Winds blew the roof off a house in Jasper County and damaged a brick structure in Barton County.
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“One storm would come through and knock out the power”, he said.
Near Elgin, strong winds flipped a trailer, Comanche County Emergency Management spokeswoman Ashleigh Hensch said.
While the morning storms will have low potential for tornadoes, the afternoon and evening event could be more potent, with the possibility of strong wind, hail, and tornadoes. The center said there was a lesser risk of tornadoes.
But expectations weren’t as dire as they had been Tuesday, when meteorologists warned that conditions were ripe for a severe weather outbreak.
By Wednesday afternoon, the Storm Prediction Center had received at least six unconfirmed reports of tornadoes – two in Texas, two in Kansas and one each in Missouri and Indiana. Thunderstorms bearing hail as big as grapefruit and winds approaching hurricane strength lashed portions of the Great Plains on Tuesday. He said the NWS in Morristown had never seen anything like it.
Some hail damage to vehicles is expected.
“We always have to work to improve how we present information”, he said. Storm clouds hang in the sky near Wellington, Kan., Tuesday, April 26, 2016. McConnell is about 9 mile southeast of Wichita. Indianapolis forecasters say they are investigating that report.
“So many people were sheltering for the tornado, I would be surprised if there wasn’t some talk of a bust”, Klockow said. After Saturday morning, we will begin to clear out late Saturday evening and Sunday briefly before another round of rain and storms arrive Monday.
Stormy weather in the eastern US could bring damaging winds to Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania, where voters are casting ballots in primary elections. The Convective Outlooks from the Storm Prediction Center show the highest probability of severe weather the next couple days will be in the Southern Plains.
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National Weather Service meteorologist David Pearson says a tornado touched down several times north of 132nd and West Dodge Road.
