Thunderstorm Wind — Stanton, Kansas

2025-08-27 · near Johnson, Stanton, Kansas

Event narrative

AWOS station KJHN Johnson City reported a 61 mph wind gust.

Wider weather episode

An upper-level trough was positioned in northern Kansas with a 700 mb temperature gradient stretching into SW Kansas with a wedge of high moisture. On the afternoon of the 27th, supercells initiated and produced severe hail and winds. Into the evening, it became a more multicellular regime with widespread heavy rainfall. This produced flash flooding in multiple counties.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292475. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.