How much damage did storm cause? Here are reports from Wichita area

An overnight storm with high winds and hail caused damage throughout the Wichita area.

It left thousands without power. Evergy, which operates from central Kansas into west Missouri, said 75,000 customers lost power because of the storm. Power to most of them had been restored by late morning Tuesday. Mount Hope has experienced the biggest impact when it comes to power outages.

Sedgwick County emergency management is still gathering damage reports, a spokesperson told The Eagle, and so far has assessed a lot of sporadic tree damage and trees and branches fallen on homes and structures. No injuries had been reported because of the storm.

A city of Wichita spokesperson said the city hasn’t seen an extraordinary amount of cleanup requests but will continue working to clean tree limbs from rights-of-way. Homeowners are responsible for cleaning up limbs that fell on private property.

Here are some reports of damage in the Wichita area:

• A tree fell on Los Pinos Mexican Restaurant in Delano
• A large branch fell through the hood of a truck near Central and Tyler, damaging the hood and fender and going through the front windshield

• At 1:05 a.m., a 72 mph non-thunderstorm wind gust was reported at the Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport, according to the National Weather Service

• A large section of a tree fell across the road in Delano

The following is a list of reports submitted to the National Weather Service in Wichita:

• A tree fell on a house, causing damage about two miles west, northwest of Wichita. Report was made at 11:39 p.m. Monday.

• Half-dollar sized hail, or roughly 1.2 inches, one mile northwest of McPherson reported at 11:49 p.m. Monday. And 1.5-inch hail four miles south of El Dorado reported at 7:57 p.m. Monday.
• Two reports at 4:21 p.m. Monday of stranded motorists in flood water in Iola
• Semi blown over on Highway 166 about one mile east of Tyro. Report was made just before 5 p.m. Monday.
• Powerlines and multiple tree limbs down in Independence. Report was made at 5:08 p.m. Monday. Another report at the same time said there was a “possible structure fire” from downed power lines.

• Broken power pole, damaged fencing and downed tree limbs between 2 and 4 inches in diameter about one mile north, northeast of Augusta. Report was made at 2:40 a.m. Tuesday.

• Multiple trees and power lines down in Parsons. Report was made at 5:32 p.m. Monday.

This story was originally published May 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM.