June 17th 2023 Severe Straight-line Winds

Overview

A line of storms tracked out of Western Kansas on Saturday June 17th and affected South Central Kansas during the evening and overnight hours. The main threat with the storms was severe straight-line winds that caused extensive tree damage and power outages across the region. The Wichita Eisenhower National Airport measured a 72 mph wind gust!

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Radar and Reports

Storm and damage pictures

Last night’s storm brought hail and a total of 3.2 inches of rain to 5 SSE of Newton. Water now flowing in the creek for the first time this year. @NWSWichita #kswx @CoCoRaHS KS-HV-35 pic.twitter.com/Q6JkkRpq0R — Sean Monaghen (@Mohoganogan) June 18, 2023	More tree damage @NWSWichita @CamVenableKAKE mt Vernon and main large tree broke in half pic.twitter.com/x3UuanXu13 — joshua (@joshlovesbts) June 20, 2023	@NWSWichita @CamVenableKAKE @LisaTeachman @JayPraterKAKE this was the funnel cloud in Andover last night ðŸŒªï¸ðŸŒªï¸ pic.twitter.com/5VT2CBX6b2 — joshua (@joshlovesbts) June 18, 2023
KM103. 1/4 mi sw airport…tree damage in my neighborhood and extending east about a half mile in Kingman after the 70 mph wind report I made last night! @NWSWichita #kswx pic.twitter.com/luQ3PMyhSf — Lindsay Schoenhofer (@lindsayschoenh1) June 18, 2023	@NWSWichita @CamVenableKAKE @JayPraterKAKE @LisaTeachman @LucyDollWx when the straight line winds came through in south Wichita âš¡ï¸âš¡ï¸ðŸ’¨ðŸ’¨ðŸƒðŸƒ pic.twitter.com/9pVUb5Fz5K — joshua (@joshlovesbts) June 18, 2023	Wow! This tree is over 100 years old and fell on a Wichita house last night during the storm. No one was hurt, but lots of clean up to do. @KSNNews @KSNStormTrack3 #kswx pic.twitter.com/yDHEnvu851 — Samantha Boring (@samantha_boring) June 18, 2023

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