Three weeks ago southwest Sedgwick County got hit by a freak Thunder storm that spawned unusual Fall Tornadoes and a large Hail Outbreak. The area from West 119th St south of Kellogg all the way to Ridge road was hit by the largest hail stones ever recorded in Kansas. The stone was 7.75 inches around and weighed 1.1 pounds.
Two golf courses were so severely hit that they closed the next day so ground crews and friends could fill the massive divots in the greens. Course personal at a west Wichita golf course reported that water sprayed up to 15 feet in the air as the massive 3/4 to 1 pound hail stones hit the courses.
It has been reported that over 24,000 homes were effected in a two county area and will have to have roofs, guttering, windows and siding replaced or repaired. Wess Galyon, EO of the Wichita Builders group is warning residents to be very wary of the hundreds of roofers descending on the area to help in the repairs
Several large, out-of-state dent repair companies are in town to fix the thousands of cars that were also damaged. They have set up shop in high profile locations through out west Wichita.
In addition to hail stones actually splintering the plywood sub-roofs of homes, several airliners were damaged at Mid Continent Airport along with damage to the terminal building.
The attached picture is the record busting 1.1 pound Hail stone.
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