Heavy scattered rainfall brought minimal totals to the KVOE listening area early Saturday morning.
The KVOE Studios received 0.60 inches of rainfall after storms developed around midnight bringing moderate to heavy rainfall at times to the area.
Area rain totals:
*1100 Constitution – 0.60 inches
*Country Club Heights – 0.51 inches
*Seven miles southwest of Emporia – 0.70 inches
*Two miles east of Strong City – 0.70 inches
If you have rain totals message the Bluestem Farm and Ranch text line at 620-342-5863. Chances of showers and storms will continue through the remainder of Saturday into Sunday morning with a marginal risk of severe storms in place for the entire listening area.
Storms could produce 60 mph wind gusts, small hail and more heavy rainfall that could bring an additional 1 to 2 inches. Stay tuned to KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for more weather updates as they become available.
6 am Saturday: WEATHER: Power restored following large-scale outage in southwest Emporia Saturday morning
Early morning storms brought a handful of warnings and a significant power outage to the KVOE listening area Saturday.
More than 1,500 residents were offline for nearly four hours when the outage developed just after 2:10 am following the heavy thunderstorm activity in the area. The outage left customers offline east to west from 9th Avenue to Industrial Road and north to south from 15th Avenue to the intersection of Road 160 and South Prairie.
Evergy crews had the outage restored just before 6 am. Evergy says the outage likely resulted from the thunderstorms in the area, however, no definite cause has been determined.
2:40 am Saturday: WEATHER: Stormy start to weekend triggers major outage across southwest Emporia
Early morning thunderstorms have brought warnings and outages to the KVOE listening area Saturday.
More than 1,500 Evergy customers were knocked offline just after 2:10 am in southwest Emporia. The outage knocked out power east to west from 9th Avenue to Industrial Road and north to south from 15th Avenue to the intersection of Road 160 and South Prairie.
Evergy crews are currently on scene working to restore the outages.
Storm activity began right around midnight and triggered brief warnings for Lyon, Morris, Osage and Wabaunsee counties. Heavy rainfall accompanied the storms.
KVOE Studios: 0.5 inches
Other rain totals:
*Emporia Municipal Airport: 1.05 inches
*1100 block Constitution: 0.60 inches
*Ninth and Burns: 2 inches
*18th and Briarcliff: 0.65 inches
*Country Club Heights: 0.51 inches
*7 miles southwest of Emporia: 0.70 inches
*1 mile north of Saffordville: 0.76 inches
*2 miles east of Strong City: 0.70 inches
If you have rain totals or storm reports please message the Bluestem Farm and Ranch text line at 620-342-5863. A marginal risk of severe weather continues through much of Saturday across the entire listening area.
Isolated storms and showers are likely through the late morning to early afternoon hours and will likely become more scattered later in the evening. Storms could be capable of producing 60 mph wind gusts, small hail and more heavy rainfall that could bring an additional 1 to 2 inches.
Saturday’s activity follows severe storms from Monday which brought heavily varied rain totals ranging from 0.5 inches to nearly 3 inches in portions of the listening area.
Stay with KVOE, KVOE.com and KVOE social media for more updates as they become available.
