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Snowplow in August? Overnight storm dumps 3 inches of hail on downtown Kansas City airport

A utility pole was also damaged, knocking out power to portions of the airport

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Updated: 1:57 PM CDT Aug 19, 2026

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JoBeth Davis
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Snowplow in August? Overnight storm dumps 3 inches of hail on downtown Kansas City airport

A utility pole was also damaged, knocking out power to portions of the airport

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Updated: 1:57 PM CDT Aug 19, 2026

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JoBeth Davis
Digital Media Manager
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —

Crews at the Kansas City Downtown Airport are breaking out the snowplows after early morning storms.

Snowplows in August? After thunderstorms?

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These storms dumped three inches of hail on some of the taxiways at Wheeler Field.

"Who would have thought our snow crews would have to do snow removal in August?" officials with the airport said in a post on Facebook.

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In addition, a utility pole was destroyed at the airport, knocking out power to a portion of the facility.

Airport officials said Evergy is working to restore power as soon as possible. However, the 100LL self-service fuel tank will be out of service until power is restored.

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