photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World

A downed tree that fell into a Lawrence home near Fifth and Maine streets is pictured on May 19, 2026.

Storms that stretched across eastern Kansas on Monday night produced rain, high winds and some tornado warnings. While damage reports in Lawrence have not been widespread there were some obvious signs of problems left in the storm’s wake.

A home in the Pinckney neighborhood just north of Fifth and Maine streets was damaged after a large tree fell into the house. Crews on Tuesday morning already were on scene to begin removing storm debris.

photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World

A snapped tree in the 400 block of Maine Street is pictured on May, 19, 2026.

photo by: Chad Lawhorn/Journal-World

Signs of storm damage are pictured on May 19, 2026 in the 400 block of Maine Street in central Lawrence.

Lawrence also suffered power outages during the storm. A portion of North Lawrence, generally north of Lyons Street, was without power for an extended period on Monday and night Tuesday morning. The Journal-World’s offices in the I-70 Business Center were without power from about 9:30 p.m Monday to at least 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning.

The power outage did impact some elements of the Tuesday print edition of the Journal-World. The Tuesday edition of the Journal-World doesn’t include the normal variety of puzzles, as those items were lost during the power outage and couldn’t be quickly retrieved before the newspaper’s print deadline. Wednesday’s edition will include the answers to Sunday’s puzzles, and will include the normal offerings of puzzles.