Thunderstorm Wind in Meade County, Kansas

Thunderstorm Wind February 26, 2023 · Meade County, Kansas

69 mph

Estimated gust (60 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Social media report of flipped irrigation pivots with also a photo of a possible funnel cloud time estimate based off radar.

The wider storm

A slight risk for severe weather for much of the western half of the CWA along a dryline that sparked initial discrete cell west of HWY 83 that produced some hail over the size of quarters and an isolated tornado. Towards sunset, a line formed becoming more of a wind gust and damaging wind event with several reports for both. DCAPE values up to 1K J/kg ending before midnight.

Began near Meade State Park (37.1700, -100.4000).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Seward County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1081807. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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