Strong Wind in Norton, Kansas

Strong Wind March 3, 2025 · Norton, Kansas

55 mph

Measured gust (48 kt)

$1K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The public reported their chimney cap blew off of their house in the wind. The strongest wind gust reported was 55 mph that was recorded on the Kansas Mesonet site 5 WSW of Norton named Norton 4SW.

The wider storm

A strong weather system moved across Northwest Kansas causing a multitude of weather hazards across the area such as blizzard conditions, damaging winds, dust and a wildfire. The most notable ones were an 83 mph wind gust and brownout conditions in Greeley County, a flipped semi in Thomas County, and a brief closure of Interstate 70 eastbound between KS 267 and US 24 due to a crash caused by the wind. Near blizzard to blizzard conditions also occurred across Sherman, Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham and Norton counties; very little impacts occurred with these conditions however.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1239330. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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