More Footage South West of Osborne, KS
provided by Deputy Stokes
Posted by Osborne County Sheriff on Tuesday, May 28, 2019
By CRISTINA JANNEY
Hays Post
Although several tornadoes were reported briefly on the ground in Ellis County north of Hays on Tuesday night, no major damage was reported.
Chris Rhodes, Osborne Emergency Management director, said a storm moving northeast from Russell County through Osborne County and into Mitchell County repeatedly dropped tornadoes on rural areas of the region. The storm entered the area between 5 and 5:30 p.m.
No injuries were reported.
A farm was hit one to two miles north of Waldo. Out buildings were destroyed, and the farm home had minor damage. Rhodes said the tornado threw a portion of a telephone pole and stuck it in an outbuilding.
In the same area, power poles were down. A 115-volt transformer was damaged. About $70,000 damage was done to a substation, resulting in power outages.
Another farmhouse and outbuildings were hit at about Kansas Highway 691 and 197th near Tipton. The chimney for the home was torn down and windows were blown out. No one was home at the time. Two outbuildings received severe damage.
About 100 trees were snapped in half, Rhodes said.
Another tornado was reported later in the evening in Mitchell County, Rhodes said.
Below are photos from Mitchell County Emergency Management.
Meteorologist Dan Holiday said central Kansas was not initially targeted for severe storms Tuesday night, but conditions changed.
Caught this tornado this evening south west of Tipton. I'll upload dash cam footage later on. Stay safe out there. For licensing or usage contact SVLmedia at mediadesk@svlmediallc.com
Posted by Darren Stokes on Tuesday, May 28, 2019
The K-State Ag Research Center only reported 0.11 inches of rain in the last 24 hours at Hays. However, different areas of the county may have received more significant rainfall Tuesday. Some street flooding was reported.
That brings the total official rainfall for the month of May in Hays to 8.06 inches, which far exceeds the 3.24-inch average for the month of May.
Hays is also above its year-to-date average, which is 7.81 inches. As of today, the research center is reporting 11.69 inches of rain year to date for Hays.
The National Weather Service is predicting partly sunny skies for Wednesday and Thursday.
The NWS is predicting a 20 percent to 30 percent chance of thunderstorms Friday, Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday and Sunday night.
With unseasonably cool temperatures Wednesday, highs are forecast to warm to the 80s by the weekend.
