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Overview

Strong south winds quickly increased low level moisture on Tuesday April 1st while a cold front sagged down from the north. This set the stage for severe storms to erupt during the early evening hour across Central Kansas. One storm along the line quickly became a supercell the started to exhibit low level rotation. It produced a couple brief tornadoes as it approached Salina but luckily lifted before reaching the city.

Numerous additional storms produced large hail along with damaging winds. Training storms over the same areas also resulted in flooding across Ellsworth and Barton Counties. 

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Picture of tornado near Kanopolis Lake. Picture taken by Jereme Whelan
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