Thunderstorm Wind — Franklin, Kansas

2014-06-15 · near Wellsville, Franklin, Kansas

Event narrative

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

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 519017. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.