Thunderstorm Wind — Finney, Kansas

2024-09-16 · near (gck)garden City Arpt, Finney, Kansas

Event narrative

Pictures on social media of minor roof damage and mention of damage to signs and poles. Time estimated via radar. Radar interrogation showed microburst potential.

Wider weather episode

As a shortwave trough moved into Kansas, thunderstorms developed along the dryline over western Kansas. These were training cells in two clusters. The northern storms dropped large hail (2.25 IN) and large quantities of rain in Trego county. The southern storm generated strong winds (63 MPH) in Gray county and thunderstorm wind damage in Finney county.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212048. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.