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Severe Storms in February rock Central Kansas (Updated with VIDEO)

Powerful storms have been pounding parts of central Kansas as a tornado watch stretches across the state’s midsection from Nebraska to the Oklahoma line.

The National Weather Service reports brief tornado touchdowns southwest of the Hutchinson area before 7 p-m. Tuesday, amid violent thunderstorms with high winds. Reno County emergency management reported minor wind damage to a house, with vehicles and stock trailers flipped over.

Golf ball sized hail was also reported in the Hutchinson area. Sheriff Captain Wayne Baughman reported a lot of debris had blown across the U-S 50 highway, southeast of Hutchinson.

Elsewhere in central Kansas, trained spotters and law enforcement reported hail the size of golf balls and winds estimated at 70 mph Tuesday night north of Hillsboro in Marion County.

Tornado warnings were posted earlier for a handful of north-central counties, but there no reports of funnel clouds. Law enforcement reported some power lines down in Belleville, just south of the Nebraska line, shortly after 6 p-m.

Watch the video from a storm chaser near Hutchinson.

 

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