Chautauqua storm history

There was a report of water over the bridge just southwest of the cemetery and much of the road leading up to the bridge was under water as well.

There were estimated 50 to 60 mph wind gusts along with nickel sized hail. The time was estimated by radar.

There were trees down of unknown size.

A trained spotter reported four inch diameter tree limbs blown down.

Wind gusts up to 60 mph were estimated.

Surrounding reports and observations, mostly from AWOS and state mesonet sites, from all of the bordering counties show 64 to 72 mph wind gusts occurred across the area. Time of occurrence of high winds across the county is estimated by these surrounding reports and observations.

A snowfall total of 4.8 inches was reported about three miles south of Peru. Based on additional reports, around 2 to 5 inches fell across Chautauqua County with the heaviest amounts occurring across the southeastern portions of the county.

Severe drought conditions (D2) expanded to the southwest and northeast portions of the county; D2 drought persisted across the southeast section. The rest of the county mainly the northwest corner was in moderate drought (D1).

A camper trailer was blown over and off of Highway 166 near the Cowley-Chautauqua county line. Nearby, a video showed a barn was severely damaged along with several power lines and trees snapped or down.

Drought conditions during September worsened to severe drought (D2) in the southeastern areas of the county.

Baseball sized hail report was sent in via social media.

Quarter to golf ball sized hail was reported.

A report relayed via the media of a tornado near the state line and south of Hewins. No damage was reported in that area.

Report from a trained spotter of winds up to 70 mph. Tree limbs and a couple trees were knocked down as well.

Emergency manager had an estimated 60 mph wind that lasted for 10 to 15 minutes.

Emergency manager relayed quite a bit of road damage with roads washed out completely north of Cedar Vale due to rapid rises on the Caney River and its associated creeks. At Road 6 and Quivira, a rainfall gauge had 6.4 inches of rain through the following morning, but it overfill…

A public report relayed via emergency management of an estimated 6.4 inches of rain at Road 6 and Quivira Road. The gage overflowed thus the full measurement is unknown. Additional rainfall reports were received in the county ranging from 4.02 inches in Sedan to 3.77 inches near …

Drought conditions improved across the county with only moderate drought (D1) for April.

Public report of nickel sized hail in Niotaze.

Public report of nickel sized hail in Cedar Vale.

Drought conditions improved with the southern areas of the county improving to moderate drought (D1), but the north and northeast areas of the county remain in severe drought (D2).

This is a 24 hour rainfall total of 1.65 inches. There was one accident reported in the county during this time frame that could be at least partially attributed to this event. There was no apparent injury reported.

Drought conditions remain the same across the county with Eastern half of the County remaining in severe drought (D2). The rest of the county was either in moderate drought (D1).

Drought conditions stayed same for the month of January across the county. Central and eastern portions of the county remained in severe drought (D2) with the rest of the county in moderate drought (D1).

Drought conditions improved from extreme drought (D3) to severe drought (D2) in the eastern half of the county. The western half of the county improved from extreme drought (D3) to moderate drought (D1).

There was no improvement to drought conditions in the county. All areas remained in extreme drought (D3).

All areas of exceptional drought (D4) improved to extreme drought (D3) across the county for the month of October.

There was no improvement in drought conditions in the county. Most of the county remained in exceptional drought (D4) and the far southwestern areas of the county remained in extreme drought (D3).

COOP observer reported estimated wind gust of 60 mph.

Chautauqua county remained in exceptional drought (D4) across most of the county with the southwestern areas of county remaining in extreme drought (D3).

There was a 6-inch diameter tree branch down.

There was nickel to quarter sized hail that fell for a brief time near Peru.

There was a picture of quarter sized hail.

This was an estimated wind gust. This was corroborated by surrounding reports.

Exceptional drought (D4) continued across most of the county for July but improved to severe drought (D3) in the far southern and southwest portions of the county by the end of the month.

Twenty four hour total from a Coop observer of 1.76 inches.

Twenty four hour total of a Kansas Mesonet site of 2.10 inches.

Dime sized hail covered the ground, but a few of the hail stones were half dollar sized.

Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county.

A trained spotter reported wind gusts of 60 to 65 mph.

Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county.

Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county.

Numerous homes had shingles blown off and several buildings had canopies blown off along Main Street in Sedan.

Exceptional Drought (D4) continued across the county.