Thunderstorm Wind — Cherokee, Kansas

2025-08-10 · near Columbus, Cherokee, Kansas

Event narrative

Report of a 62mph measured wind gust in Cherokee County.

Wider weather episode

A frontal boundary was draped across Kansas into northwest Missouri, with numerous outflow boundaries bringing scattered showers and thunderstorms to southeast Kansas and the Missouri Ozarks. Although most of this activity remained sub-severe, a thunderstorm over Cherokee County was able to reach severe limits, bringing a strong wind gust of 62 mph northeast of Columbus.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1273855. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.