Thunderstorm Wind — Rooks, Kansas

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

Event narrative

A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by the Rooks County Airport AWOS.

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 1295223. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.