Thunderstorm Wind — Rooks, Kansas

2025-08-17 · near Plainville, Rooks, Kansas

57 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

Wind gusts of 66 MPH and 62 MPH were measured by a mesonet station located six miles north of Plainville.

Wider weather episode

Beginning north of Webster Reservoir, a lonely severe thunderstorm drifted southeast across central Rooks County this lazy August evening. The storm dropped 1' diameter hail just southwest of Webster and then produced 60 mph winds north of Plainville and at the Rooks County Airport. No damage was reported. The storm was really an anomaly in the area and formed in the high CAPE, lower shear environment. The storm weakened as sunset approached.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1295222. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.