The National Weather Service had survey teams out Monday assessing storm damage in Halstead, Newton and Russell after severe storms hit central Kansas on Sunday night. Those storms brought rain, large hail, strong wind gusts and a few reported tornadoes, according to the National Weather Service. The strongest wind gusts in the state were recorded at 100 mph at the Salina airport. The Newton and Halstead areas saw 60 mph winds gusts, according to the NWS. The NWS received 15 reports of tornadoes Sunday in Kansas, Oklahoma and Colorado, with six of those reported in Russell, Ellsworth, Lincoln and Osage County. Halstead fire and EMS posted on Facebook Sunday that it had been hit by a tornado. “We are evaluating [the] situation,” the agency said. NWS Wichita meteorologist Ken Cook could not confirm if a tornado hit Halstead but said the survey team will make that assessment.
Source: Wichita Eagle
