25 March 2024
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – The storm that caused damage in the Garden City area did not cause any injuries or fatalities, according to the police department. It did damage transmission lines, causing outages for more than a thousand customers in the area for two hours this afternoon.
KSN spoke with some people who spotted funnels and the potential tornado in the area Sunday.
They said seeing funnels and a potential tornado close to them was a strange experience.
One of them, a resident of the south side of Garden City, said the weather quickly took a bad turn.
It was mid-Sunday afternoon when Dan Dreiling started to hear tornado sirens.
“I looked outside, I’m standing in front of the dining room windows kinda looking at this view,” Dreiling said.
Then, an unusual sight.
“All of a sudden I see tumbleweeds falling down from the sky,” Dreiling said.
That’s when he spotted a funnel not more than a quarter mile from his home.
What he remembers most is the noise.
“People say, ‘Oh, it sounded like a freight train or a train,'” Dreiling said. “Well, that’s exactly what it sounded like.”
About 6 miles west in Holcomb, resident Jayson Lambert said he heard the blare of sirens and went outside to see what was going on for himself.
“I look like south from my house and then I just see that little, that funnel cloud or whatever it was just come down,” Lambert said.
It was the first of several that he’d spot.
“I saw them and then, yeah, I was kind of worried,” Lambert said. “I was just hoping, kind of praying it didn’t turn into anything bigger you know.”
Garden City officials are asking people who have damage to bring items to the curb, and city works crews will start picking up Monday through the end of the week.