Power Outage in Marysville, KS

Storm survey and storm chaser video and photos revealed a brief tornado just northeast of Marysville. This tornado did damage to a barn and power pole short path. The damage to a lumber shop south of highway 36 appears to have been related to a possible RFD surge south (straight line winds) and not this tornado.

Power poles broken and 3 inch diameter tree limbs down, likely associated with a tornado.

Power poles broken, 3 inch diameter tree limbs down as reported via mping.

Trees and power lines down.

Power flashes reported. Power was out.

Large trees down and power outages.

Wind gusts around 60 mph caused a few trees and power lines to come down in Marysville.

Two large trees and numerous small limbs down. Minor power outages. Delayed report. Time estimated from radar.

Three inch tree branches down and power outages reported throughout Marshall County.

Several one inch tree limbs were down, as well as a 6 to 8 inch diameter tree in Blue Rapids. Power outages were also reported in the city.

Estimated 7 inches of heavy wet snow reported 6 miles east of Marysville. Rolling Hills Electric Cooperative stated at around 750 power poles were snapped due to downed lines in Republic, Washington and Marshall Counties. The 1.6 million dollar damage estimate is for all counties combined.

A spotter measured 6 inches of heavy wet snow 3 miles west of Oketo. Power outages also reported across the area.

Power lines were blown down just west of Marysville. The roofs of some homes near Bremen had shingles torn off, and tree branches were blown down across the county.

Ice accumulations between half of an inch and one inch were reported across the county. Trees and power lines were reported down across Frankfort, several of which blocked roadways. Power outages knocked out phone service to residents across the county, and left many homes and businesses across the county in the dark, with nearly 30% of Westar Energy customers left without power in the county. At the peak, 3,200 customers were without power. Thirteen hundred power poles were reported down, with 97 alone down in the Goff area. Temporary emergency shelters were opened across the county. National attention was garnered by the people of Barnes and Waterville when an ABC news crew came out to record the damage with up to one inch of ice accumulations on surfaces across the county.

Power pole reported down near the intersection of 17th and Hwy 36.

Power pole reported down along N. 11th St.

Strong non-thunderstorm winds blew down power lines near Marysville. Awnings, gas pumps, and a sign were also blown down at Home.

In the early morning hours of Sep 1 a line of thunderstorms moved through southeast Nebraska into far northeast Kansas. The line began to bow out along the state line, and this where strong winds made it to the surface. A few large trees, some small branches, and power poles were brought down due to the winds.

On the morning of July 13, 2012 scattered thunderstorms formed across northeast Kansas. None of these storms produced any severe weather, except one marginally strong updraft near Blue Rapids, that produced a downburst, and caused some tree limb damage and power outages in Blue Rapids.

A slow moving storm system produced 6 to 12 inches of heavy wet snow across parts of Northeast Kansas. The heaviest snow and greatest impact occurred along and north of a Concordia to Hiawatha line where numerous power outages due to downed power lines were reported. Very little in the way of snowfall accumulation occurred south of this line since air temperatures were in the lower to middle 30s and the significant accumulation occurred in areas of heavy precipitation while other areas that received snow saw it melt as it fell. Damage estimates of 1.6 million dollars included damage to power poles across Washington, Marshall, Republic and Cloud counties with the worst damage across Washington and Marshall Counties.