Hagel en tornado's veroorzaken lichte schade in de noordelijke provincies
Storm en wind
Hagel en tornado's veroorzaken lichte schade in de noordelijke provincies
Hail, tornadoes cause limited damage in northern counties
Sudden storm activity Wednesday afternoon spawned several reports of hail and tornadoes along the Kansas-Nebraska border that caused minor damage and power outages, weather trackers said. It came on pretty quick it just kind of blew up on us, said Bill Schwindamann Jr., Marshall County emergency management coordinator. Schwindamann said minor damage was reported to outbuildings on farms from a tornado that touched down about five miles west of Marysville. Touchdowns also were reported just north of Beattie and in the Oketo area.
We had a thunderstorm warning earlier in the day and it came behind it, Schwindamann said. He said initial reports indicate damage was limited to rural outbuildings and power lines, leading to minor outages in western Marshall County. The National Weather Service issued the first tornado warning of the day at 2:11 p.m. for Washington County, about nine minutes before a twister actually touched down. Tornado warnings also were issued for the counties of Nemaha, Atchison, Doniphan, Brown, Jackson and Washington.
At the weather service office at Philip Billard Municipal Airport in Topeka, meteorologist Scott Blair said a tornado at 2:20 p.m. was spotted about five miles north of Hanover in Washington County. He said a long-lived supercell was responsible for several funnel clouds, which appears to have formed two separate tornado tracks. A weather service storm survey team today is expected to determine the actual number of tornadoes, as well as wind speeds and storm classifications.
According to the weather service: “When a tornado warning is issued based on Doppler radar it means that strong rotation has been detected in the storm. A tornado may already be on the ground or is expected to develop shortly. If you are in the path of this dangerous storm move indoors and to the lowest level of the building. Stay away from windows. If driving, do not seek shelter under a highway overpass.â€
Before tornadic activity in northeast Kansas, large and possibly damaging hail was reported in Republic and Nemaha counties. When the storm first developed is when we saw some of the biggest hail, Blair said. Blair said baseball-sized hail was reported near Narka, in Republic County, with stones as large as 3 inches falling just south of Baileyville in Nemaha County.
That’s about the size of a teacup,†Blair said. “That’s right it’s huge. Northerly storm cells left the area by 4 p.m. and drifted across the Nebraska border. The relatively mild temperatures of recent days ended with a 93-degree reading in Topeka at 3:15 p.m. Weather forecasts for Topeka show continued heat and humidity today, with a high of 95 degrees expected. The heat index Wednesday hit 105.
Blair said storms cells today are expected to stay north of Interstate 70, with a storm line possible from Concordia to Holton. There’s a lot of instability in the atmosphere, Blair said. Early Wednesday evening, thunderstorm warnings were issued for the southwest Kansas counties of Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade and Seward.
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Sudden storm activity Wednesday afternoon spawned several reports of hail and tornadoes along the Kansas-Nebraska border that caused minor damage and power outages, weather trackers said. It came on pretty quick it just kind of blew up on us, said Bill Schwindamann Jr., Marshall County emergency management coordinator. Schwindamann said minor damage was reported to outbuildings on farms from a tornado that touched down about five miles west of Marysville. Touchdowns also were reported just north of Beattie and in the Oketo area.
We had a thunderstorm warning earlier in the day and it came behind it, Schwindamann said. He said initial reports indicate damage was limited to rural outbuildings and power lines, leading to minor outages in western Marshall County. The National Weather Service issued the first tornado warning of the day at 2:11 p.m. for Washington County, about nine minutes before a twister actually touched down. Tornado warnings also were issued for the counties of Nemaha, Atchison, Doniphan, Brown, Jackson and Washington.
At the weather service office at Philip Billard Municipal Airport in Topeka, meteorologist Scott Blair said a tornado at 2:20 p.m. was spotted about five miles north of Hanover in Washington County. He said a long-lived supercell was responsible for several funnel clouds, which appears to have formed two separate tornado tracks. A weather service storm survey team today is expected to determine the actual number of tornadoes, as well as wind speeds and storm classifications.
According to the weather service: “When a tornado warning is issued based on Doppler radar it means that strong rotation has been detected in the storm. A tornado may already be on the ground or is expected to develop shortly. If you are in the path of this dangerous storm move indoors and to the lowest level of the building. Stay away from windows. If driving, do not seek shelter under a highway overpass.â€
Before tornadic activity in northeast Kansas, large and possibly damaging hail was reported in Republic and Nemaha counties. When the storm first developed is when we saw some of the biggest hail, Blair said. Blair said baseball-sized hail was reported near Narka, in Republic County, with stones as large as 3 inches falling just south of Baileyville in Nemaha County.
That’s about the size of a teacup,†Blair said. “That’s right it’s huge. Northerly storm cells left the area by 4 p.m. and drifted across the Nebraska border. The relatively mild temperatures of recent days ended with a 93-degree reading in Topeka at 3:15 p.m. Weather forecasts for Topeka show continued heat and humidity today, with a high of 95 degrees expected. The heat index Wednesday hit 105.
Blair said storms cells today are expected to stay north of Interstate 70, with a storm line possible from Concordia to Holton. There’s a lot of instability in the atmosphere, Blair said. Early Wednesday evening, thunderstorm warnings were issued for the southwest Kansas counties of Clark, Ford, Gray, Meade and Seward.
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