Two rounds of damaging winds on Aug 5th and 6th

Overview

Two rounds of severe storms affected the region through April 5th and 6th. The first was a round of early morning storms that affected mainly South Central Kansas on Saturday August 5th. Hardest hit were the towns of Winfield and Arkansas City where extensive tree damage took place along with some structural damage. In one instance, a two foot diameter tree was toppled along with a semi blown over.

Later that evening, another round of storms developed over Northwest Kansas and tracked quickly southeast through the overnight hours. This line of storms produced widespread 70 to 80 mph winds which resulted in numerous power outages along with extensive tree damage. Hardest hit were the towns of Hutchinson, McPherson along with parts of Marion and Butler counties.

Wind damage in McPherson. Picture from Bryan Baerg

Photos & Video

Early morning August 5th storms

Radar animation from the early morning of Aug 5th

Infrared satellite image from the early morning of Aug 5th

Damage in Winfield, looks especially bad on the north / east side of town by the college - but still lots of limbs, uproots, and building damage everywhere. #kswx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/YJuRcAKYKC — ðŸ©·ðŸ’›ðŸ©µ Vaughn (@VGracieZ) August 5, 2023	Damage in Winfield. Photos of KTC Jeremy Billman. #kswx @NWSWichita @KAKEnews pic.twitter.com/jYbTGuifT9 — http://fediverse.mikemathia.com (@MikeMathia) August 5, 2023	Aaliyaah Marië took this video of a large tree limb that pierced through her neighbor's house in Winfield, KS.@KAKEnews @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/9kx6U6LKPl — Meteorologist Brittany Foster (@BrittFosterWX) August 5, 2023
	Dominique Topper sent us this photo of what appears to be a semi on its side in Winfield, KS.@KAKEnews @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/IGRvHZ0nj9 — Meteorologist Brittany Foster (@BrittFosterWX) August 5, 2023

Late night of August 5th into August 6th

A few pictures from the storm damage in McPherson. #kswx .@NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/wAHgmb1QOB — Bryan Baerg (@SevereWxKS) August 6, 2023	Storm damage from last night in McPherson County near Arapaho and 14th Avenue. @NWSWichita #KSWX pic.twitter.com/8VIDOzYQtA — Chelsey Petersen (@KS_StormSpotter) August 6, 2023	Storm damage in Hesston, KS. #kswx @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/YZLM9i5lpw — A. Swartzendruber (@SwartzendruberA) August 6, 2023
	Moundridge earlier. #kswx @KAKEnews @NWSWichita pic.twitter.com/Ge9hVjf5S7 — http://fediverse.mikemathia.com (@MikeMathia) August 6, 2023

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