Wichita storm history

High winds knocked over power lines near the towns of Marienthal and Lydia, sparking two large fires. The fire near Marienthal began around 14:30 PM CST burning fields and one home. The Marienthal fire burned approximately 1200 acres and was put out around 22:30 PM CST. The Lydia…

Snowfall totals across the county averaged 15-20. Damage costs are a preliminary combined estimate for both the Dec 20 and Dec 30 storms.

Two separate weather stations located 8 N Marienthal (Ambient Weather site named 8MileN and WeatherUnderground site named KKSLEOTI31) recorded 65 mph wind gusts. The Ambient weather site also recorded a 58 mph gust before the 65 mph gust. The Kansas Mesonet site named Leoti also …

Kansas mesonet site reported the 64 mph wind gust. A 60 mph wind gust was reported just before the 64 mph gust.

Ambient Weather site LeeSimons reported the wind gust.

Mesonet station FW1490 Leoti measured 71 mph wind gust.

Wind gusts estimated around 60 mph was reported by a spotter to the east of Leoti.

The AWOS at the Leoti Airport (K3K7) reported a 67 mph wind gust.

Emergency manager reports a microburst with broken poles and downed tree limbs around 6 inches in diameter.

Report if 1 inch hail.

Sheriff reported golf ball to tennis ball sized hail along Highway 25.

Emergency manager relayed a report of hail up to ping pong ball in size.

A public report of nickel size hail was reported.

Visibility reported to be a quarter mile or less in a wall of dust along the outflow boundary moving east. These occurred along and east of Highway 25. Meanwhile thunderstorm activity continued to move northeast over Cheyenne County KS.

Wichita County EM passed along a report of pea to dime sized hail in Leoti.

Law enforcement reported dime sized hail 1 mile south of Leoti.

Snow amounts were a trace across the county. The strongest wind gust of 63 MPH occurred at 7:34 AM. Key impacts: whiteout conditions, road closures.

The Leoti airport AWOS reported gusts up to 70 MPH and 67 MPH winds as the cold front moved over the site. Cold front entered the county around 1330 LST. Two large trees were blown over in town, an elm tree and a pine tree. Part of the elm tree fell on a house. Four roofs in town…

Reduced visibility down to 200-400 yards in Leoti from blowing dust. Quarter mile visibility measured at the AWOS on the south side of town. Less than quarter mile visibility reported 11 N of Leoti.

The AWOS at the Leoti Airport (K3K7) reported a 75 mph wind gust. Several wind gusts throughout the day of 55 to 70 mph were also reported. The Wichita County Emergency Manager also reported that several dead trees, along with several other branches, and an older power pole were …

Most of the hail was dime size, with some quarter size hail mixed in; lasted 5-10 minutes. Very windy but could not estimate the wind speed.

An isolated high wind gust of 58 mph occurred ahead of thunderstorm outflow. Observation was recorded via Weather Underground site KKSMARIE11.

Reported via mesonet station FW1490.

Reported via mesonet station KKSLEOTI31 near Marienthal.

Reported via Weather Underground station KKSMARIE11 near Marienthal.

Report of near zero visibility at intersection of County Roads G and 23 north-northeast of Marienthal due to a localized dust storm created by thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 58 mph.

Report of an EF-U landspout tornado just inside the Wichita County line that lasted 15 minutes over the location in an open field. No damage was reported, so the wind speeds are unknown. The landspout developed with a thunderstorm during it's early stage as it interacted with a b…

Pea to 0.75 inch hail fell over a duration of 10 minutes.

Pea to penny size hail reported but mostly dime size hail fell.

Trained spotter reports golf ball sized hail with heavy rain and about 25 MPH wind gusts. Falling hail did shrink to 1 inch by 19 minutes after the hour.

Public submitted photo of nickel sized hail in Leoti.

Trained spotter reports 1 inch hail.

Report with photo via social media of hail up to 2 1/2 inch.

Trained spotter reported 1-1.75 inch hail reported.

Report via social media with photos of estimated racquet ball sized spikey hail near Leoti.

Trained spotter reports inch to 1.5 inch hail.

Report via MPing.

Measured mesonet gust of 60 MPH.

Over a duration of approximately one hour and fifteen minutes sporadic gusts of 58 to 62 mph occurred across Wichita County. The peak gust of 62 mph was recorded via a mesonet station near the Greeley County line in the northwest corner of the county. Key impacts: hazardous trave…

This event is based on nearby observations in Scott City. The AWOS at the airport in Scott City, KS report reported -25F wind chills starting at 0330 local on the 13th. There were brief times during the day time hours that wind chills warmed above -25F, generally due to the AWOS …

A member of the public reported near zero visibility due to snow in Wichita county. The Leoti AWOS recorded gusts up to 34 mph around this time. Key impacts: near zero visibility, icy roadways.

Blizzard conditions of one-quarter mile and below with gusts of 35 to 40 mph observed over a duration just over eight hours. Most observations were reported from the central part of the county near and in Leoti. Snow reports ranged from 5.5 inches along to 11 inches. The highest …

A prolonged snowfall produced 5.5 to 11 inches of snow across Wichita County over a duration of 23.5 hours. Most observations were reported from the central part of the county near and in Leoti. The highest amount was reported five miles north of the town of Leoti. Due to the bli…

A few one inch hailstones were reported. Hail fell over the location approximately three minutes.

Kansas State mesonet site reported the 75 wind gust at 10m.

Estimated quarter to golf ball sized hail reported at location. Time is estimated by radar.

Quarter hail reported at location that broke skylight windows.