

A powerful storm hit the KBRX area Sunday night that brought heavy rain, high winds and small hail to the area. The storm continued late Sunday, June 22, 205, past midnight and into early Monday, June 23, 2025
Here are reports we received at KBRX:
In O’Neill there was a wind gust of 55 mph recorded at the O’Neill Airport & marble size hail
Power Outages Reported in Atkinson, Chambers, Inman & Orchard
Power lines down and power poles snapped South of Atkinson on Highway 11 around Mile Markers 135 & 136
A tree over Highway 20, one mile west of Inman
Rainfall Reports Called In To KBRX Monday, June 23, 2025
KBRX Studios in O’Neill 3.35″
Marcus Skopec, 4 miles SE of Emmet, 4.60″
Rod Harmon, Harmon Pond (1.5 West of Inman), 1.90″
Gina Bills, 2 miles west of Emmet, 3.5″
Gary Nachtman, 8 miles SW of Chambers, 1.25″
Todd Hoffman, Burke, S.D., 1.10″
Sparta (NE of Verdigre), 1.95″
Coach Meyers, South 1st St O’Neill, 4 inches!
Ron Schmit, 25 miles NE of O’Neill, 2.70″
Stout Family, 24 miles SW of Newport, 1.o0″
Paul Dicke, Dicke Ranch, 3.20″
Roger Brink in west Atkinson 1.85″
Doc Owens, 2 miles east of O’Neill 2.50″
Steve & Karin Skopec, 505 Union Street in Stuart 1.80″
Jess Wedige, North 2nd Street O’Neill by NPPD 3.40″
Rod Ludemann, 3 miles west of Redbird 3.50″
Chris Dierks, northeast Wheeler County 2.60″
Tom Sojka, 20 miles northwest of O’Neill 1.80″
The Kamphaus’ 15 miles south of O’Neill 2.10″
Kathy VanEvery at Page 2.20″
Kenneth Klabenes, 1/2 mile northeast of Chambers 1.70″
Grant Graff, downtown Spencer 1.10″
Joan Wright, 1 mile west of Ewing 3.12″
The Turpins, by the new water tower in Northeast O’Neill 3.75″
Great Western Gas, 1/1 mile north of O’Neill 3.50″
Phillip Metschke, 16 miles south of O’Neill 1.50″
John Havranek, Avon, SD 3″
Neil Tompkins, 4 miles northeast of Inman 2.10″
7 miles southwest of Atkinson 3.26″
Adam Flannery at Atkinson 1.87″
Alan Kemp at Niobrara 1.90″
Delores Ruzicka at Verdigre 2.00″
Karen Barnes, on North 2nd Street in O’Neill 3.60″
North of Gross 1.00″
Frank Lechtenberg, 3 miles east of Butte 0.90″
Mike Denker, 14 miles southwest of Wagner, SD 1.15″
Dennis Derner, northeast of Bartlett 2.54″
Rod Stolcpart, south of Newport 0.90″
Russel Heinowski, 2 blocks north of Avera St. Anthony’s Hospital in O’Neill 4.50″
The Kaup Ranch, South of Stuart 1.50″
Scott Sedivy, 3 1/2 miles east of the Stone Windmill 3.50″
Dale Jackson, 519 East Everett Street in O’Neill 3.75″
26 miles southwest of Atkinson 4.50″
The VanHouten’s, 1/2 mile north of Anoka 1.00″
Scott Schultz 17 miles northwest of o’neill 2.50″
The Buoy’s, Newport, 1.50″
Gib Kelly, 7 miles NE of Page, 1.70″
Gena Bills, 2 miles west of Emmet, 3.5″
Harmon Pond, 1.5 miles west of Inman, with wind damage, 1.90″