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Thunderstorm Wind in Norton County, Kansas

Thunderstorm Wind July 6, 2024 · Norton County, Kansas

64 mph
Measured gust (56 kt)

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

The wider storm

During the afternoon hours, scattered storms developed along the dryline as it moved over Northwest Kansas. One supercell produced an EF-Unknown tornado southeast of Atwood in Rawlins County The Rawlins County Storm and numerous others throughout the remainder of the afternoon produced pea to ping pong ball sized hail across Rawlins, Decatur, Thomas, Sheridan, Logan, and Gove counties. The largest hail fell near the town of Herndon in Rawlins County. The storms also produced damaging wind gusts of 58 to estimated 90 mph with damage to trees and a few overturned semi trucks across Logan, Gove, and Thomas counties.

Began near Norton (39.7473, -99.8506).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

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

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1202127. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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