Timken News

The outbreak of damaging storms started early in Rush County, but as soon as the warning expired, tornadoes started dropping from the sky.

Tornadoes also were reported near Sawyer in Pratt County, near Seward in Stafford County, near Timken and Rush Center in Rush County and near Hanston in Hodgeman County.

This tornado on the ground near Lyons in Rice County was captured by Capital-Journal photographer as she traveled with a storm chaser crew Saturday afternoon in central Kansas.

A More than a dozen possible tornadoes were reported Saturday as forecasters warned residents across the nation's midsection to brace for "life-threatening" weather.

In his 25 years as a Catholic priest, Father Pascal Klein never had seen the Stations of the Cross performed live before this weekend.