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Large hail as storm sweeps through Hays area, power mostly restored

Most Midwest Energy customers have the lights back on as Thursday’s thunderstorm continues, according to the Midwest Energy outage viewer. At one point, more than 750 customers in the Hays area were without power.

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There were reports of baseball size hail 2 miles south of Riga, west of Ellis. There were also wind gusts in excess of 70 mph reported at about 3 p.m. and reports of high water on the streets at the intersection of 27th Street and Thunderbird.

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