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Storms rapidly developed over northern Oklahoma during the late afternoon hours on Tuesday July 2nd, and quickly tracked off to the northeast. These storms quickly started producing damaging straight-line winds as they moved into Harper and Kingman Counties with gusts of 60 to 65 mph reported. Line of severe storms moved across Wichita between 5 and 6 pm and produced widespread wind damage with numerous trees reported blown down. Winds across the city were measured between 60 and 70 mph. As the storms moved into Butler county, strong winds blew down a fireworks tent which resulted in 3 injuries. |
 Image by Sam Scott via Facebook. Taken in Marion |
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Storm Reports
Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Wichita KS
714 PM CDT Tue Jul 2 2024
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0439 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 5 NW Harper 37.34N 98.09W
07/02/2024 E60 MPH Harper KS Trained Spotter
0445 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 5 NW Harper 37.34N 98.09W
07/02/2024 E65 MPH Harper KS Trained Spotter
0520 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 6 NNE Viola 37.57N 97.60W
07/02/2024 M67 MPH Sedgwick KS Trained Spotter
0522 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 W Andale 37.79N 97.65W
07/02/2024 M60 MPH Sedgwick KS Mesonet
0532 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 NW Wichita Eisenhower 37.69N 97.47W
07/02/2024 E65 MPH Sedgwick KS Trained Spotter
0532 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 SE Wichita Eisenhower 37.65N 97.43W
07/02/2024 M59 MPH Sedgwick KS ASOS
0545 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 SE Wichita Eisenhower 37.65N 97.43W
07/02/2024 M60 MPH Sedgwick KS ASOS
0546 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 WNW Downtown Wichita 37.71N 97.39W
07/02/2024 Sedgwick KS Public
Large tree down on home near 13th and West.
Report came in via social media.
0546 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NW Derby 37.56N 97.27W
07/02/2024 M68 MPH Sedgwick KS Mesonet
0547 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Newton Airport 38.06N 97.28W
07/02/2024 M63 MPH Harvey KS AWOS
0549 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 NE East Wichita 37.71N 97.23W
07/02/2024 M67 MPH Sedgwick KS Broadcast Media
Reported by KAKE Broadcast media.
0550 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 SSE Maize 37.72N 97.44W
07/02/2024 Sedgwick KS Public
Tree blocking road near 21st and Tyler.
0550 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 3 SE Maize 37.74N 97.43W
07/02/2024 Sedgwick KS Public
Trees down. Report came in via social media.
0553 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 SSW Andover 37.68N 97.14W
07/02/2024 Butler KS Broadcast Media
*** 3 INJ ***
Report of a fireworks tent blown over with 3
injuries. Report was received via local TV.
0554 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Andover 37.69N 97.14W
07/02/2024 E70 MPH Butler KS Public
0555 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 1 NNW Downtown Wichita 37.70N 97.35W
07/02/2024 Sedgwick KS Public
Reported several large tree limbs down in
Riverside Park.
0555 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 W Whitewater 37.97N 97.19W
07/02/2024 M62 MPH Harvey KS NWS Employee
0558 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 ESE Bel Aire 37.75N 97.22W
07/02/2024 M63 MPH Sedgwick KS AWOS
AWOS station KAAO 2 ESE Bel Aire.
0558 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 NNW Newton 38.05N 97.35W
07/02/2024 E65 MPH Harvey KS Public
0559 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 WSW Towanda 37.78N 97.03W
07/02/2024 M59 MPH Butler KS Mesonet
0601 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 ENE Whitewater 37.97N 97.13W
07/02/2024 M58 MPH Butler KS Mesonet
0612 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 5 E Elbing 38.05N 97.03W
07/02/2024 Butler KS Emergency Mngr
2 inch diameter tree limbs down.
0612 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Augusta 37.69N 96.97W
07/02/2024 Butler KS Emergency Mngr
Reports of power lines down.
0619 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Burns 38.09N 96.89W
07/02/2024 E70 MPH Marion KS Emergency Mngr
0620 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 5 ENE Peabody 38.20N 97.02W
07/02/2024 E60 MPH Marion KS Emergency Mngr
0644 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 SE Matfield Green 38.13N 96.53W
07/02/2024 M63 MPH Chase KS Mesonet
0648 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 SE Elmdale 38.36N 96.63W
07/02/2024 M53 MPH Chase KS Mesonet
Kansas Mesonet.
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