Clay storm history

Golf ball size hail. Also estimated 60 mph winds.

Estimated 60 mph gusts. Tree limbs around two inches in diameter down. Also golf ball size hail.

Multiple county roads damaged due to washouts from flash flooding overnight. Delayed report. Time estimated from radar.

Funnel reported by spotter looking northwest from Milford Lake Dam.

A COOP observer in Clay Center measured 12.7 inches of snow from this storm. Another CoCoRaHS observer 6.9 miles SE of Palmer measured 12.0 inches of snow. Local network of observations including Concordia ASOS reported periods of visibility down below one quarter mile and wind g…

Picture from social media of a large part of a healthy tree down across road.

A hay barn roof was torn off.

Six inch tree limb down in Longford.

Tree down on Third Street in Clay Center.

Tree damage north of Oak Hill with medium sized branches down.

Estimated wind gusts.

The Emergency Manager measured 5 inches of snow 2 miles southwest of Clay Center.

Kansas state mesonet site reported a wind gust of 61 mph.

Quarter sized hail reported.

A storm chaser reported seeing a brief tornado touch down in open field before losing sight of it due to rain. No damage was reported in the vicinity of the sighting as it was in open pasture. The track and time is estimated based on radar and chaser report.

Spotter estimated winds around 60 to 65 mph.

NWS storm survey found extensive tree damage in Clay Center from a microburst with 80 to 90 mph winds.

The Kansas mesonet showed wind chills of -25 to -40F for much of the day on December 22nd. That data was available via http://mesonet.k-state.edu/weather/windchill/ .

Spotters measured near 2 inches of snow on top of a glaze of ice. Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph caused some blowing and drifting of snow while wind chills dropped into the -30 to -40 degree range which were the coldest in nearly 30 years.

Golf ball sized hail reported.

Golf ball sized hail reported.

Hen egg sized hail reported.

Measured at mesonet station ew5822 clay center.

Quarter sized hail reported.

Public measured 6.5 inches of snow at Morganville, KS. Another public report measured 7 inches of snow 2 miles south of Clifton, KS. Much of Clay County received 5 to 8 inches of snow from this March winter storm.

Measured at mesonet station ew5822 clay center.

Damage to metal grain bins.

Report of water over multiple roads in the city of Morganville.

Quarter size hail reported.

Tree limbs estimated 2 to 3 inches in diameter blown down.

Occurred near 18th and Buffalo Road.

Flash flooding of roads one to two miles east of Morganville.

Flash flooding of area roads in Green. Water over roads.

Rotten tree uprooted.

Measured by a automated station.