Thunderstorm Wind — Stevens, Kansas

2023-02-26 · near Hugoton, Stevens, Kansas

Event narrative

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Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1081825. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.