
Multiple tornadoes touched down in Dickinson and Clay Counties on Thursday.
In Dickinson County the Emergency Management Director Chancey Smith, noted there clusters of storm cells. He confirmed there were three tornadoes in that county. “At the same time we were changing all of these, I was listening to our 800 radio where we can listen statewide, they had three tornadoes up in Clay County they were chasing around at the same time, coming from Ottawa County into Clay County. So it was just a mess there for awhile.”
No injuries were reported.
In Dickinson County Smith noted electricity was knocked out in Solomon. There were other outages. “On 1900 Avenue which is just three miles south of Abilene we had a couple series of power lines that were snapped off at the ground and laying out across the road. Definitely can tell where the track went on it.”
In Geary County there was a severe thunderstorm warning for the southeastern part of the county, but no tornado warnings. Heavy rain was received.