatively small) down, saw some tense damage and heard scanner report of part of a roof blown off. At 1900 local time the wind is light and we are safe at home with our dog.
Climate update! Dust storm bombardment! Expect winds similar to what is found on the surface of Neptune, falling cow advisories have been issued.
I’ve driven through lake effect snow that results in that kind of visibility, however, it will not scour the paint off your car.
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She was a walking encyclopedia of what life was like back during the great dust bowl and how her house in town was originally built outside of town but dragged into town by a mule train, pulling the house over logs laid on the trail.
Reminders of the thirties. Bad news
This past June I was driving home from work and the rain was so intense that at most I could make out 1-2 of the road in front of me. Even driving 20MPH in town was scary .
I no way do I believe Democrat climate scam propaganda. However, the weather here in Oklahoma has been *very* strange today, just as it was Sunday. Unusually warm mornings, more like April or May, then fierce winds and darkening skies.
Yes. Time for new air filters on the vehicle engines and cabin filters as well. My house is sealed up better than most but I could taste the dirt in the air so a new house filter would be a good idea too.
We lost power for about an hour and it’s still flickering with the wind. County fire got called out and you could smell it in the air. I can’t imagine a fire in that kind of wind. Ambulance calls on I-70 so semi trucks were prolly blown all over the place.
I haven’t checked but it will probly be sunny with golf ball size hail tomorrow.
Here in eastern Kansas. We are in a drought cycle right now so we were sort of happy about this storm blowing through but all it brought was the smoke and dust from central and western Kansas. We all thought that it was local fires because it smells so bad. We did get maybe 1/8 inch of rain. Already dried up.
We haven’t walked our land yet but there are a few trees that I do wish would fall over. Tough old willows mostly. They don’t know when to die.
Time Speed Location County State Lat Lon Comments 1311 70 3 NNE LA CIENEGA SANTA FE NM 3560 10611 KTCC ASOS ... . KSAF ASOS ... . KSAF ASOS. (ABQ) 1311 UNK 3 NNE LA CIENEGA SANTA FE NM 3560 10611 WIND DAMAGE TO PARKED AIRCRAFT AT SANTA FE AIRPORT. (ABQ) 1315 UNK TAOS TAOS NM 3639 10558 RADIO TOWER DOWNED ... TAKING OUT POWER LINES FOR THE NORTHERN HALF OF TOWN. MOBILE HOME BLOWN OFF FOUNDATION ALONG WITH ANOTHER ONE BURNED DOWN. SEVERAL ROOFS BLOWN OFF (ABQ) 1325 UNK 1 ENE SANTA FE SANTA FE NM 3568 10594 TREE DAMAGE AT ROUNDHOUSE. (ABQ) 1330 UNK 1 ENE SANTA FE SANTA FE NM 3569 10594 LARGE EVERGREEN TREE TOPPLED OUTSIDE OF ST FRANCIS CATHEDRAL. (ABQ) 1424 65 5 NE BLENDE PUEBLO CO 3830 10450 (PUB) 1504 UNK 1 SE BRIGHTON ADAMS CO 3998 10479 SMALL TREE LIMBS BROKEN. (BOU) 1519 UNK 3 WSW AURORA ARAPAHOE CO 3969 10486 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN. (BOU) 1721 UNK SPRINGFIELD BACA CO 3741 10262 HWY 287 IS CLOSED FROM SPRINGFIELD TO WILEY DUE TO CRASHES AND POWER LINES DOWN. (PUB) 1735 63 2 S ALVA WOODS OK 3677 9867 (OUN) 1735 UNK 2 WSW LAKEWOOD JEFFERSON CO 3969 10514 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN. (BOU) 1741 UNK 3 E LAKEWOOD JEFFERSON CO 3969 10506 REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN. (BOU) 1805 UNK BURRTON HARVEY KS 3802 9767 REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. (ICT) 1832 UNK TOPEKA SHAWNEE KS 3905 9568 REPORT FROM MPING: 1-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; SHINGLES BLOWN OFF. (TOP) 1855 66 8 SSE GLADE PHILLIPS KS 3957 9928 (GID) 1859 UNK ALMA HARLAN NE 4010 9936 WIND DAMAGE IN ALMA ... INCLUDING TREE LIMBS DOWN ... SOME SHINGLE AND ROOF DAMAGE ... SOME SMALL OUTBUILDINGS DESTROYED AND REPORTS OF POWER LINES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FR (GID) 1859 73 4 SE OXFORD HARLAN NE 4022 9957 (GID) 1900 80 8 NNE CODELL ROOKS KS 3931 9912 (GID) 1900 80 WOODRUFF PHILLIPS KS 4000 9942 (GID) 1900 77 7 ESE OXFORD HARLAN NE 4023 9950 (GID) 1901 UNK 5 ENE LATHROP CLINTON MO 3958 9424 REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. (EAX) 1911 76 4 E RAGAN HARLAN NE 4030 9921 (GID) 1915 60 HUNTLEY HARLAN NE 4021 9929 (GID) 1915 66 HOLDREGE AIRPORT PHELPS NE 4045 9934 (GID) 1925 61 1 S MINDEN KEARNEY NE 4049 9895 (GID) 1928 64 8 SSE KEARNEY KEARNEY NE 4059 9905 (GID) 1931 UNK 1 SE KEARNEY BUFFALO NE 4069 9907 NTV VIDEO OF POWERLINES DOWN NEAR 11TH ST. AND M AVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 1933 UNK 2 SE CAMPBELL WEBSTER NE 4028 9871 DELAYED REPORT OF OUTBUILDING DAMAGE AND A FLIPPED PIVOT. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. POSSIBLE TORNADO PER RADAR DATA BUT NOT CONFIRMED AT THIS TIME. (GID) 1933 64 1 W HEARTWELL KEARNEY NE 4057 9881 (GID) 1936 71 5 NNE INAVALE WEBSTER NE 4016 9860 (GID) 1940 UNK DOWNS OSBORNE KS 3950 9854 REPORTS OF SOME TREE LIMBS DOWN AND A COUPLE TOUCHING HOUSES. NO WIND SPEED ESTIMATE GIVEN. TIME WAS ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 1940 UNK 5 SSE HOLSTEIN ADAMS NE 4039 9863 HOME DAMAGED AT POWERLINE ROAD AND SOUTH WANDA AVENUE. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE BUT UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 1940 UNK GIBBON BUFFALO NE 4075 9884 FAIRLY WIDESPREAD DAMAGE IN AND AROUND GIBBON. REPORTS OF ROOF DAMAGE ... ESPECIALLY IN TRAILER PARK. GRAIN BIN DESTROYED IN TOWN. SEVERAL PIVOTS FLIPPED NORTH OF TOWN. (GID) 1946 75 LINCOLN LINCOLN KS 3904 9815 VERY POOR VISIBILITY NOTED AS WELL. (ICT) 1949 UNK 2 SSE AYR ADAMS NE 4041 9842 DELAYED REPORT OF POWER POLES DOWNED AT MARIAN ROAD AND CIMARRON ROAD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 1950 UNK 3 ESE JUNIATA ADAMS NE 4057 9846 REPORT OF SEMI OVERTURNED AT HIGHWAY 6 ANND ADAMS CENTRAL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 1951 58 6 N SYLVAN GROVE LINCOLN KS 3910 9839 (ICT) 1952 66 3 NE AYR ADAMS NE 4047 9840 (GID) 1955 70 ELLINWOOD BARTON KS 3835 9857 (ICT) 2000 UNK MANKATO JEWELL KS 3979 9821 DELAYED REPORT OF TREE DAMAGE VIA EM PHOTO. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 2000 UNK 1 ESE DONIPHAN HALL NE 4077 9836 DAMAGE TO WOOD FENCE. ESTIMATED GUSTS AROUND 60-70 MPH. (GID) 2007 80 1 NW GRAND ISLAND HALL NE 4093 9838 SPOTTER EST 80-90MPH WIND GUSTS ALONG HWY 281 AND 13TH ST. ALSO REPORTED PEA TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. (GID) 2010 85 GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT HALL NE 4097 9831 (GID) 2011 85 GILTNER HAMILTON NE 4078 9815 ESTIMATED 80-90 MPH WINDS. (GID) 2015 69 2 NW SUPERIOR NUCKOLLS NE 4005 9809 (GID) 2019 UNK LINCOLN LINCOLN KS 3904 9815 POWER LINE WITH TRANSFORMER DOWN LEANING IN LINCOLN CENTER AT 5TH AND LOST ST. RAILROAD CROSSING ARM SNAPPED. SCATTERED REPORTS OF FALLEN SMALLER TREE LIMBS. (ICT) 2019 UNK AURORA HAMILTON NE 4086 9800 REPORTS OF VARIOUS WIND DAMAGE IN SOUTHWEST PART OF AURORA INCLUDING LARGE TREE DOWN ... STADIUM BLEACHERS OVERTURNED ... SOME STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO VARIOUS BUILDINGS. TIM (GID) 2023 UNK ONG CLAY NE 4040 9784 POWERLINES DOWN IN TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 2023 70 6 ESE CLAY CENTER CLAY NE 4050 9794 70MPH WINDS WITH HEAVY RAINS VIS WAS 0 WHEN RAIN HIT. (GID) 2023 UNK 4 NE DONIPHAN HALL NE 4082 9832 REPORT OF PICKUP AND TRAILER OVERTURNED ON WESTBOUND I-80 EAST OF LOCUST EXIT. (GID) 2025 UNK SUTTON CLAY NE 4061 9786 TREES AND POWERLINES DOWN IN SUTTON FROM ESTIMATED 80 MPH WINDS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 2025 UNK HAMPTON HAMILTON NE 4088 9789 ESTIMATED 65 MPH WINDS WITH WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF VEHICLES ON MAIN STREET. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 2028 84 2 NE COURTLAND REPUBLIC KS 3980 9788 LARGE ASH TREE DOWN. BENT METAL BASKETBALL POLE IN HALF. (TOP) 2028 83 1 NNE DAVENPORT THAYER NE 4033 9780 (GID) 2029 84 2 W SHICKLEY FILLMORE NE 4042 9777 (GID) 2029 60 6 WNW FULLERTON NANCE NE 4138 9809 (GID) 2030 UNK 6 SSW POLK YORK NE 4098 9781 DELAYED SOCIAL MEDIA REPORT OF DAMAGE TO POWERLINES AND LARGE TREES AND POSSIBLY A HOUSE ROUGHLY NEAR ROAD 21 AND ROAD B. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE BUT CANNOT BE CONFIRME (GID) 2031 67 2 SSE CONCORDIA CLOUD KS 3955 9765 CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 2 SSE CONCORDIA. (TOP) 2031 UNK 3 SE HORDVILLE HAMILTON NE 4105 9786 IRRIGATION PIVOTS OVERTURNED IN THE AREA OF 25 AND X ROAD. POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE BUT UNCONFIRMED AT THIS TIME. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 2032 UNK 4 ENE ADA OTTAWA KS 3917 9782 4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN. (TOP) 2032 UNK 4 N BRADSHAW YORK NE 4094 9775 IRRIGATION PIVOT DAMAGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 2032 58 4 N CENTRAL CITY MERRICK NE 4116 9801 (GID) 2034 60 1 S GLENDALE SALINE KS 3888 9787 (ICT) 2034 UNK 3 NNE AF ACADEMY EL PASO CO 3904 10484 REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. (PUB) 2034 UNK 1 N FULLERTON NANCE NE 4138 9797 DELAYED REPORT VIA TWITTER. COMPLETE LOSS OF ROOF OF SHED. SMALL OUTBUILDING DESTROYED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 2035 75 2 SSE CONCORDIA CLOUD KS 3955 9765 (TOP) 2036 UNK 2 E POLK POLK NE 4108 9775 DAMAGE REPORTED ALONG AND NEAR HIGHWAY 66 FROM 2 TO 4 MILES EAST OF POLK. MAINLY NUMEROUS IRRIGATION PIVOTS AND A FEW OUTBUILDINGS. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR DATA. UNKN (GID) 2039 UNK 3 ENE COLSPRINGS EL PASO CO 3886 10477 REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. (PUB) 2040 85 1 NNE RUSSELL AP RUSSELL KS 3888 9881 SUSTAINED AT 50KTS AS WELL. (ICT) 2040 70 CULVER OTTAWA KS 3897 9776 (TOP) 2040 UNK MINNEAPOLIS OTTAWA KS 3912 9771 CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM MINNEAPOLIS. POWER LINES AND TRANSFORMERS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (TOP) 2040 78 CONCORDIA CLOUD KS 3957 9766 MESONET STATION K5CNC US-81 @ REPUBLICAN R. CONCORDIA. (TOP) 2040 UNK BRUNING THAYER NE 4034 9757 CARPORT PICKED UP BY WINDS AND BLEW IT INTO SOME POWER LINES. 3-4 INCH LIMBS ARE DOWN IN TOWN ALSO. BLOWING DUST ALSO DROPPING VIS TO 1/2SM. (GID) 2045 UNK CULVER OTTAWA KS 3897 9776 TIN ROOF ROLLED BACK ON BUILDING ... 6 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN ... AND FENCE DOWN. (TOP) 2048 60 OSCEOLA POLK NE 4118 9755 PEA SIZED HAIL WITH 60-70MPH WINDS. (GID) 2050 UNK 5 S WACO YORK NE 4082 9746 PIVOTS OVERTURNED AND BARN DAMAGED IN AREA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (GID) 2050 UNK COLUMBUS PLATTE NE 4144 9736 ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME. (OAX) 2052 UNK COLUMBUS PLATTE NE 4144 9736 OVERTURNED 5TH WHEEL TRAILER. (OAX) 2054 82 3 SSW SALINA SALINE KS 3878 9764 (ICT) 2055 UNK 1 S AUGUSTA BUTLER KS 3768 9697 REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. (ICT) 2055 UNK FAIRBURY JEFFERSON NE 4014 9718 POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN. (OAX) 2055 UNK 5 W FAIRBURY JEFFERSON NE 4015 9727 SEMI BLOWN OVER. (OAX) 2056 75 MILTONVALE CLOUD KS 3935 9745 (TOP) 2056 UNK CLYDE CLOUD KS 3959 9740 PEA SIZED HAIL ... 8IN DIAMETER TREE DOWN ... 0 VISIBILITY FROM BLOWING DUST AND DIRT. (TOP) 2056 UNK 6 N REYNOLDS JEFFERSON NE 4015 9736 SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON HIGHWAY 136. (OAX) 2059 74 2 WSW FAIRBURY JEFFERSON NE 4013 9721 MESONET STATION AT FAIRBURY. (OAX) 2059 63 6 NW FAIRBURY JEFFERSON NE 4021 9725 MESONET STATION UR416 HEDRIW. (OAX) 2100 85 2 E CLAY CENTER CLAY KS 3938 9709 MESONET STATION EW5822 CLAY CENTER. (TOP) 2100 80 2 WSW FAIRBURY JEFFERSON NE 4013 9721 (OAX) 2100 UNK 7 S FRIEND SALINE NE 4054 9728 WIND STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK LIMBS THAT ARE 2-3 INCHES. HAIL WAS NICKEL SIZE. (OAX) 2100 60 1 NE GRESHAM YORK NE 4103 9739 (GID) 2101 UNK COLUMBUS PLATTE NE 4143 9736 ROOF TORN OFF HOME. (OAX) 2102 UNK 2 E AGENDA REPUBLIC KS 3971 9738 TWO 8 INCH LIMBS ARE DOWN. (TOP) 2109 UNK 6 NNE REYNOLDS JEFFERSON NE 4015 9731 POWER LINE DOWN. (OAX) 2114 UNK MORROWVILLE WASHINGTON KS 3984 9717 DEAD TREES KNOCKED OVER ... 12 INCH DIAMETER. (TOP) 2114 68 1 NNE COLUMBUS PLATTE NE 4145 9735 (OAX) 2118 UNK 1 SE CLAY CENTER CLAY KS 3937 9711 METAL GRAIN BINS DAMAGED; TIME ESTIMATED. (TOP) 2119 59 3 W SCHUYLER COLFAX NE 4145 9711 MESONET STATION UP948 2.5 W SCHUYLER (UPR). (OAX) 2121 67 3 ESE LINCOLN LANCASTER NE 4080 9664 FROM A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. (OAX) 2122 59 LYONS RICE KS 3835 9820 (ICT) 2126 UNK 6 WSW GLENDALE ELLSWORTH KS 3886 9796 1-FT DIAMETER TREE SNAPPED ... VISIBILITY 1 1/2 MILES. (ICT) 2127 76 HOWELLS COLFAX NE 4173 9700 WIND GUST TO 76 MPH ALONG WITH PENNY SIZED HAIL. (OAX) 2130 93 4 NW LINCOLN LANCASTER NE 4085 9676 (OAX) 2132 64 ELLSWORTH ELLSWORTH KS 3874 9823 (ICT) 2135 86 1 NNW BEATRICE GAGE NE 4028 9675 (OAX) 2135 UNK HOWELLS COLFAX NE 4173 9700 PARTIAL ROOF BLOWN OFF. (OAX) 2139 59 1 ENE GRANDVIEW PLZ GEARY KS 3903 9677 AWOS STATION KFRI FT RILEY MARSHAL. (TOP) 2140 UNK 1 NNW RUSSELL RUSSELL KS 3890 9886 REPORT FROM MPING: TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED; ROOF BLOWN OFF. (ICT) 2140 UNK DENTON LANCASTER NE 4074 9684 ALMOST 20' TREE BLOWN OVER AND PATIO FURNITURE TOSSED AROUND NEAR DENTON. (OAX) 2140 UNK 5 N LINCOLN LANCASTER NE 4088 9669 REPORT OF ROOF BLOWN OFF APARTMENT BUILDING. (OAX) 2143 70 NEWTON HARVEY KS 3804 9734 TREES DOWN. (ICT) 2144 92 BENNET LANCASTER NE 4068 9651 (OAX) 2145 UNK 2 WNW MANHATTAN RILEY KS 3919 9660 SOCIAL MEDIA POST SHOWED HALF OF 12 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN. (TOP) 2147 UNK 1 NW JUNCTION CITY GEARY KS 3904 9684 METAL SIGNS BENT ... SIDING OFF BUILDINGS ... DAMAGE TO HANGERS AT JUNCTION CITY AIRPORT. (TOP) 2149 UNK GRANDVIEW PLAZA GEARY KS 3903 9679 EM REPORTS SEVERE DAMAGE. MOTEL ROOF BLOWN OFF AND INTO OTHER BUILDINGS ... POWER OUTAGES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (TOP) 2149 90 EAGLE CASS NE 4082 9643 (OAX) 2150 63 4 N MEMPHIS SAUNDERS NE 4115 9644 MESONET STATION NB075 MEMPHIS 4N. (OAX) 2152 76 2 NE OGDEN RILEY KS 3913 9668 ASOS STATION KMHK MANHATTAN. (TOP) 2153 UNK 1 SW HERINGTON DICKINSON KS 3867 9695 7 INCH TREE LIMB DOWN. 70 MPH WINDS. (TOP) 2156 70 3 W OTOE OTOE NE 4073 9618 (OAX) 2156 70 3 WNW OTOE OTOE NE 4074 9618 (OAX) 2157 81 3 ESE LEWISTON PAWNEE NE 4022 9635 (OAX) 2157 UNK CEDAR BLUFFS SAUNDERS NE 4140 9661 ROOF BLOWN OFF AND POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN. (OAX) 2158 66 4 ENE NEWTON HARVEY KS 3806 9727 (ICT) 2159 UNK 3 N FREMONT DODGE NE 4148 9649 TRACTOR TRAILER BLOWN OVER ON ITS SIDE. NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN FREMONT. (OAX) 2159 75 2 S TEKAMAH BURT NE 4175 9622 (OAX) 2200 UNK 3 WSW BENNINGTON OTTAWA KS 3902 9764 BLOWN-OVER SEMI AT MILE MARKER 165 ON US-81. DELAYED REPORT. (TOP) 2200 66 1 WNW FREMONT DODGE NE 4145 9651 (OAX) 2201 UNK 5 SSW UNION OTOE NE 4075 9594 BARN AND GRAIN BINS DESTROYED. TREES SNAPPED. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND POWER LINES ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF OTOE COUNTY AS WELL. (OAX) 2201 UNK 3 ENE LINCOLN LANCASTER NE 4083 9663 REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. (OAX) 2203 60 1 WNW VALLEY DOUGLAS NE 4132 9637 (OAX) 2204 UNK 2 E MEAD SAUNDERS NE 4124 9644 POWER LINES DOWN AND THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE ALONG HIGHWAY 92. (OAX) 2208 UNK 1 W WHITE CITY MORRIS KS 3880 9676 ROOFS PEELING OFF BUILDINGS ... SIDE OF METAL BUILDING GOT BLOWN OUT. (TOP) 2208 UNK 2 ENE MURRAY CASS NE 4093 9589 ROOF BLOWN AWAY AT BEAVER LAKE. (OAX) 2210 UNK PAWNEE CITY PAWNEE NE 4011 9615 LOTS OF STRUCTURE DAMAGE ... ROOF DAMAGE ... CARPORTS DAMAGED. (OAX) 2210 70 ARLINGTON WASHINGTON NE 4145 9635 (OAX) 2211 UNK OAKLAND BURT NE 4184 9646 REPORT FROM MPING: 3-INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. (OAX) 2212 UNK 5 NNE OMAHA DOUGLAS NE 4134 9599 SEVERAL LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. (OAX) 2213 UNK BELLEVUE SARPY NE 4116 9592 NUMEROUS LARGE TREES DOWN AND HOMES DAMAGED. (OAX) 2214 62 2 S MURRAY CASS NE 4089 9593 MESONET STATION UP945 2.2 S MURRAY (UPR). (OAX) 2215 75 6 SSE ST GEORGE WABAUNSEE KS 3911 9639 (TOP) 2215 UNK 5 NNE BOYS TOWN DOUGLAS NE 4132 9608 BRANCHES DOWN MORE THAN 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER. (OAX) 2216 UNK BELLEVUE SARPY NE 4116 9592 LARGE LIMB CRUSHED CAR. FENCE DOWN. (OAX) 2220 70 4 S CORNING NEMAHA KS 3959 9603 (TOP) 2220 62 1 SW CNCL BLUFF POTTAWATT IA 4123 9587 MESONET STATION RCBI4 COUNCIL BLUFFS (I-80). (OAX) 2220 UNK 4 W BRONSON WOODBURY IA 4240 9628 BUILDING DAMAGED. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (FSD) 2222 83 8 WSW SIDNEY FREMONT IA 4069 9578 MESONET STATION NEAR SIDNEY AT I29/HWY 2. (OAX) 2222 UNK 2 N MALVERN MILLS IA 4103 9559 POWER LINES ACROSS HIGHWAY 34. (OAX) 2222 81 OFFUTT AFB SARPY NE 4112 9591 (OAX) 2222 83 MISSOURI VALLEY HARRISON IA 4156 9589 (OAX) 2222 58 2 W MISS VALLEY HARRISON IA 4156 9594 MESONET STATION UP118 2.2 W MISSOURI VALLEY (UPR). (OAX) 2223 82 1 WSW SRGT BLUFF WOODBURY IA 4239 9637 (FSD) 2224 UNK 5 W MCCLELLAND POTTAWA IA 4133 9577 FIRE CHIEF REPORTED POWER LINES AND POLES DOWN FOR ABOUT A 1/4 MILE FROM HOMESTEAD AVE TO L-34 ALONG RAILROAD HIGHWAY. (OAX) 2225 UNK 3 WNW MCCLELLAND POTTAWA IA 4134 9574 MAJOR HOME DAMAGE IN WESTON. (OAX) 2226 74 7 ENE OMAHA DOUGLAS NE 4130 9589 RECORDED AT EPPLEY AIRFIELD. (OAX) 2227 80 2 N WATSON ATCHISON MO 4051 9562 CORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 2 N WATSON. (EAX) 2227 UNK 1 NW TREYNOR POTTAWA IA 4124 9562 POWERLINES DOWN. (OAX) 2227 UNK 5 ESE BENNINGTON DOUGLAS NE 4134 9608 LARGE DIAMETER TREE BROKEN IN HALF. (OAX) 2229 UNK 4 E TREYNOR POTTAWATT IA 4123 9554 LARGE TREE ON HOUSE. (OAX) 2229 UNK 4 W UNDERWOOD POTTAWATT IA 4139 9576 ROOF BLOWN OFF A HOUSE ON L-34 WEST OF UNDERWOOD. (OAX) 2230 UNK 1 NNE COTTONWD FALLS CHASE KS 3838 9654 TREE LIMBS DOWN AND LIGHT POLES KNOCKED OVER. DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED BY RADAR. (ICT) 2230 UNK 5 E DELPHOS OTTAWA KS 3928 9767 BLOWN-OVER SEMI AT MILE MARKER 183 ON US-81. DELAYED REPORT. (TOP) 2230 UNK AUBURN NEMAHA NE 4039 9584 LARGE DIAMETER TREES DOWN. (OAX) 2231 UNK 2 E LAWTON WOODBURY IA 4248 9615 POWER LINES DOWN ACROSS HWY 20. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (FSD) 2231 UNK 2 ENE LAWTON WOODBURY IA 4249 9615 POLE SHED ROOF OFF WITH DEBRIS BLOWN INTO FIELD. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (FSD) 2233 UNK MURRAY CASS NE 4092 9593 WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND ROOF DAMAGE. (OAX) 2235 UNK KINGSLEY PLYMOUTH IA 4258 9596 ROOF TOWN OFF OF BUILDING. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (FSD) 2236 79 5 ENE CNCL BLUFFS POTTAWA IA 4126 9576 (OAX) 2237 60 1 W TARKIO ATCHISON MO 4044 9540 CORRECTS PREVIOUS NON-TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM 1 W TARKIO. TRAINED SPOTTER REPORT. (EAX) 2238 80 2 SE UNDERWOOD POTTAWA IA 4136 9566 (OAX) 2238 UNK 1 NE UNDERWOOD POTTAWA IA 4139 9567 LARGE GARAGE DOORS ON CITY BUILDING BLOWN IN. (OAX) 2240 74 5 N EL DORADO BUTLER KS 3790 9685 (ICT) 2241 UNK 1 SSW OMAHA DOUGLAS NE 4125 9602 CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 SSW OMAHA. RESIDENTIAL BUILDING COLLAPSE DUE TO HEAVY TREE FALLING ON A HOUSE. (OAX) 2241 UNK TENNANT SHELBY IA 4160 9544 LARGE TREE FELL ON HOME. (OAX) 2243 70 5 WNW MAYETTA JACKSON KS 3935 9574 (TOP) 2244 UNK 2 SE BOYS TOWN DOUGLAS NE 4123 9610 ROOF BLOWN OFF HOME. (OAX) 2248 62 2 N EUREKA GREENWOOD KS 3785 9629 (ICT) 2248 70 1 W TARKIO ATCHISON MO 4044 9540 TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 70 MPH WINDS RELAYED TO US BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. (EAX) 2250 67 3 ENE AVOCA POTTAWA IA 4150 9529 MESONET STATION RAVI4 AVOCA (I-80). (OAX) 2251 90 3 N CORNING ATCHISON MO 4029 9546 TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 90 MPH WINDS RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. (EAX) 2251 90 1 W TARKIO ATCHISON MO 4044 9540 TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 90 MPH WINDS RELAYED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. (EAX) 2253 61 5 SSW EMPORIA LYON KS 3833 9620 ASOS STATION KEMP EMPORIA. (TOP) 2253 UNK 2 S WOODBINE HARRISON IA 4171 9570 TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED; ROOF BLOWN OFF. (OAX) 2255 66 2 N EUREKA GREENWOOD KS 3785 9629 (ICT) 2255 UNK 3 E AMERICUS LYON KS 3851 9620 SEVERAL POWER POLES SNAPPED. (TOP) 2255 72 HARLAN SHELBY IA 4165 9533 (OAX) 2255 81 4 NNE BUCK GROVE CRAWFORD IA 4197 9537 AWOS STATION KDNS DENISON AIRPORT. (DMX) 2256 65 6 NNW NEOSHO RAPIDS LYON KS 3845 9604 (TOP) 2300 60 MATFIELD GREEN CHASE KS 3816 9656 CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND GST REPORT FROM MATFIELD GREEN. (ICT) 2300 UNK 2 N MALVERN MILLS IA 4103 9559 POWER LINES ACROSS HIGHWAY 34. (OAX) 2300 UNK 1 NW TREYNOR POTTAWA IA 4124 9562 POWERLINES DOWN. (OAX) 2302 UNK 3 W MCCLELLAND POTTAWA IA 4133 9574 SEMI ROLLED OVER. I-80W 13 MM NEAR MCCLELLAND ... IA. (OAX) 2303 UNK AURELIA CHEROKEE IA 4271 9544 SILO DAMAGED ... TREES DOWN AND SHEET METAL FROM BUILDINGS ON ROAD. POWER OUT IN TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (FSD) 2304 64 3 ENE TOPEKA SHAWNEE KS 3907 9563 ASOS STATION KTOP TOPEKA. (TOP) 2305 UNK STERLING JOHNSON NE 4046 9638 LARGE TREES UPROOTED ... ROOFS BLOWN OFF OUTBUILDINGS AND LOTS OF DUST BLOWING UP FROM KANSAS. (OAX) 2310 UNK 2 SSE SUTHERLAND O'BRIEN IA 4295 9549 DESTROYED BUILDING BLOCKING HIGHWAY 10 SOUTH OF SUTHERLAND. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (FSD) 2312 74 2 N QUITMAN NODAWAY MO 4041 9507 DAMAGE TO OUTBUILDINGS REPORTED. (EAX) 2315 80 3 NW PERRY JEFFERSON KS 3911 9543 (TOP) 2315 UNK 4 W ATCHISON ATCHISON KS 3957 9520 DAMAGE TO A POWER POLE AT 286TH AND NEOSHO. (EAX) 2315 UNK 1 ENE LANCASTER ATCHISON KS 3958 9528 ROOF DAMAGE TO BUILDING AT 294TH AND KINGMAN. (EAX) 2315 61 1 SSE CLARINDA PAGE IA 4072 9503 (OAX) 2315 80 2 S ADAIR ADAIR IA 4148 9464 EM REPORTS 80+ MPH WINDS ... ZERO VISIBILITY SOUTH OF ADAIR. (DMX) 2317 UNK OSKALOOSA JEFFERSON KS 3921 9532 MULTIPLE POWER POLES DOWN ... LARGE BARN BLOWN DOWN AT TOPEKA AND UNION ST. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (TOP) 2317 65 8 W GUTHRIE CENTER GUTHRIE IA 4167 9465 EM REPORTS 1/2 INCH HAIL AND ESTIMATED 65 MPH WIND ... HWY 44 AND FRONTIER ROAD IN GUTHRIE CO. (DMX) 2318 UNK 3 NW OZAWKIE JEFFERSON KS 3927 9551 LARGE TREE COMPLETELY ACROSS 122ND ROAD ONE-HALF MILE EAST OF K4 HIGHWAY. (TOP) 2320 UNK PERRY JEFFERSON KS 3908 9539 MULTIPLE POWER POLES DOWN ... TREE DAMAGE ACROSS CITY. (TOP) 2322 UNK 8 E OAKLAND POTTAWA IA 4132 9524 TREE ON ROADWAY. US-6 38 MM. (OAX) 2324 UNK 5 E CNCL BLUFFS POTTAWA IA 4123 9577 TREE ON ROAD IA-92 AT 8 MM & EASTERN HILLS DRIVE. (OAX) 2325 73 4 NE GUTHRIE CENTER GUTHRIE IA 4172 9446 (DMX) 2327 70 COON RAPIDS CARROLL IA 4187 9468 (DMX) 2330 70 3 W JARBALO LEAVENWORTH KS 3920 9512 EM REPORT OF PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WITH 70 MPH WINDS. (EAX) 2330 UNK 4 WSW FT LEAVEN LEAVENWORTH KS 3934 9499 POWER LINES DOWN NEAR MT. OLIVET ROAD AND 179TH. LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONDING. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (EAX) 2331 70 1 SW LOWEMONT LEAVENWORTH KS 3937 9507 RELAYED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ... SEVERAL STORM SPOTTERS REPORTING 70 MPH WINDS. (EAX) 2331 70 RALSTON CARROLL IA 4204 9464 WIND ESTIMATES OF AT LEAST 70 MPH FROM RALSTON FIRE DEPT. SOME SPORADIC DAMAGE BEGINNING TO OCCUR. (DMX) 2334 UNK 2 NNW PAC JUNCTION MILLS IA 4105 9582 SEMI ROLLOVER. I-29N AT 35 MM. (OAX) 2334 UNK NEOLA POTTAWA IA 4145 9562 OUT BUILDINGS BLOWN OVER ... HOUSES DAMAGED ... POWER LINES DOWN ... GAS LEAK - TDS NOTED IN THE AREA ON RADAR. (OAX) 2335 UNK 1 NNE BALDWIN CITY DOUGLAS KS 3878 9518 ROOF OFF OF TRAILER. (TOP) 2335 UNK 3 S GLIDDEN CARROLL IA 4201 9473 OUTBUILDING DESTROYED AT 240TH ST. AND TIMBER AVE. SIZE OF BUILDING UNKNOWN. (DMX) 2335 60 8 WSW MILFORD DICKINSON IA 4329 9531 (FSD) 2337 UNK 1 NNE LANSING LEAVENWORTH KS 3926 9490 REPORT OF POWER LINE DOWN AND WRAPPED AROUND TRAMPOLINE. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS EN ROUTE. NO INJURIES REPORTED. (EAX) 2339 62 LINDEN DALLAS IA 4164 9427 PWS RECORDED 62 MPH WIND GUSTS. (DMX) 2339 UNK GRAND JUNCTION GREENE IA 4203 9424 PUBLIC RELAYED SIDING MISSING ON HOUSE ON SE SIDE OF GRAND JUNCTION. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) 2340 66 4 NNE LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KS 3901 9522 LWC ASOS. (TOP) 2340 58 5 N ROCA LANCASTER NE 4073 9667 MESONET STATION EW0351 LINCOLN. (OAX) 2341 70 MINBURN DALLAS IA 4176 9403 60-70 MPH WIND GUST REPORTS FROM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS IN MINBURN. (DMX) 2341 70 PERRY DALLAS IA 4184 9410 60 TO 70 MPH WIND GUST REPORTS FROM AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS IN PERRY. (DMX) 2342 UNK 3 NNW LINWOOD LEAVENWORTH KS 3904 9506 REPORT OF POWER LINE DOWN BY TREE AND ON FIRE. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (EAX) 2345 75 3 SW MINBURN DALLAS IA 4173 9407 3 SW MINBURN EST 75 MPH. (DMX) 2345 UNK 2 ESE RUTHVEN PALO ALTO IA 4312 9486 HOG BUILDING COMPLETELY DESTROYED. (DMX) 2347 61 1 WSW CHANUTE NEOSHO KS 3767 9549 (ICT) 2348 UNK KNIERIM CALHOUN IA 4245 9445 MACHINE SHED DAMAGED 1 MILE NORTH OF SOMERS AND STOP SIGNS/HIGHWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER HWY 20 AT KNIERIM. (DMX) 2349 80 3 W DALLAS CENTER DALLAS IA 4169 9402 EM REPORTS 80 MPH WINDS HWY 169 AND HWY 44. (DMX) 2349 UNK 2 WNW HARCOURT WEBSTER IA 4227 9420 EMERGENCY MANAGER RELAYED BUILDING/DEBRIS BLOWN ONTO HIGHWAY 175. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) 2353 UNK 4 E KENNARD WASHINGTON NE 4147 9613 AREA BOUND BY HIGHWAY 31 & HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN KENNARD AND FORT CALHOUN. MULTIPLE LARGE TREE BRANCHES DOWN ... ROOF BLOWN OFF MACHINE SHED AND 1 CAMPER FLIPPED OVER. (OAX) 2354 UNK 2 E DE SOTO JOHNSON KS 3898 9494 TREE ON HOUSE NEAR 83RD AND CORLISS RD ... DE SOTO KS. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (EAX) 2355 70 3 S CRESTON UNION IA 4102 9436 AT CRESTON AIRPORT ... KCSQ AWOS 61 KTS. (DMX) 2356 UNK 1 NNE CRESTON UNION IA 4107 9436 EM REPORTS SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN CRESTON ... AFFECTING TRAFFIC AND POWER LINES. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) 0001 70 COLONY ANDERSON KS 3807 9536 (TOP) 0001 UNK 2 WSW MERRIAM JOHNSON KS 3901 9472 TREE ON HOUSE NEAR W 67TH ST AND NIEMAN RD. TIME ESTIMATED VIA RADAR. (EAX) 0002 73 3 NNW FORT DODGE WEBSTER IA 4255 9419 (DMX) 0008 58 2 S AMES STORY IA 4199 9362 (DMX) 0009 77 KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AI CLAY MO 3912 9460 (EAX) 0009 UNK KANSAS CITY DOWNTOWN AI CLAY MO 3912 9460 VIDEO OF ROOF RIPPING OFF HANGER AT KMKC. ASOS MEASURED WIND GUST OF 77 MPH. (EAX) 0012 UNK 1 NE WEST DES MOINES POLK IA 4158 9374 WIND GUSTS 612 TO 625 PM ESTIMATED 60-70 MPH WITH LARGE BRANCHES DOWN ... EXACT SIZE UNKNOWN. (DMX) 0013 70 GILBERT STORY IA 4211 9365 (DMX) 0015 UNK ALGONA KOSSUTH IA 4307 9423 14 INCH DIAMETER TREE ON HOUSE. (DMX) 0015 67 2 WNW ALGONA KOSSUTH IA 4308 9427 (DMX) 0017 70 3 ESE ADEL DALLAS IA 4160 9398 FORMER NWS EMPLOYEE. POWER OUT FOR A SHORT STINT. (DMX) 0018 UNK OSCEOLA CLARKE IA 4103 9377 TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES IN OSCEOLA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) 0019 68 2 N WINTERSET MADISON IA 4136 9402 MEASURED VIA CWOP. (DMX) 0020 UNK 1 WNW WINDSOR HGHTS POLK IA 4161 9373 LARGE TREE DOWN ON HOUSE IN CLIVE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. (DMX) 0022 68 IOLA AIRPORT (KK88) ALLEN KS 3787 9538 (ICT) 0025 67 2 ENE LAMONI DECATUR IA 4063 9390 (DMX) 0027 65 MORAN ALLEN KS 3791 9517 ZERO VISIBILITY. (ICT) 0027 61 DES MOINES INT AIRPORT POLK IA 4153 9366 (DMX) 0028 60 MATFIELD GREEN CHASE KS 3816 9656 (ICT) 0035 60 3 E SAYLORVILLE POLK IA 4168 9357 AWOS STATION KIKV ANKENY AIRPORT. (DMX) 0036 UNK INDIANOLA WARREN IA 4136 9357 NUMEROUS TREES DOWN BLOCKING 65/69 700 BLK S. JEFFERSON WAY. OTHER TREES DOWN IN INDIANOLA. (DMX) 0037 UNK 3 N HUMBOLDT ALLEN KS 3786 9544 LOTS OF TREES DOWNED BETWEEN IOLA AND HUMBOLDT ON 1100. WINDS ESTIMATED BETWEEN 60-70 MPH. (ICT) 0037 70 INDIANOLA WARREN IA 4136 9357 LOCAL TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTING NUMEROUS TREES DOWN AND WIND GUSTS 65-70MPH. (DMX) 0050 59 4 E HANSKA BROWN MN 4415 9442 PERSONAL WEATHER STATION. (MPX) 0051 UNK 3 SW SYCAMORE MONTGOMERY KS 3730 9575 THREE INCH TREE LIMBS BROKEN; POWER POLES BROKEN. VIA MPING. (ICT) 0053 65 2 N PLEASANT HILL CASS MO 3881 9426 ESTIMATED WIND GUST AT NWS KANSAS CITY. (EAX) 0053 83 3 NE CLEAR LAKE CERRO GORDO IA 4316 9333 (DMX) 0055 64 3 SSW KNOXVILLE MARION IA 4128 9312 AWOS STATION KOXV KNOXVILLE AIRPORT. (DMX) 0100 60 4 SSW CONGER FREEBORN MN 4356 9357 (MPX) 0100 UNK CONGER FREEBORN MN 4361 9353 REPORT OF TREES DOWN IN THE CONGER AREA. (MPX)
I’ve ridden my bike across it twice and my husband (Mr. Mercat) has ridden is bicycle at least 30 times. I assure you, Kansas is not flat.
We are a little west of Hays. The smoke smell was very bad here.
There are dirty patches on the sidewalks and streets where the wind evaporated the mud puddles almost as fast as they formed.
Crazy.
Yes all the lovely high winds and rain calif had..
Terrible wind all day - storm gone and electricity still on, thank God, but it’s out throughout the metropolitan area.
Interesting list; Is there a website for that? Seems to be a useful link to have .
Thanks.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Now, THAT’S funny!
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