ELLSWORTH- Wednesday’s spring storm brought strong winds, hail and significant rainfall to many areas of central and south eastern Kansas.
The National Weather Service issued numerous severe thunderstorm warnings for 50-60 mile-per-hour winds and hail throughout Wednesday evening.
Other than some water over the roads and minor hail damage, there are no reports of significant damage from the storm.
What a beast of a storm by Ellinwood KS. #kswx 757pm pic.twitter.com/Ag2YcyIT2P
— Beth Allan (@adolwyn) April 20, 2017
Quarter size hail from Ellsworth @KWCH12 #kswx pic.twitter.com/crijcGnesJ
— Ross Janssen (@KWCHRoss) April 20, 2017
Hail in Ellsworth, KS this evening #kswx pic.twitter.com/ZnEhwW76fY
— Scott Thomasson (@Bowbendr_55) April 20, 2017
Severe warned storm N of Lincoln, Ks #kswx pic.twitter.com/aDBKsJNOKM
— Dumbledore (@kjordan4588) April 19, 2017
More rain is in the forecast. On Thursday, the National Weather service issued a flood watch for a large portion of south central and southeast Kansas from 12 a.m. April 21 through April 22.