Thunderstorm Wind — Ellsworth, Kansas

2025-07-21 · near Carneiro, Ellsworth, Kansas

57 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Measured wind gust from a Union Pacific weather station.

Wider weather episode

Two areas of storms developed during the evening hours and continued into the overnight in north central and south central Kansas. Strong and damaging winds were the main hazard with estimated wind gusts up to 75 mph. There was damage to trees and powerlines reported. A semi trailer was blown over on Interstate 70 as well. A few of the storms had hail from nickel to quarter size. These storms were efficient rainfall producers with flooding in the western portions of Saline County which closed many roadways as 7.45 inches fell in Brookville.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1282848. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.