Power Outage in Parsons, KS

Tri City Airport near Parsons measured a wind gust of 67 mph. Power poles and trees were down across Highway 59 near Altamont. They have had both cars and tractor-trailers blown off the road.

Dispatch reports US Highway 59 was closed due to zero visibility from dust and smoke between Altamont and Parsons. Winds were in excess of 70 mph. Dirt from a recently plowed field was picked up and lofted with these strong winds. Additional debris was blown across the road with trees down and a power pole also down across the road. They have had both cars and tractor-trailers blown off the road. No injuries were reported.

A few reports of power lines being blown down.

Freezing rain began to accumulate on trees and power lines.

Power lines were blown down on the west side of town.

Power lines were downed across Highway 160 and caused power outages in Dennis and West Parsons.

There was unspecified structural damage to a building at the Highway 400/Wallace Rd. Intersection. Power outages were reported across much of Northern Labette County.

Tree limbs and power lines were reported down in the community.

Several trees, limbs and power lines were knocked down from Big Hill Lake, Mound Valley and Parsons.

Two windows were blown out and a portion of the roof was peeled back at a radio station and sporting goods store in downtown. The resulting rain from the open roof and windows soaked the radio equipment at the radio station and soaked half the inventory of the store. The equipment damage kept two radio staitons off the air over the weekend. A very large tree also fell on a house. 1100 residents were without power for awhile.

Several trees, limbs and power lines were downed in the Parsons area. Some of the downed power lines caused fires, but they were extinguished fairly rapidly. Property damage was limited mainly to trees and limbs falling on homes and other structures. Roof damage occurred to a handful of structures from winds peeling back a portion of the roof. Substantial water damage occurred inside at least one of the structures due to rain falling onto a heavily damaged roof. The Parsons Sun contributed to this report.

Several large trees were knocked all over town as thunderstorm winds estimated at 80 mph moved through the area. The storms also knocked down 20 power poles all over town. The strong winds also caused minor roof damage to numerous businesses. The trees and debris fell on houses and cars throughout the town.

Power outages occurred in Parsons due to downed power lines from snapped utility poles.

High winds knocked out power to the east side of Parsons.

Thunderstorms produced rapid accmulations of ice across the county with the town of Oswego picking up a half an inch on trees and powerlines. Sleet also accompanied the thunderstorms with accumalations around a half an inch.

Approximately one inch of ice and sleet accumulated across Labette County. The ice storm knocked power out to much of the county. It is unknown how much damage was caused.

Breaker at sub-station struck in Southwest Parsons, severing power to ~1,400 people. Power restored at 0407 CST. (Narrative courtesy Parsons Sun.)

Unspecified number of power poles struck, severing power to 586 residences. By approximately 10 AM the following morning, power had been restored to all but 20 residences. Times of incidents are approximate. Narrative courtesy of Parsons Sun.

Downed limbs, some of which entangled with power lines, resulted in power outages. The Parsons Sun contributed to this narrative.

Two power poles snapped and three trees fell onto power lines severing power to just over 400 residences of which about 300 were in Mound Valley.

Downed limbs onto power lines resulted in power outages to approximately 500 residences, of which 81 were still without power the following morning. Time is estimated based on arrival of thunderstorms into northward-neighboring Neosho County.

Widespread tree and power line damage, including a few trees that were uprooted, one of which fell onto a house. Area newspapers contributed to this report.

The following property was damaged: Siding was ripped from a house, metal roofing was ripped from the tops of two small businesses, a temporary wall at a building supply proved to be just that as it was blown down, and a sign that had been set with 4-inch metal pipes was bent over. In addtion, damage to trees and power lines was widespread.

A line of thunderstorms moved across far southeastern KS producing damaging high winds. Most of the damage was limited to trees and power lines.

An arctic high pressure was moving south into the Midwest the morning of December 9th which undercut warm moist conditions aloft. This setup resulted in in a prolonged period, roughly 24 hours, of freezing rain and sleet. The hardest hit areas were Montgomery and Labette Counties where at least half an inch to one inch of ice accumulated. This resulted in numerous locations losing power.

A powerful upper level disturbance and associated cold front approaching from the northwest spawned strong to severe thunderstorms in the form of a squall line across portions of Southeast Kansas during the afternoon and early evening hours of September 30th.