Dramatic photos and videos document tornado near Hutchinson, Kan.
When a tornado dropped out of the sky near Hutchinson, Kan., on Monday evening, people did as Kansans do and took pictures — lots of them.
The tail of the tornado touched ground just after 6:30 p.m. in northern Reno County, according to The Hutchinson News.
The tornado, which resulted from triple-digit heat, was traveling 5 to 10 miles per hour and dissipated around 7 p.m., said Robb Lawson of the National Weather Service office in Wichita.
Tornado sirens failed to go off in the county, according to KWCH-TV. In an effort to notify residents of the tornado, a fire truck was driven around the area with its sirens on.
“I went outside with my wife and I noticed a small funnel cloud coming down, and we went back inside and we got the alert on our phones,” said Marcus Hill, a Nickerson resident. “We didn’t hear any tornado sirens at all.”
The tornado did not result in any injuries, but golf-ball-size hail along with wind gusts exceeding 60 mph caused some home damage throughout the area.
This story was originally published July 14, 2015 at 1:22 PM with the headline "Dramatic photos and videos document tornado near Hutchinson, Kan.."