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A line of violent storms moving rapidly from west to east Monday afternoon brought a flood of storm chasers into the county, but local amateur photographers also captured some dramatic images. At top left, Amanda Wiggins stopped on the Dover-Loyal blacktop to capture the massive front, with rain visible in the distance. At top right, Tyrel McLane caught a funnel lowering in the Loyal-Omega area in this photo shot from his truck on S.H. 33 at County Road NS 2920. Zach Kuehn caught a different angle of the funnel cloud (bottom right) from a wellsite five miles west of the Loyal grain elevator. Taylor Jennings stopped to capture a panoramic shot (bottom left) from Victory Lane and County Road NS 2830 south of Kingfisher. Camilla Sample holds a handful of hailstones that trailed the storm front, falling mostly in the southern part of the county (center left). Tammy Robbins’ photo of her hailstone-covered yard west of Okarche shows the aftermath of the storm. See related story on Page 14 and more local storm photos and videos on the KT&FP Facebook page. [Photos Provided via Facebook]
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