High Wind — Greeley, Kansas

2024-04-16 · Greeley, Kansas

Event narrative

Over a duration of approximately thirty-five minutes sporadic gusts up to 58 mph occurred across Greeley County. The peak gust of 58 mph was recorded via a mesonet station six miles east of Tribune. While the high winds were occurring, blowing dust was observed north of Tribune with visibility going down to 100 feet at least once, but averaging around one mile. The lowest visibility was next to a feed yard where dust was blowing off the roads and parking area. No other dust or visibility reports have been found. Key impacts: hazardous travel, high winds, blowing dust, and visibility reductions.

Wider weather episode

As a low pressure system exited the High Plains, high winds developed on the back side of the low with winds out of the northwest. Sporadic gusts up to 64 mph were reported across several counties in Northwest Kansas, with the peak gusts occurring in Sherman and Wallace counties. These strong winds also created a dust storm that impacted the area with patchy to, at times, isolated visibility reductions of one-quarter mile and less in Sherman, Thomas, Wallace, and Greeley counties.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1170328. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.