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Print this story Salina Journal CLAY CENTER -- A storm that swept through north-central Kansas early Monday brought several inches of rain and dropped hail as large as softballs. In all, 4.3 inches of rain were reported in Clay Center, said Deb Luthi, a dispatcher with the Clay County Sheriff's Office. Lightning also knocked out the Clay County Sheriff's Office's main radio, Luthi said. "When we pulled out the cards, the fuses were blown," Luthi said. "You could smell it." The radio was being repaired late Monday afternoon, and the department was making due with portable radios. The rain was spotty. Luthi said she got about 2 inches at her home a few miles south of town. Some of the hail that fell was the size of softballs, she said. "It wasn't a lot (that size), but just kind of here and there," she said. The sudden cloudburst caused some flooding. U.S. Highway 24 west of Clay Center was closed for a few hours, and some roads were impassable until water receded. Numerous car and home windows were reported shattered by the hail, and a couple of grain bins near Wakefield were destroyed, Luthi said. In Republic County, 2.2 inches of rain were reported in Courtland, and that part of the county also received substantial hail, said Courtney VanNortwick. "There was quite a bit of hail in the Courtland area, but none in Belleville," she said. There were no reports of major damage, "just lots of rain," she said. No serious damage was reported in Mitchell County, though Beloit temporarily lost power, with some parts of town out for nearly an hour, said a dispatcher with the Mitchell County Sheriff's Office.
n Reporter Mike Strand can be reached at 822-1418 or by e-mail at mstrand@salina.com. |
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