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Overview
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A cold front moved southward across Kansas into a hot and humid airmass during the evening hours on July 31st. This sparked off a line of strong to severe thunderstorms which produced damaging to destructive winds across the northern and central Kansas. The Salina area had extensive tree damage and power outages from thunderstorm wind gusts over 80mph.
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 Event radar loop during the evening and overnight of July 31. Several clusters of strong to severe storms moved east to southeast across the region. |
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Storm Reports
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..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0614 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 NE Bunker Hill 38.90N 98.66W
07/31/2024 M64 MPH Russell KS Mesonet
Courtesy of Kansas State Mesonet.
0645 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Lincoln 39.05N 98.15W
07/31/2024 Lincoln KS Trained Spotter
12 foot tree broken half way up. Approx 6
inches in diameter at the point of where the
tree was snapped.
0645 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Lincoln 39.04N 98.15W
07/31/2024 E60 MPH Lincoln KS Trained Spotter
0701 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 ENE New Cambria 38.90N 97.45W
07/31/2024 M59 MPH Saline KS Mesonet
0715 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Salina Airport 38.79N 97.65W
07/31/2024 M74 MPH Saline KS ASOS
0755 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 6 ESE Albert 38.43N 98.91W
07/31/2024 E60 MPH Barton KS Trained Spotter
Spotter is estimating a few gusts near 60
mph.
0805 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Tampa 38.55N 97.15W
07/31/2024 E70 MPH Marion KS 911 Call Center
High line electrical transmission line down.
0823 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 N Durham 38.50N 97.22W
07/31/2024 E75 MPH Marion KS Emergency Mngr
Tree damage reported.
0823 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 WSW Great Bend Airpor 38.35N 98.86W
07/31/2024 M60 MPH Barton KS AWOS
0832 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Ellinwood 38.36N 98.58W
07/31/2024 E60 MPH Barton KS Trained Spotter
0916 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 6 NNW Smolan 38.81N 97.72W
07/31/2024 M89 MPH Saline KS Mesonet
Courtesy of Union Pacific Railroad.
0917 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Salina Airport 38.79N 97.65W
07/31/2024 M77 MPH Saline KS ASOS
0924 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg Salina 38.82N 97.62W
07/31/2024 Saline KS Public
Delayed report. Per social media posts,
extensive tree damage in Salina. Time
estimated from previous reports.
0924 PM Tstm Wnd Gst Salina 38.84N 97.61W
07/31/2024 M95 MPH Saline KS Mesonet
Measured on the roof of KSAL Radio.
1100 PM Flood Great Bend 38.37N 98.77W
07/31/2024 Barton KS Law Enforcement
Some street flooding in the city, confined
to typical flood-prone areas.
1103 PM Flood Great Bend 38.36N 98.77W
07/31/2024 Barton KS Law Enforcement
Some street flooding noted in Great Bend.
The flooding is confined to typical
flood-prone areas.
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