Thunderstorm Wind — Barton, Kansas

2025-07-21 · near Great Bend, Barton, Kansas

61 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

There was an estimated wind gusts of 70 mph along with reported power poles and large tree limbs down.

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 1282849. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.