High Wind in Rooks, Kansas

A wind gust of 60 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located in Plainville, and gusts of 62 MPH and 58 MPH were measured by a mesonet located four miles north-northeast of Webster State Park. Law enforcement reported damage to power poles in the Stockton area.

As an upper low approached the Central Plains from the west, a dryline associated with it moved across the Southern Plains and portions of the Central Plains. The surface pressure gradient strengthened just ahead of the upper low and resulted in strong winds across the Central Plains, including north central Kansas. Reports of high winds began during the early afternoon of April 6th and continued across the area into the late morning hours of April 7th. The highest wind gust was 71 mph measured by a mesonet station five miles west southwest of Agra in Phillips County. There was damage reported to power poles in the Stockton area in Rooks County.