High Wind in Decatur, Kansas
High Wind February 17, 2026 · Decatur, Kansas
What the National Weather Service wrote
FlyingS AWN site reported a 58 MPH gust.
The wider storm
In the midday of the 17th, west-southwesterly winds began gusting up to close to 70 MPH ahead of a cold front. Behind the front high winds continued. The west-southwesterly winds did loft dirt into the air, causing widespread visibilities to drop to around 1-2 miles with isolated pockets of intense plumes leading to brownout conditions. One such location was at mile marker 66 on I-70 where a two vehicle accident occurred, causing one fatality.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1308576. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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