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Severe storms move through NE KS

By Greg Bebermeyer

08/16/2024

(KMZA)--Severe storms moved through northeast Kansas Wednesday night - spawning at least one tornado.

The National Weather Service says the twister touched down in far northwestern Pottawatomie County just before 7:30 in a field north/northeast of Olsburg.

There were no reports of injury or damage.

Meteorologist Matt Flanagan says the same storm system also prompted tornado warnings for southwestern Marshall and southeastern Washington counties.

Thousands of people lost power late Wednesday night and into early Thursday morning as severe thunderstorms rolled through the area.

Utility company Evergy says outages from the severe storms peaked at about 37,000 customers without power throughout its service area.

As of 4:00 Thursday afternoon, about 4,500 customers remained without power.

The Topeka, Wichita, Newton and Leavenworth areas saw the greatest number of power outages.

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