Strong Wind — Norton, Kansas

2025-03-03 · Norton, Kansas

$1K

Property damage

48 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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_id 1239330. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.