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KOJC, Olathe Johnson County Industrial Airport, reported a 61 mph wind gust. There was also plenty of tree and power line damage in the area, which likely spread to other nearby counties.
Through the afternoon on December 15th strong wind caused sustained winds in the 40 to 50 mph range, with frequent gusts well over 60 mph. While most ASOS and AWOS stations recorded gusts around 65 mph, there were several reports of higher winds and damage representative of around 70 mph, such as tree damage and powerlines down. This all preceded strong thunderstorms that also caused strong winds and scattered damage across the area. An injury was sustained near Lake Quivira when part of a tree fell on a person. Injuries were reported as minor.
Merriam police report multiple trees and power lines down.
KCTV reported some powerlines down in Olathe. A tornado was not confirmed, but the isolated and concentrated damage, along with otherwise fairly weak convection lends at least some suspicion of a brief and weak circulation.
Power lines were down at this location.
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During the overnight hours on New Years Eve, into the morning of New Years moderate freezing rain moved into far eastern Kansas. While rain was a little heavier than traditionally efficient for ice accumulation, there was a quick quarter to half inch of ice that accumulated on surfaces before light to moderate snow moved in for the daytime hours. This snow accumulated a couple inches on top of the ice accretion. Overall minimal impacts were felt as a result of this system aside from scattered vehicle accidents and power outages.
A prolonged freezing drizzle and freezing rain event impacted all of eastern Kansas and western and central Missouri from February 5 until February 7. While the bulk of the precipitation fell overnight February 6, into the morning of February 7 the higher impacts appeared to come on February 5, when freezing drizzle caused roads to become slick. In some areas the roads were completely impassible, and numerous injury vehicle accidents occurred. One fatality was caused by the icy roads on February 5 in Miami County. ||Without any notable break in the freezing precipitation the ice continued to form on trees and power lines through Wednesday February 6, resulting in most locations seeing around 1/8 to 1/4 of ice through Wednesday afternoon. On Wednesday night heavy rain and sleet moved into the area, and added to the already robust ice amounts. With some modest instability in the atmosphere many of these storms produced lightning, a rare occurrence! One storm did produce some quarter-sized hail near Clinton, MO. By the end of the event almost all locations within the Ice Storm Warning (which was issued Wednesday afternoon - 2/6) received around 1/4 to 1/2, with some of the higher totals in Johnson County, MO approaching .60.
On the afternoon and evening of August 28 several thunderstorms affected the area with hail and wind. The winds ranged from 60 to 70 mph and did some damage to trees, power lines, and some structures.
On May 28 scattered thunderstorms moved through northeast Kansas, causing some marginally severe hail and scattered wind damage. The following day, scattered thunderstorms produced some marginally severe weather closer to Kansas City. No widespread damage occurred, outside of some tree damage and some powerlines down.
On the evening of May 2, 2018 a line of strong storms moved through eastern Kansas. While strong storms occurred across the entire eastern part of the state, the strongest impacts were felt within the Kansas City Metro area, where a EF-1 tornado formed in Overland Park, causing a fair amount of damage in the form of widespread tree damage, some structure damage to local schools, and numerous power lines and power poles were destroyed. The line of storms continued into western Missouri, where they went on to produce more tornadoes and scattered wind damage.
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Briarwood Elementary School is working to restore power in the building, but in the meantime, will continue to have class.
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Johnson County's Administration Building may close early. An unknown problem knocked out power to the building in Olathe.
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Excessive heat puts additional stress on these parts causing occasional equipment failures that cause power outages.
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Several Evergy transmission lines are down in Odessa causing a citywide power outage, according to the Odessa Police Department.
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A line of severe storms tore through the Kansas City area in the overnight hours, leaving a significant amount of damage and debris.
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According to Evergy, thousands in the Kansas City metro are without power after loud storms and a possible tornado passed through the area.
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A tram was stuck in the north leg of the Gateway Arch for at least two hours Friday.
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ST. LOUIS, Mo. – A wave of severe weather swept through the St.Louis area at around noon. Ameren reports that there are power outages dotting the region. Over 6,000 customers are now in the dark. Ameren serves over 1.2 million customers in the region and power is expected to be restored soon. There is a […]
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Harrisonville school district is dismissing all students early because of a power outage that can't easily be fixed.
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Overland Park, Kansas
City | Overland Park |
County | Johnson |
State | Kansas (KS) |
Country | United States |
Zip Codes | 66204, 66207, 66210, 66212, 66213, 66214, 66221, 66223, 66224, 66225 |
75th & Hadley power out 1am 10/8/21
Power outage at 3523 West 98th Street, Overland Park, KS. Most of the neighborhood went back on line recently but our block remains out. We've been out going on our 3rd hour. When will this be resolved?
75th & Hadley outage.
Power out Cherry Hill. between 99th and 103rd, and Mission Rd and Roe
Power out in entire neighborhood