Thunderstorm Wind — Decatur, Kansas

2024-09-16 · near Dresden, Decatur, Kansas

Event narrative

Dispatch reported multiple power poles, roughly 9 poles, broken near the base along K Lane between 1400th-1500th road.

Wider weather episode

In the early afternoon of the 16th, scattered storms began to form near the west Kansas border. By the early evening, an organized line of storms began producing wind gusts up to 67 MPH. Over the following hours, a report of 1.5 inch hail was sent in and the storms began to repeatedly move over the same location, leading to flash flooding.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1211333. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.