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Critical Fire Weather for a Large Part of the Central U.S.; Areas of Severe Thunderstorms

Gusty to high winds and low relative humidity will bring elevated to critical fire weather across large parts of the Great Plains and more localized parts of the Great Basin and central Rockies Thursday into Friday. Severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging wind gusts are possible over the central Plains Thursday into this weekend. Read More >

A few rounds of thunderstorms passed southeast across north central, northeast, and east central Kansas in the evening hours of July 7, 2014.  Many of these storms produced severe weather, primarily in the form of strong winds, but some large hail also fell in north central Kansas. 

 

Radar imagery during the severe weather:

 

Map of severe weather reports - click for interactive view:

 

Images of wind damage:

In Fostoria, via Chris Trudo:

 

In Lyndon, via Douglas Watson:

 

Wakarusa Drive in Lawrence, via Arin Peters: