As we are all well aware a series of severe thunderstorms moved across our area starting about 6 p.m. The first watches were issued for Douglas County starting about an hour before storms began to affect the area. LJWorld Story about the evening storms.

Most of the tornado activity passed by to the south of Lawrence. A Tornado Warning was issued for a storm that was reported to have a tornado on the ground near US 59 Highway and the Franklin County line. That storm was reported to have moved nearly due east and the tornado rose back into the clouds before impacting much civilization.

The weather did not seem to slow down anyone in Lawrence. County officials were reporting pea to ping pong ball sized hail in numerous parts of the county, very near Lawrence and Police were being called to numerous noise complaints. The only report of damage, possibly related to the storms, were in the form of roadway obstructions. The first was on K-10 on the east side of Lawrence and the other was in the 1400 block of Crestline Drive.

Lawrence Police performed a large number of vehicle stops and responded to quite a few noise complaints throughout the city. No serious injuries were reported during any activity overnight in Douglas County.

LPD and LDCFM responded on a report of an injury accident in the 2200 block of Princeton Boulevard just before 4 a.m. The subject involved suffered minor injuries and was transported to an area hospital by an ambulance.

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