Thunderstorm Wind in Franklin County, Kansas

Thunderstorm Wind June 15, 2014 · Franklin County, Kansas

70 mph

Estimated gust (61 kt)

$3.0M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Trees were uprooted. There was damage to the high school roof. Numerous power lines down over a large swath of Wellsville.

The wider storm

During the late evening of June 14th and early morning hours of the 15th strong thunderstorms formed in western KS and southern NE. The storms eventually formed a line that produced winds up to 80 mph. The environment ahead of the line remained unstable and a strong low level jet contributed to the damaging winds. The line of thunderstorms gradually weakened as it headed eastward.

Began near Wellsville (38.7200, -95.0800).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 519017. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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